716 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
JABOROSA Juss. Gen. Pl.125. 1789, 
Six species, southern Brazil, Argentina, Chile. 
Jaborosa integrifolia Lam. Encyel. 3:189. 1789. 
Perennial, low, stemless; leaves and scapes from a long creeping rhizoma, deeply 
buried beneath the surface, 
BUENOS AYRES. 
Adventive with ballast. Mobile County. Flowers white, fragrant, opening in the 
evening; July to October; seeds ripen perfectly. Persistent in the same locality for 
years. Transplanted into gardens proves to be a rapidly spreading weed, difficult 
to eradicate. Perenrial. 
Type locality: ‘“Commerson a trouvé cette plante aux environs de Buenos-Aires.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PETUNIA Juss. Ann. Mus. Par. 2:215, ¢. 47. 1803, 
About 12 species, South American herbs, 
Petunia parviflora Juss, Ann. Mus. Par. 2: 216, ¢. 47. 1803. 
SMALL-FLOWERED PETUNIA, 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:243. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:304. Wats. Bot. 
Calif, 1: 546, 
MEXICO TO ARGENTINA. 
Louisianian area, Texas, west to California, east to Louisiana and Florida. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Waste ground, also on ballast. Mobile County. July; 
notinfrequent. Annual, 
Type locality: ‘* De Vembouchure de la Plata.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Petunia violacea Lindl. Bot. Reg. 19: ¢. 262¢. 1883, 
ARGENTINA, URUGUAY. 
Adventive on ballast. Mobile County. Flowers rose-purple; June. First ob- 
served in 1896. Annual. 
Type locality: “A native of Buenos Ayres.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
SCROPHULARIACEAE. Figwort Family. 
VERBASCUM L. Sp. Pl. 1:177. 1753. MUuLLEIN. 
One hundred and sixty species, temperate and warm regions Northern Hemis- 
phere, largely Mediterranean Europe. North America,4. Naturalized from Europe. 
Verbascum thapsus L. Sp. Pl. 1:177. 1753, COMMON MULLEIN, 
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Throughout Atlantic North America from Ontario to the Gulf. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry fields, pastures. Flowers yellow; April, May. 
Common. Annual. 
Economie uses: The flowers and leaves, under the name of ‘“mullein flowers,” 
“mullein leaves,” are used medicinally, 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Europae glareosis sterilibus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Verbascum blattaria L. Sp. Pl. 1:178. 1753, MotTu MULLEIN. 
Of the same distribution as the last. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Flowers pale yellow or rose-tinted; July, August. 
Annual. <A frequent wayside weed, less common than the last. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab.in Europae australioris locis argillaceis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
ELATINOIDES Wetits. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4, Abt. 3b:58. 1891. 
Twenty-three species, Mediterranean region Europe, Africa, North America, 2; 
naturalized. 
Hlatinoides elatine (L.) Wetts. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4, Abt. 3b:58, 1891. 
Antirrhinum elatine L. Sp. Pl. 2:612. 1753. 
Linaria elatine Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8, no. 16. 176%. 
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