478 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Moist rich thickets and woods. Flowers July, 
August; common. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia, Canada,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ADICEA Raf. Ann, Nat. 179. 1815. CLEAR WrEED, 
(PILEA Lindl. Coll. ¢. 4. 1821.) 
One hundred and twenty-five species, mostly in the tropics. ‘Temperate North 
America. 
Adicea pumila (L.) Raf.; Torr. Fl. N.¥.2:223. Assynonym. 1843.) Rici WEED. 
Urtica pumila L. Sp. Pl. 2: 984. 1753. 
Pilea pumila Gray, Man. ed. 1, 437. 1848. 
Ell. Sk. 2:569. Gray, Man. ed. 6,466. Chap. FI. 413. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas, New Brunswick and Ontario; New England, 
west to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Kansas, south to New Jersey, Georgia, and northern 
Alabama, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich damp woods, Madison County, Montesano. 
Lee County, Auburn (/. 8. Farle). Cullman County. Walker County (£. 4. Smith). 
Not common. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Adicea microphylla herniarioides (Sw.) Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 622. 1891, 
Urtica herniarioides Sw. Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 8:64. 1787. 
Pilea herniarioides Lindl. Coll. Bot sub t. 4. 1821. 
Pilea microphylla herniarioides Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16, pt. 1: 106. 1869. 
Louisianian area. 
ALABAMA: Mobile. Escaped from cultivation. Light, shaded ground. July, 
August. f 
Type locality (Sw. FI. Ind. Oce.): ‘Hab. supra saxa in rivulis et thiviis Domin- 
gensibus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BOEHMBERIA Jacy. Stirp. Am. 246, (4. 157. 1763. 
About 45 species, mostly tropical and subtropical, but extending to extratropical 
North America and Japan. North America, 1. 
Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 340. 1809. FALSE NETTLE, 
Urtica cylindrica L. Sp. Pl. 1396. 1753. 
U. capitata Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 363. 1809. \ 
Ell. Sk. 2:568. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 466. Chap. Fl. 414. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:409. Griseb. FI]. Brit. W. Ind. 160. 
West InpIA ISLANDS, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA, 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota, 
south to Florida and through the Gulf States to Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. | 
ALABAMA: Throughout the State. Damp thickets and woods. July, August; 
frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘*‘ Hab. in Jamaica, Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. Bot. Voy. Freyce. 499. 1826. RAMIE PLANT, 
Urtica nivea L. Sp, P1.2:985. 1753. 
In the southern part of the State found here and there as an escape from cultiva- 
tion. Perennial. 
Boehmerta tenacissima (Roxb.) Gaud., cultivated with the above, also occurs. 
Kconomic uses: Valuable tiber plant. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Chinae muris.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
PARIETARIA L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1052. 1753. Prevurrory., 
Fight species, mostly of temperate regions. North America, °. 
Parietaria pennsylvanica Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 4:955. 1805 
Kell. Sk.2:575. Gray, Man. ed, 6, 466. Chap. F1.413. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2: 409, 
