A:M) plant likk <»k at.ai?ama. 



AVkst Indik.s. Mkxico to I'KrdlAY, ClIII.K. 



('.irorniiiiii and LoiiisianiMii anas. Soiitlicastcrn X'irfiinia In Florida, went to 

 NOiitlnTii Texas. 



Ai.ahama: Central i'iin' lu-lt, to tlic coast. I>aiiip liaiiks, on trees. ,\iita«iKa 

 mnt.v to .Moltiie Conuty, alluvial ilistrirts; most almndaiit. FioworH blue, June. 

 Ty|)i' locality: " llal>. in Virginiac, .laniaic.ie, lirasiliar arborihus." 



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Herb. tJeol. Surv. Herb. Mohi 



COMMELINACEAE. 



COMMELINA L. Sp. I'l. 1 : 10. 17r.:{. 



About S>< species, warmer rejjions of Asia, .Mrica, Australia, America. Atlantic 

 Nortli America. 5. 

 Commelina communis L. Sp. ri. 1: 10. 1753. Asiatic ok Common Day-klowkr. 



Coiiintilhin riilqaria Sclimidel. Iron. Pi. 159, /. /'/, //. 17G2. 



C. irilldiuorii Kuntb, Eniim. 4:37. 1843. 



Cb.ip. PI. 1!»7. in part. ? Britt. &. Prown, 111. PI. 1 : 370. 



Asia. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Adventi^c; and naturalized. Soutbi-rn New 

 York and New Jersey to Florida and Louisiana. 



Ai.aiiama: Lower bills to Coast plain. Cultivated and waste ground. Jefferson 

 County, Jonesboro (E. A. Smith). Mobile County. July to October; a garden weed. 

 Annual. ^ 



Type locality: "Hab. in America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Commelina nudiflora L. 8p. PI. 1 : 41. 1753. Creeimxo Day-flower. 



Commelina communis ^Ya\t.FL Car. GH. 1788. Not L. 



C. carorniiana Walt. 1. c. 



C. cayeniieuxw h. C. Rich. Act. N. Soc. Nat. Hist. Par. 1 : 106. 1792. 



('. arjraria Kunth, Enum. 4 : 38. 1843. 



Pll.Sk. 1:48. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 538. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:443. Griseb. 

 PI. I'.rit. W. Ind. 524. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 524. 



West Indies, Mexico to Brazil, Canary Islands, Galapagos, Tropical 

 Africa. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Delaware to Florida, west to Texas and 

 Missouri. 



Alah.\ma : Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Cultivated ground. A common gar- 

 den weed. Mobile. September to November. Flowers blue. Annual. ? 

 Type locality: "Hab. in India." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Commelina erecta 1j. 8p. PI. 1:41. 1753. Slender Day-flower. 



Ell. Sk. 1:4S, in part. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 539. Chap. Fl. 497. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 443. 



Mexico to Brazil, Peru. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Pennsylvania to Florida, west to Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Lower hills to Coast plain. Light exposed soil, 

 grassy banks, jiastures. Mobile County. Lee County, Auburn. August, Septem- 

 ber. Flowers blue. Perennial. 



Type locality : ''Hab. in Virginia.'" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Commelina virginica L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1 : 61. 1762. Virginia 1 )a v-flower. 



Commelina <u)ffiif<ti folia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 24. 1803, 

 Gray, Man. ed. tJ, .5'39. Chap. Fl. 497. 



Bahamas, Paraguay. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Southern New York to Michigan and Nebraska, 

 south to Florida. 



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Alap-ama: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). 

 ee County. Auburn (F. S. Earlc). Frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



