734 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Carolinian area, West Virginia to Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri, south to 
WMorida and western Louisiana (//ale). 
ALABAMA: ‘Tennessee Valley to the Coast Pine belt. Monroe County, Perdue Hill. 
Flowers pale purplish blue; July. Scattered, not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘* Near Savannah, Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ruellia ciliosa humilis (Nutt.) Britton, Trans. Am. Acad. Sei. 9:185. L890. 
Low FIMBRIATED RUELLIA, 
Ruellia humilis Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil, Soe. ser, 2,5: 182. 1833-37. 
Rh, ciliosa longiflora Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt. 1: 826, 1878, 
Gray, lc. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 322. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Western Florida to Texas, Arkansas, and 
southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry open woods, pine forests, Tus- 
caloosa County (#. A. Smith). Clarke County, Thomasville. Baldwin and Mobile 
counties. Flowers pale purplish (lilac); April to June. Common. 
Type locality: “On rocks in the upland forests and prairies,” Arkansas. 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ruellia ciliosa parviflora (Nees) Britton, Mem. Torr, Club, 5:300. 1894, 
SMALL-FLOWERED FIMBRIATED RUELLIA, 
Dipteracanthus ciliosus var. parviflorus Nees in DC. Prodr. 11: 123. 1847. 
Ruellia ciliosa ambigua Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 326. 1872. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 400. Gray, Syn. FL. 1. ¢. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Virginia and Kentucky south to Florida, west 
to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Metamorphic hills. Upper division Coast Pine helt. 
Hilly open woods, Lee County, Auburn ( Baker §° Karle), Monroe and Clarke coun- 
ties. 
Type locality: “Ad Ky tluvinm,” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ruella ciliosa hybrida (Pursh) Gray, Syn. FL. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 326. 
HIkSUTE FIMBRIATED RUELLIA, 
Ruellia hybrida Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2: 420, 1816, 
R. hirsuta EN. Sk. 2: 109, 1817. 
Ell. le. Gray, le. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey (Britton), South Carolina, Geor- 
gia, and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Metamorphic hills, Central Prairie region. Dry 
open ground, pastures. Lee County, Auburn ( Baker §* Karle), Montgomery County, 
Pintlalla Creek, July, 1882. Flowers purplish blue to white; July. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘In sandy fields near Savannah, Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ruellia strepens L. Sp. Pl. 2:634. 1753. DIPrERACANTHUS, 
Dipteracanthus strepens Nees in DC. Prodr, 11: 123. 1847. 
EM, Sk. 2:108. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 100. Chap. FI. 804. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A, 2, 
pt. 1:327. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 322, 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Pennsylvania west to Michigan and Wiscon- 
sin, south to the Ohio Valley and Tennessee to Georgia and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower hills, Borders of woods and thickets, Clay 
County, Moseley, 1,000 to 1,200 feet. Talladega County, lronaton. Tuscaloosa 
County (£. A. Smith). Flowers blue; June, July. Not frequent. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Virginia, Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DIANTHERA L. Sp. Pl. 1:27. 1753. 
One hundred species, paludial perennial herbs, mostly of warmer regions, chiefly 
American. 
Dianthera americana L. Sp. Pl. 1:27. 1753. Densm-rlowERED WATER WILLOW. 
Justicia pedunculosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1: 7. 1803. 
Justicia americana Vahl, Enum. 1: 140, 1805, 
Ell. Sk. 1:11. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 401. Chap. FL. 304. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1: 329. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:324. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario; New England west to Michi- 
gan; Ohio Valley to Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. 
