694 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern TIlinois, southern Missouri, south to 
Texas and east to Florida and South Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Prairie region. Dry prairies. Wilcox County (8. 2. Buckley).  Tus- 
caloosa County (£. A. Smith), Flowers rose-purple, showy; March, April. Rare; 
frequently cultivated. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Verbena rigida Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4, pt. 2: 230. 1827. RIGID VERBENA. 
Verbena venosa Gill & Hook. in Hook. Bot. Misc. 1: 167. 1830, 
Introduced from Brazil and escaped from cultivation. Naturalized on the Gulf 
coast and in southern Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mobile County, roadsides, waste places near dwellings. Flowers 
carmine; April, May. Not infrequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Rio Grande. Sello.” (Brazil.) 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Verbena bonariensis L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1:28. 1762. 
Adventive from southern Brazil, Argentina. 
ALABAMA: Mobile County, fugitive on ballast. Flowers purplish; July. A coarse 
branching plant, 2 to3 feet high. Observed first July, 1893, and subsequent seasons; 
spreading to roadsides. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in agro Bonariensi.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Verbena tenera Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 750. 1827. 
Adventive from southern Brazil, Argentina. 
ALABAMA: Mobile County, fugitive on ballast (Hunter’s Wharf). Flower deep 
blue; August, September. 1893-1895. Low creeping, the suffruticose stem 1 to 2 feet 
long. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Monte Video, Sello.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr, 
Verbena canescens H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 274, t. 786. 1814. 
Adventive from Mexico. 
Mobile County, on ballast heaps. June to November, 1892-1894. Flowers lilac. 
Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘“‘Crescit in montibus Mexicanorum, prope Guanaxuato, Martil et 
fodinam Belgrado, alt. 1000-1250 hex.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. 
ABENA Necker, Elem. Bot. 1. 1790. 
(STACHYTARPHETA Vahl, Enum. 1: 205. 1805.) 
About 40 species, tropical America. 
Abena jamaicensis (L.) A. 8. Hitchcock in Trelease, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard, 1893. 
Verbena jamaicensis L. Sp. P1L.1:19. 1763. 
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Vahl, Enum, 1: 206, 1805, 
Gray, Syn. FI.N.A. 2, pt. 1:334. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 494, 
West INDIES, SOUTH AMERICA. 
Louisianian area. Southern Florida. 
ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County, September, 1893. Not observed 
since. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Jamaica et Caribaeis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
BOUCHEA Cham. Linnaea, 7: 253. 18382. 
Tropical regions of Africa, India, America. 
Bouchea prismatica (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2:502. 1891. 
Verbena prismatica L. Sp. Pl.1: 19. 1753, 
Stachytarpheta prismatica Vahl, Enum, 1: 205. 1805, 
Bouchea ehrenbergit Cham. Linnaea, 7: 253, 1832. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N, A. 2, pt. 1:334. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 493, 
