684 PLANT LI IK <'K ALAlLvMA. 



Ai.aiiama: Coast jdain. Swampy thickotH. Mobih? Couuty, parasiti' <»ii I^iibiis 

 arijutiix. old tt'li'<jra])li road. Stqitciiibcr, October. 



Type locality: 'I'lie distributioii ;^iveii is (Jcor;;i;i, I'lorida, LniiiHiaiia, western 

 Texas, Hahaiiia Islands, and ('iil>a. 



Herli. (;eol. Siirv. Herl). Mohr. 



Cuscuta grouovii Willd. ; Ivoeni. & Scbult. Syst. 6:205. 1820. Lakck L(>\ kvink. 



('. vHlglvaqa Kngelm. Am. Joiirii. S<i. 43 : :W8, /. f>,f. 12-li;. 1842. 



Ell. Sk. i:L'20. Gray, Man. ed. (i, 372. Cbap. V\. 317. (irav, Svn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1:221. Coiilt.T, ("ontr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 2!».->. 



Allefjbenian ti» Ijonisianian area. Nova Scotia, New LiimHwick, (Quebec, Ontario, 

 and tlir(mj:;boiit tlie Atlantic I'nited States. 



Ai-.VHAMA : Over the State. In tbickets and borders of woods. I'lowejs white; 

 July, S(iptember. On varions shrubs and trees; the stoutest of on r species, the long 

 stems of deep orange color, ascending small trees and often entwining their crown. 

 Common. 



Type locality: "In Virginia." 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cuscuta compacta .Jnss. ; Choi.s. Mem. Soc. Gen. 9 :281, <. ^,/. 5. 1841. 



Com PACT- FLOWERED LoVKNINE. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, ;572. Chap. Fl. 347 ; ed. 3, 332. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 222. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York and Ohio to Missouri and 

 Arkansas, and from New Jersey south to Florida and west to Texas. 



Ai.aiiama: Over the State. Shady damp tliickets bortlering water courses, infest- 

 ing large shrubs. Ilex, Andromeda, Rhus, etc. I'lowors white; Septemljer, October. 

 Common throughout; most abundant in the coast plain. 



Typ(' loiality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cuscuta suaveolens Seringe, Ann. Sci. Phys. Nat. Agric. et Indust. 3 : 519. 1840. 



LucERX OR Ali'alfa Dodder. 



Cuscuta racemosa var. chillana Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci. 1 : 505. 1859. 



Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:221. 



Chile, Brazil; introduced into Europe. 



Adventive from Chile into California. Introduced in the South Atlantic region 

 with lucern seed from California. 



Alabama: Montgomery Countyi Observed for the first time .Inly 10, 1889, in a 

 patch of lucern, growing luxuriantly, and i)roving most destructive to its host. In 

 order to prevent the spread of this plant, on advice, the croj) was plowed under 

 before the seeds were matured. It has since not been seen or heard of from any 

 other locality in the State. 



Type locality not ascertained; ajtparently Chilean. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



POLEMONIACEAE. Phlox Family. 



PHLOX L. Sp. I'l. 1 : 151. 1753. 



Thirty species, mostly perennials, in temperate North America and Siberia. Ea.stern 

 United States, 12. 



Phlox paniculata L. Sp. PI. 1: 151. 1753. Paniculate Phlox. Sweet William. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 242. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 3.54. Chap. Fl. 337. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 129. 



Carolinian and Louisianian .areas. Pennsylvania west to Missouri and Arkansas, 

 south to Georgia. 



Alaisa.ma: Central Prairie region. Thickets and rich copses. Montgomery 

 County. Flowers bright purple; October. Not freciuent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentrionali. Colliusou." 



Herb. (teol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Phlox paniculata acuminata tPursh) (ibajt. Fl. 338. 1860. 



Phlox acuminata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 730. 1816. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 242. Chap. Fl. 1. c. 



A Avell-marked variety, well described by Pursh. At once recognized by the soft 

 pubescence, dark green foliage, and the ovate-lanceolate acuminate leaves attenu- 

 ated at the base into a more or less margined petiole, only the uppermost sessile, 

 and by the short calyx lobes. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina and Georgia. 



