(k'^S plant LIFK of ALABAMA. 



AIwVHama: Ti'iinessoo Valley to the Coast plain. Opon woods and hankfl. Law- 

 ronro County. CiiUinan County, 800 loot. Dokalb County, Mi-ntone, 1,()00 feet. 

 Autauga County, Prattvillo. Mobile County. Flowers lemon-yellow; May, Fre- 

 tjuout. I'ereiinial. 



Typo locality : "Ilab. in Virginia." 



Herb. (Jcol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Kneiffia linearis (.Miclix.) Spach, Hist. Veg. 4 : iJUJ. 1835. Pink-hakrkn Sundrops. 



Ocncllicra Hiuaris Michx. Fl. l?or. Am. 1 : L'1'5. 1808. 



(>. I'ruticosa var. lineaiiH Wats. Proc. Am. ,\cad. 8 : .584. 1873. 



Kli. Sk. 1 : 414. (iray, Man. ed. •>, I'Jl. Chap. Fl. 139. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. .Southern Virginia along the coast to Florida, 

 west to Louisiana. 



Alauama: Lower Pine belt. Coast plain. In dry .sandy pine forests. Fscambia, 

 Washington, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers yellow; June. Frequent. 

 Peronuial. 



Typo locality : "Ilab. in Carolina superiore." 



Herb. Gcol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



XYLOPLEURUM Spach, Hist. Veg. 4:378. 183.5. 



Ten species, Mexico, southern United States. 



Xylopleiiruni speciosuna (Nutt.) L'nimaiin, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. 

 5, Al)t. 7:L'14. 1893. Showy Evexin(, Primrose. 



Oenothera speciosa Nutt. .lourn. Acad. Phila. 2 : 119. 1821. 



Xyloplenrum iiiitUillii Spach, Hist. Veg. 4:378. 183.5. 



Gray, Man. ed. 0, 191. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 115. 



Louisianiau area. Southern Tennessee, Missis.sippi, southern Arkansa.s, and Texas. 



Alabama: Central Prairie region. Coast plain. Borders of fields, grass ])lot8. 

 Dallas County, Uniontown. Hale County, Gallion. Mobile County. Flowers rose- 

 pink, with darker veins, yellowish at tlie base, slightly fragrant, diurnal, very 

 handsome; May, June. Local; abundant. Perouninl. Of late observed to spread 

 in the Coast plain, where it is found on roadsides and grassy banks, most probably 

 escaped from cultivation. 



Type locality apparently the uplands of Louisiana. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



GAURA L. Sp. PI. 1:347. 1753. Gaura. 



Gaura angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 226. 1803. Narrow-lkaf Gaura. 



Ell. Sk. 1:445. Chap. Fl. 138. 



Ijouisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Littoral I'egion. Dry gravelly banks and sandy shores. 

 Baldwin and Mobile counties. Flowers white, pale pink on fading; August to Octo- 

 ber. Fre(|uent on the shores of Mobile Bay and on the islands. Biennial. 



Type loonlity : "Hab. in Carolina inferiore." 



Herb. Gool. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gaura michauxii Spach, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 4 : 379. 1835. Michaux's Gaura. 



(iaura filipes Si>ach. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 4 : 379. 1835. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 193. Chap. Fl. 138. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, and Arkansas; south 

 from Kentucky to Florida and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Central Pine belt to Coast ])lain. Dry sandy open 

 woods. CuUuian County, 800 feet. Montgomery, Autauga, Clarke, Washington, and 

 Mobile counties. Flowers pink; July to September. Common; most frequent in 

 grassy pine barrens of the Coast Pine belt. Perennial. 



Tj'pe locality not ascertained. 



Herb. < ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gaura longiflora Spach, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 4 : 59. 1835. 

 Gaura biennis var. pitcheri Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 517. 1840. ( ?) 

 Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 161. 

 Carolinian area. Northern Georgia. 

 Alaba.ma : Fide Chapman. 

 Type locality not ascertained. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



