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Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario to Britisli Columbia; southern New 

 England throughout the Atlantic States west to Colorado and Nevada, south along 

 the mountains to Georgia. 



Ai.ABA.MA : Mountain region. Shaded rocky copse.s, woods, on limestone rocks. 

 Madisou County, Montesano, 1,200 feet. May; rare. Annual. 



Type locality: ''Hab. in Pensylvauia." 



Herb. Oeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Parietaria officinalis erecta (Mert. *& Koch) Weddell, Monogr. Urt. 507. 1856. 



rarieiaria erecta Mert. & Koch, Deutschl. Fl. 1 : 825. 1823. 



Adventive with ballast from Mediterranean Europe. Mobile County, 1891. 

 Annual. 



Herb. Mohr. 



LORANTHACEAE. Mistletoe Family. 



PHORADENDRON Nutt. .Journ. Acad. Phila. ser. 2, 1 : 185. 1847-1850. 



About 80 species, tropical, subtropical, and warmer temperate America. United 

 States, i or 5 species. Shrult, parasitical on trees. 



Phoradendron flavesceiis (Pursh) Nutt. ; Gray, Man. ed. 2, 383. 1856. 



Viscum tidrenceus Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 114. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 677. (iray, Man. ed. 6, 450. Chap. Fl. 397. 



Carolinian and Lou isianian areas. From Florida to Texas and Arkansas; north to 

 New Jersey, west to southern Illinois; southern Mipsouri. 



Alabama: Throughout. Parasitic on various hard-wood trees. In the Central 

 Prairies and southward. Most frequent on the water oak. Flowers in February 

 and March. Fruit ripe October, November ; berries white. Common. 



Economic uses: The young twigs and leaves are used medicinally. 



Type locality : " [North America.] Parasitic on oaks and other trees; rare." 



Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SANTALACEAE. Sandalwood Family. 



COMANDRA Niitt. Gen. 1 : 157. 1818. 



Four species, perennial herbs. Europe. North America, 3. 

 Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. Gen. 1: 157. 1818. 



Thesium nmheUatum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 208. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1:311. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 450. Chap. FL 396; ed. 3, 417. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 385. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Ontario to Manitoba and the Rocky Mountains ; 

 New England southward along the mountains to Georgia, west to Missouri, Arkansas, 

 and Te.xas. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Warrior table-land. Rocky copses, dry open places. 

 Morgan County, June, 1899. Jackson County, Sand Mountain, near Starkey Creek. 

 Flowers greenish white. Perennial; jiarasitic on the roots of trees. Infrequent. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginiae, Pensylvaniae pascuis siccis. Kalm." 



Herb. Biltmore. 



NESTRONIA Raf. New Fl. 3 : 12. 1836. 

 (Darbya Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 1:388. 1846.) 



One species, southern Atlantic North America. Low shrub. 

 Nestronia umbellulata Raf. New Fl. 3 : 13. 1836. 



Darhya umJiellulala Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 1 : 388. 1846. 



Chap. Fl. 396. 



Carolinian area. North Carolina, central Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Warrior table-land, 800 feet. Shaded hillsides. 

 Cullman County. Lee County, near Auburn. Rocky shaded banks, not rare ( Baker .y- 

 Earle). Flowers greenish. Only male plants have been met with in the State. 

 May, rare. 



Type locality: "Near Milledgeville, Ga.," Dr. Boykin, and at Macon, Prof. Darby: 

 also at Lincoln, N. C, Mr. M. A. Curtis. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



