ACANTHUS FAMILY. 733 
PEDALIACEAE. Sesame Family. 
MARTYNIA L. Sp. Pl. 2: 618. 1753. 
About a dozen species, of warmer America. 
Martynia louisiana Mill. Dict. ed.&, no. 3. 1768. UNICORN PLANT. 
Martynia proboscidea Glox. Obs. 14. 1785. 
KE. Sk. 2:130. Gray, Man. ed. 6,399. Chap. Fl. 285. Gray, Syn. FL. 2, pt. 1: 321. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 319, 
MEXICO. 
Southern Ohio west to southern Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas, 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Waste places. Tuscaloosa County (/. A. Smith). 
Flowers July; rare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘(Grows naturally in Louisiana.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Martynia diandra Glox. Obs. 14, 4. 7, 1785. 
Adventive with ballast from Mexico. Flowers yellow with purple spots; June, 
July. Fetid. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab,ad Americac Veram Crucem.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ACANTHACEAE. Acanthus Family. 
HYGROPHILA R. Br. Prodr. Nov. Holl. 1:479. 1810. 
Fifteen species, lacustrine perennials, of tropical America, tropical Asia, New 
Holland, North America. South Atlantic States, 1. 
Hygrophila lacustris DC, Prodr. 11:86. 1857, SMALL-FLOWERED HYGROPHILA. 
Chap. Fl. Suppl. 673; ed. 3, 364. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 321. 
MEXICO. 
Louisianian area. Western Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shaded muddy banks. Mobile County. Flowers pale 
blue, June; not frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘In laen (laguna) de Jalapa * 
Madissonville.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
* * * * 
, in Louisiana ; 
RUELLIA L. Sp. Pl. 2:634, 1753. (Inclusive of Dipteracanthus Nees. ) 
One hundred and twenty species, perennials, chiefly tropical America, a few in 
South Africa and tropical Asia, Atlantic North America, 7. 
Ruellia pedunculata Torr.; Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. b: 325. 
PEDUNCLED RUELLIA. 
Louisianian area, Western Louisiana and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Pine woods. Mobile County, Grand Bay. Flow- 
ers purplish blue; July. Rare and local. 
Type locality: “Dry woods, in W. Louisiana, J. Hale. Arkansas, Bigelow, Mrs. 
Harris.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ruellia noctiflora (Nees) Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 326. 
NIGHT-BLOOMING RUELLIA,. 
Dipteracanthus noctiflorus Nees in DC. Prodr, 11; 123, 1847. 
Chap. Fl. 304. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 1. ¢. 
Louisianian area. Louisiana and Mississippi to western Florida and Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain, Flat grassy pine barrens along the coast. Mobile 
County, Bayou Labatre. Flowers white, fragrant, opening in the evening and 
during the night; September, October. Six to 12 inches high. Not frequent; local, 
Type locality: “(In Savannahs Altamahae Georgiae (Le Conte ]. c.), in campis 
graminosis inter S. Marks et Port Leon Floridae (Rugel! * * * ), Texas, 
(Drummond * * * ).” 
Herb. Mohr, 
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2: 420, 1X14. FIMBRIATED RUELLIA, 
Ell. Sk. 2:110. Gray, Man. ed, 6,400, Chap. FL. 308. 
