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Ell, Sk. 2:82. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 410. Chap. 1.315. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt. 1: 
354. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 334. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Ontario and southern New England to Vir- 
ginia, west to Missouri, Arkansas, and ‘Tennessee, south to Florida and west to 
Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Central Prairie belt. Close 
damp exposed ground, meadows, and prairies, Lauderdale County, abundant in the 
barrens, Cullman County, 800 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa County (£. A. Smith). 
Montgomery and Dallas counties. Flowers June, July. Abundant in low wet 
prairies and in the barrens. 
Economic uses: The herb known as “mountain mint” or “ Pycnanthemum” is 
used medicinally. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 
Koellia pycnanthemoides (Leavenw.) Kuntze, Rev, Gen. Pl. 2:520. 1891. 
MOUNTAIN BASIL. 
Tullia pycnanthemoides Leavenw. Am, Journ. Sei. 20: 343, t=. 5. 1830. 
Pycnanthemum tullia Benth, Lab. Gen. & Sp. 328, 1834. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,410, Chap. I'l. ed. 3, 376. Gray, Syn. Fl, N, A. 2, pt. 1: 355. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Southern Virginia and along the mountains to 
Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Coosa hills. Dry copses and borders of woods. 
Clay County, Talladega Mountains to 2,200 feet altitude. Cullman County, 800 
feet. Talladega County, Chandler Springs, 1,200 feet; Renfroe, 800 feet altitude, 
Lee County, Auburn. Calhoun County, Anniston. Flowers purplish; August, 
September. Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘¢ Paint Mountain in Eastern ‘Tennessee.’ 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Koellia albescens (Torr. & Gr.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2:520, 1891. 
WHITISH BASIL. 
Pycnanthemum albescens Torr. & Gr. ; Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. 42:45, 1842, 
P. incanum var. albescens Chap, F1. 314. 1860, 
Chap. Fl.l.c. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:356. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 22335, 
Louisianian area. Florida to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry borders of woods, fence rows. 
Fiowers white; July to September. Slightly fragrant. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Louisiana, Ingalls, Hale, et Alabama, Gates.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Koellia montana (Michx.) Kuntze, Rey. Gen. Pl. 2:520. 1891. 
Pycnanthemum montanum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:8, 1803. 
El. Sk. 2:80. Chap. F1.315. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 356. 
Carolinian area. Mountains southern Virginia, Tennessee to Georgia. 
ALABAMA. Mountain region. Fide Gray. Not observed lately. 
Type locality: ‘Hab, in altis montibus Carolinae.” 
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HEDEOMA Pers. Syn. 2:181. 1807. 
Twelve species. South and North America, 10; mostly Southwestern in the Lower 
Sonoran area, 
Hedeoma pulegioides (L..) Pers. Syn. 2: 151. 1807. AMERICAN PENNYROYAL. 
Melissa pulegioides L. Sp. Pl. 2:593, 1753. 
Cunila pulegioides L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1:30. 1762. 
Ell. Sk.1:28. Gray, Man. ed. 6,412, Chap. F1. 316, Gray, Syn. FN, A. 2, pt. 1: 362. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas, Coast of Nova Scotia, New 
Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario; southern New England west to Iowa, south to 
the Ohio Valley, Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee, and along the mountains to 
Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Dry open 
woods and hillsides. Madison County, Huntsville. Lauderdale County. Cullman 
County, 800 feet. Tallapoosa County, Dadeville. Tuscaloosa County. Abundant 
wherever it occurs. Annual. : 
Economie uses: The herb is the ‘‘pennyroyal” or “Hedeoma” of the United 
States Pharmacopcia. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
