FOUR O'CLOCK FAMILY. 493 
FROELICHIA Moench, Meth. 50. 1794. 
Ten species, in warmer regions. America, United States to Brazil. 
Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq. in DC. Prodr,. 13, pt. 2:420. 1849. 
FLORIDA FROELICHIA. 
Oplotheca floridana Nutt. Gen, 2:79, 1818. 
Ell. Sk.2:155. Gray, Man. ed. 6,430, Chap. Fl. 384. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2 :363. 
WEsT INDIES, MEXICO. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Wisconsin and southern Minnesota to Nebraska 
and Colorado; Hlinois south to Georgia and Florida, thence west to Texas and 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Dry sands. Baldwin County, eastern shore of Mobile 
Bay. June, July; not frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘On the banks of the Altamaha River. Baldwyn.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BATIDACEAE. Batis Family. 
BATIS P. Br. Hist. Jam.1:356. 1756. 
A single species, a frutescent halophyte of the warmer parts of America. 
Batis maritima L. Syst. ed. 10, 1380, 1759. BaTIS. 
Chap. Fl. 411. Griseb, Fl. Brit, W. Ind. 61. 
West InpiEs, MEXICO TO VENEZUELA. 
Louisianian area, Western Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Saline marshes. Mobile County, shores of Mississippi 
Sound and outlying islands. July; not infrequent. Shrub. 
Type locality not ascertained, probably West Indian. 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
PHYTOLACCACEAE. Pokeweed Family. 
PHYTOLACCA L. Sp. Pl. 1:441. 1753. PoKEBERRY. POKEWEED, 
About 11 species, widely diffused over the Old World and America. Perennial 
herbs. 
Phytolacca decandra L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1:631. 1762. COMMON POKEBERRY, 
Ell. Sk. 1:530. Gray, Man. ed. 6,436, Chap. Fl, 375. Coulter, Contr. Nat Herb. 
2:372. 
SOUTHERN EUROPE (introduced). 
Allezhenian and Louisianian areas. Ontario and New England west to Minne- 
sota, south to Florida, Texas, and \rkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Border of woods, fields, copses, in fertile soil. ‘Tus- 
caloosa, Cullman, Montgomery, and Mobile counties. Flowers rose-pink, July to 
October; berries purplish black, September, October. Frequent. 
Eeonomic uses: The root is the ‘‘pokeroot,” ‘* Phytolaccae radix,” and the berries, 
the ‘“pokeberry,” “Phytolaccae fructus,” of the United States Pharmacopcria. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
NYCTAGINACEAE. Four o'clock Family. 
ALLIONIA Loefl. Iter. Hisp. 181. 1758. 
Oxypapuus L’Her.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 1: 105. 1797. 
About 10 species, perennial. North America to Mexico. 
Allionia albida Walt. Fl. Car. 84. 1788. PaLE UMBRELLAWORT, 
Oxybaphus albida Chois. in DC, Prodr, 13, pt. 2:434, 1849. 
Ell. Sk. 1:187. Chap. FI. 373; ed. 3, 393. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 352. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and 
Tennessee, 
