MINT FAMILY. 705 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A.1.c. 
Carolinian area, Southern I]linois and Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Calcareous hills. Madison County, Huntsville. 
Jackson County, Scottsboro, cedar flats. Flowers dark blue; May. Not frequent. 
Stem low, ascending. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Sandy banks of the Mississippi, at Oquawka, 8. Illinois, ete., H. . 
Patterson, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PRUNELULA L. Sp. P1. 2:600. 1753, 
Five species, cosmopolitan in temperate regions. 
Prunella vulgaris L. Sp. Pl. 2:600, 1753. SELF-HEAL. 
Ell. Sk. 2:87. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 419. Chap. Fl. 322. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 2, pt. 
1: 382. 
TEMPERATE EUROPE, ASIA, NORTHERN AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, AMERICA. 
Boreal region to Louisianian area. From Canada across the continent to the 
Pacific, Alaska, and California, and through the Eastern United States to Nebraska 
and New Mexico. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Central Prairie belt. Damp pastures and open 
woods. Lauderdale and Montgomery counties. Flowers purple; July, August. 
Common. Perennial, 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab, in Europae pascuis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PHYSOSTEGIA Benth. Lab. Gen, & Sp.504, 1834, 
Three species, North America. 
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth. Lab. Gen, & Sp. 504. 1834. 
FALSE DRAGON’S-HEAD. 
Dracocephalum virginianum L. Sp. Pl. 22594. 1753. 
Ell. Sk. 2:84. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 419. Chap. Fl, 825. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1:383. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2:342. 
MEXICco. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba; New England west 
to Dakota; Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas, and south to Florida and Texas, 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Bibb County (2. 4. Smith). Flowers pink purplish; 
July. Not frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
MARRUBIUM L.§p. P1.2:582. 1753. 
About 40 species, cooler and warmer temperate regions of the Old World. 
Marrubium vulgare L. Sp. Pl. 2: 583. 1753. HOARHOUND. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Introduced from Europe and naturalized from 
Ontario to the Gulf. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. In open waste ground, near dwellings. Frequent in 
many localities. Flowers white; July to September. Perennial. 
Economic uses: The herb is the ‘*Marrubium” or ‘‘hoarhound” of the United 
States Pharmacopoia. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Europae borealioris ruderatis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
STACHYS L. Sp. P12:580. 1753. WouNpworrt. 
One hundred and fifty species, temperate regions and tropical mountains, cosmo- 
politan. 
Stachys agraria Cham. & Schlecht, Linnaea, 5: 100, 1830. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt.1:386. Coulter, Contr. Nat, Herb. 2: 343, 
MEXICO. 
Louisianian area. Southwestern Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Mobile County, fugitive on ballast. Flowers carmine; 
July. Observed in 1893 and subsequently. Annual, 
Type locality: “ Jalapae, circa urbem.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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