FOUE O CLOCK FAMILY. 493 



FROELICHIA Moeiicb, Meth. 50. 1794. 



Ten species, in warmer regions. America, United States to BrazlL 



Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq. in DC. Frodr. 13, pt. 2:420. 1849. 



Florida Froklichia. 



Oplothecafioridana Nutt. Geu. 2 : 79. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 155. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 430. Chap. Fl. 384. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:363. 



West Indies, Mexico. 



Allegheniau to Louisianiau area. Wisconsin and southern Minnesota to Nebraska 

 aud Colorado; Illiuois south to Georgia and Florida, thence west to Texas and 

 Arkansas. 



Alabama : Littoral region. Dry sands. Baldwin County, eastern shore of Mobile 

 Bay. June, July ; not frequent. Annual. 

 Type locality : "On the banks of the Altamaha River. Baldwyn." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BATIDACEAE. Batis Family. 



BATIS P. Br. Hist. Jam. 1:356. 1756. 



A single species, a frutescent halophyte of the warmer jiarts of America. 

 Batis marltima L. Syst. ed. 10, 1380. 1759. Batis. 



Chap. Fl. 411. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 61. 

 West Indies, Mexico to Venezuela. 

 Louisianian area. Western Florida to Texas. 



Alabama: Littoral region. Saline marshes. Mobile County, shores of Mississippi 

 Sound and outlying islands. July; not infre{|iieut. Shrub. 

 Type locality not ascertained, probably West Indian. 

 Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



PHYTOLACCACEAE. Pokeweed Family. 



PHYTOLACCA L. Sp. PI. 1:441. 1753. Pokebekky. Pokeweed. 



About 11 species, widely diffused over the Old World and America. Perennial 

 herbs. 



Phytolacca decaudra L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1 : 631. 1762. Common Pokebbrry. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 530. Grav, Man. ed. 6, 436. Chap. Fl. 375. Coulter, Contr. Nat Herb. 

 2 : 372. 



Southern Europe (introduced). 



Allejfhenian and Louisiauian areas. Ontario and New England west to Minne- 

 sota, south to Florida, Texas, and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Border of woods, fiidds, copses, in fertile soil. Tus- 

 caloosa, Cullman, Montgomery, aud Mobile couutics. Flowers rose-piuk, Julj^ to 

 October; berries purplish black, September, October. Frecjueut. 



Economic uses: The root is the "pokeroot,"' " I 'hytolaccae radix," and the berries, 

 the "pokeberry," " Phytolaccae fructus," of the United States Pharmacopoeia. 



Type locality : "Hab. in \irginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



NYCTAGINACEAE. Four o'clock Family. 



ALLIONIA Loed. Iter. Ilisp. 181. 175<s. 

 Oxybaphus L'Her. ; Willd. Sp. PL 1:105. 1797. 



About 10 species, perennial. North America to Mexico. 

 Alliojiia albida Walt. Fl. Car. 84. 1788. Pale LTmbrellawort. 



Oxijbaphus albida Chois. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 2:434. 1849. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 187. Chap. Fl. 373 ; ed. 3, 393. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 352. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and 

 Tennessee, 



