r)V»0 I'LANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



CYNOGLOSSUM 1.. Sp. PI. 1: i:M. 175S. lIoiNDs-TONciiK. 



Seventy-oijjht spei-ics, temperate and waimer regions, Northern Hemisphere, 

 r,nri>]ic, northern Africa, western Asiu, India. North America, 7; endemic, (5. 



Cynoglossum officinale L. Sp. PI. 1:131. 17r)3. Common IIound's-tongue. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 362. Chap. Fl. 333. Gray, Syii. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 187. 



KlROI-K. 



Allt'jihciiian and Carolinian areas. Naturalized in Canada, Missouri, and Arkansjis, 

 and from the Oliio Valley to North Carolina and upper (^eorgia. 



Ai.AKAM.v : Tennessee Valley. Waste places, roadsides. Morgan County, Dc^catur. 

 Lawrence County, Moulton. Flowers dark purjilo; June to September. Not fre- 

 quent. Annual or biennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europac ruderatis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Cynoglossum virginianum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 134. 1753. Wild Comfrey. 



Ci/noi/lossitm amplexicaule Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 1.32. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 228. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 364. Chap. Fl. 333. (Jray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 1 : 188. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, Quebec; New England west to Minne- 

 sota, Ohio Valley to Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas, south along the mountains 

 from New York to Tennessee and North Carolina. 



Alahama: Mountain region. Rich woodlands. Lawrence County, 1,200 feet. 

 Winston County, 1,500 feet. Madison County, Montesano, 1,.500 feet. Oekalb 

 County, Lookout Mountain, 1,800 feet. Flowers sky-blue; April, May. Not rare. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 



LAPPULA Moench, Meth. 416. 1794. 

 (Echinospermum Sw. ; Lehm. Asperif. 113. 1818.) 



About 40 species, temperate regions, mostly Northern Hemisphere. South Africa, 

 Australia. North America, 7 or 8. 



Lappula virginiana (L.) Greene, Pittonia, 2 : 182. 1891. Beggar's Lice. 



Myosotia virginiana L. Sp. PI. 1 : 131. 1753. 



Echinospermum virginicnm Lehm. Asperif. 117. 1818. 



Cynoqlossum morrisoni DC. Prodr. 10 : 155. 1846. 



Ell. Sk. 1:225. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 362. Chap. Fl. 333. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 

 pt. 1 : 189. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Ontario, and Lake Superior; 

 New England west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, 

 and Kansas, and from New York along the mountains to South Carolina. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Upper division of Coast Pino belt. Damp shady 

 borders of woods, copses. Cullman County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa County. Clarke 

 County, Suggs ville, 300 feet (Z)j-. i>ewny). Flowers p.ale blue; July. Not fretjuent. 

 Biennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



MERTENSIA Roth, Catal. Bot. 1 : 34. 1797. 



About 14 species. Temperate Europe, Asia. North America, 7 or 8. 

 Mertensia virginica (L.) DC. Prodr. 10 : 88. 1846. Virginia Lungwort. 



I'uhnonaria virginica L. Sp. PL 1 : 135. 17.53. 



Ell. Sk. 1:228. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 364. Chap. Fl. 332. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 

 pt. 1:200. 



Carolinian .area. Southern Ontario and New York, Ohio Valley to Missouri and 

 Arkansas, south from New Jersey to the mountains of South Carolina. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Rich wooded banks of streams. 

 Lauderdale County, Florence (M. C. IVilaon). Winston County, Sipsey Valley {T. M. 

 Peters), Flowers purple; May. Infrequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



