CuM) I'LANT LIKK (>K AI.AHAMA. 



PASSIFLORACEAE. Passion Flower Family. 



PASSIFIiORA I.. Sp. PI.2:i»5i). 1753. 



Altoiit 130 specii's, <liiflly of Iniiiiciil Ainciic.i lioiu West IiidieH to Hriizil. North 

 Aiiu'iica !t. 



Passiflora incarnata L. Sj). I'l. 2 : it59. 1753. Mayi-op. Common Passion Ti.owkr 

 j:il..sk.2: 153. Gray, Man. od.G, IIU. Chap. Fl. 117. Coulter, Coiitr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 121. 



Cuba, 1?i!azii,, 1'eiu\ 



Carolinian and houisiaiiian areas. Virjjfinia west to Kentucky; Missouri and 

 Arkansas, south to Florida, and throujjfhout the (iiilf States to western Texas. 



Ai.AitAMA: Tennessee N'allej' to the Coast i»Iain. Dry, waste, and cultivated 

 •ground. C'nilnian County, 800 I'eet. Mobile County. Flowers jinrple and white; 

 April, May. Fruit ripe .luue, .)uly, greenish yellow, the pulp edible. Perennial. 



Ty])e locality: "Hab. in Nirginia, Brasilia, Peru." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Passiflora lutea L. Sp. PI. 2 : 958. 1753. Yellow Passion Flower. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 154. Gray, Man. cd. 6, 194. Chap. Fl. 147. 



Carolinian and Louisiaiiian areas. Virginia and Ohio to Missouri, south to Florida, 

 west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



Alauama: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. iJamp thickets. Morgan County, 

 Decatur. Cullman County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa County. Jetierson County (E. A. 

 Smith). Clarlm Coxiuty {Dr. Denny). Mobile County. Flowers dull yellow; June. 

 Not rare. Climbing over bushes. Perennial. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginiae, Jauiaicae glareosis, saxosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 



CACTACEAE. Cactus Family. 



OPUNTIA Mill. CJard.Dict. ed. 7. 1759. Prickly pear. 



About 150 species, of subtropical and tropical America. North America, mostly 

 western (Sonoran areas) and adjacent parts of Mexico 101. 



KAFlNKSCiUE'S PUICKLY PeAK. 



Opuntia humifusa Kaf. Med. Bot. 2: 247. 1830. 



Cactus hitviifu8U8 Raf. Ann. Nat. 15. 1S20. 



Opuntia mcaacawtlia Kaf. ; Seringe, Bull. Jiot. Gen. 216. 1830. 



Opuntia rafniemiHH Engelm. Syn. Cact. 295. 1856. 



( ;ray, Man", ed. 6, 197. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 171. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 135. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauian area. Ontario, southern New England, Minnesota, 

 Wisconsin and Missouri to Texas and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Flowers sulphur-yellow, April, May. 

 Fruit ripe June, July; pulp purple. Abundant in the limestone hills of the Ten- 

 nessee Valley and common in the dry sandy pine barrens of the Lower Pine region 

 and Coast plain. Perennial. 



Type locality unknown. 



Herb. Geol. .Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Opuntia opuntia (L.) Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3 : 432. 1896. 



Common Prickly Pear. 



Cactus opuntia L. .Sp. PI. 1 : 468. 1753. 



Opuntia vulgaris Mill. Diet. ed. 8, no. 1. 1768. 



Gray, Man, ed. 6, 197. Chap. Fl. 144, ed. 3, 171, 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Southeastern Massachusetts along the coast 

 to Florida. 



Ai.ai'.ama: Coast plain. Shell banks. Mobile County, Dauphin Island. Perennial. 

 Type; locality : "Hab. in America, Peru, Virginia, nunc in Hisjiania, Lusitania." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Opuntia pes-corvi Le Conte; Chap. Fl. 145. 1860. Crowfoot Cactus. 



Chap. Fl. 145. 



Louisiauian area. Georgia and Florida, west to Mississippi. 



ALxVBAma: Littoral region. Drifting sands on the seashore. Mobile County, 

 Dauphin Island, Navy Cove. Flowers rose puridish; April, May. Not frequent. 

 Perennial. 



Ty]ie locality: "Barren sandy places along the coast, Florida and Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



