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Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario toa British Columbia; southern New 
England throughout the Atlantic States west to Colorado and Nevada, south along 
the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shaded rocky copses, woods, on limestone rocks. 
Madison County, Montesano, 1,200 feet. May; rare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in Pensylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Parietaria officinalis erecta (Mert. & Koch) Weddell, Monogr. Urt. 507. 1856. 
Parietaria erecta Mert. & Koch, Deutsch]. Fl.1: 825, 1823. 
Adventive with ballast from Mediterranean Europe. Mobile County, 1891. 
Annual, 
Herb. Mohr. 
LORANTHACEAE. Mistletoe Family. 
PHORADENDRON Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. ser. 2,1: 185. 1847-1850. 
About 80 species, tropical, subtropical, and warmer temperate America. United 
States, 4 or 5 species. Shrub, parasitical on trees, 
Phoradendron flavescens (Pursh) Nutt.; Gray, Man. ed. 2, 383, 1856. 
Viscum flavescens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept.1: 114. 1814. 
Ell. Sk.2:677. Gray, Man. ed. 6,450. Chap. FI. 397. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. From Florida to Texas and Arkansas; north to 
New Jersey, west to southern Illinois; southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Throughout. Parasitic on various hard-wood trees, In the Central 
Prairies and southward. Most frequent on the water oak. Flowers in February 
and March, Fruit ripe October, November; berries white. Common. 
Kconomic uses: The young twigs and leaves are used medicinally. 
Type locality: ‘‘[ North America.] Parasitic on oaks and other trees; rare.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SANTALACEAE. Sandalwood Family. 
COMANDRA Nutt. Gen. 1:157. 1818. 
Four species, perennial herbs. Europe. North America, 3. 
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. Gen, 1:157. 1818. 
Thesium umbellatum L. Sp. Pl. 1: 208. 1753. 
Ell. 8k.1:311. Gray, Man.ed. 6, 450. Chap. Fl, 396; ed.3, 417. Coulter, Contr. 
Nat. Herb. 2 : 385. 
Canadian zone to Carolinian area, Ontario to Manitoba and the Rocky Mountains; 
New England southward along the mountains to Georgia, west to Missouri, Arkansas, 
and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Warrior table-land. Rocky copses, dry open places, 
Morgan County, June, 1899. Jackson County, Sand Mountain, near Starkey Creek. 
Flowers greenish white. Perennial; parasitic on the roots of trees. Infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginiae, Pensylvaniae pascuis siccis. Kalm.” 
Herb. Biltmore. 
NESTRONIA Raf. New F1. 3:12. 1836. 
(DarRBYA Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 1:388. 1846.) 
One species, southern Atlantic North America, Low shrub. 
Nestronia umbellulata Raf. New Fl. 3:13. 1836. 
Darbya umbellulata Gray, Am, Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 1:388, 1846, 
Chap. FI. 396. 
Carolinian area. North Carolina, central Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Warrior table-land, 800 feet. Shaded hillsides. 
Cullman County. Lee County, near Auburn. Rocky shaded banks, not rare ( Baker J 
Farle). Flowers greenish. Only male plants have been met with in the State. 
May, rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘Near Milledgeville, Ga.,” Dr. Boykin, andat Macon, Prof. Darby: 
also at Lincoln, N. C., Mr. M. A. Curtis. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
