()'.>'2 PLANT LIFE oF ALABAMA. 



A. Smith). Clarkoroiinty. Sn<jgsvilli> (Dr. Deiinii). Mobile County, aHlouder depan- 



ftiTiitt'd form. Flowers whiff ; Marcli, Ajtril. InlVoqiient. Srveral stems, more or 

 ess ileeumbeiit from the t iilieroiisly tliickoned root, i'erenuial. 

 Type loeality : "In I'loridjs propo Aspala^a (Kugel!)." 

 Herb. Geol. ."iiirv. Ilerl>. Mohr. 



ONOSMODIUM Miehx. Fl. Hor. Am. I:i:i2. 1803. 



Six species, temi)orate North Amci ica, Mexico. United States and Hritish >'orth 

 Anierie.i. .">. 



Ouosmodium carolinianum (Lam.) A. DC. I'rodr. 10 : 70 ISK!. 



t"Ai;()i,iNA Fal.sk Gkomwkix. 



LHhonpermum carolinlatium Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1 : 367. 17!ll. 



Gray, Man. ed. H, 3(i6. Chap. F1.331. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:206. Coulter, 

 Coiitr'Nat. Herb. 2 : 1'SS. 



AUejihenian to Louisiaiiian area. Ontario, western New York, and western Penn- 

 sylvania to Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Colorado; Ohio X'alley to Missouri 

 and Arkansas; and from X(;w Jersey to Florida and Texas. 



Alahama: Throughout the .State. Grassy o])en plaees. open woods and copses, in 

 light soil. Lauderdale, Cullman, Clarke, Washington, and ^lobile counties. Flowers 

 yellowish white; May, June. Fruit ripe July. Common. Most frequent in the Coast 

 Fine belt. Perennial. 



Type locality : -'E Carolinia. D. Frascr.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Onosmodium virginiauum (L.) A. DC. Prodr. 10 : 70. 1846. 



Virginia Falsk Gkomwell. 



Lilho-ijiermiim virtjhiianitm L. Sp. PI. 1 : 132. 1753. 



Onosmodium hisjyidum Michx. Fl. lior. Am. 1 : 133. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 226. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 366. Chap. Fl. 331. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 206. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New England and New Jersey, west to Ohio, 

 Missouri, and Arkansas, south to the Gulf States from Florida to Louisiana. 



Alabama : Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Grassy banks, open copses, light soil. 

 Tuscaloosa County (i\ .1. .Shu'//*). Autauga, Clarke, and Mobile counties. Flowers 

 dingy white; May. Not infre(|uent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



VERBENACEAE. Vervain Family. 



VERBENA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 18. 1753. Vekvaix. 



About 80 species, extratropical and tropical zones of both hemispheres, chiefly 

 South and Southwestern America. Europe, 1; North America, 16. 



Verbena ofBcinalis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 20. 17.53. Common A'ervain. 



I'erlirna spuria L. Sp. PI. 1 : 20. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2:07. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 401. Chap. Fl. 307. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 335. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:327. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1:608. 



EuROPK. Cosmopolitan in warmer temperate regions. 



Naturalized from New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas, Arizona, and southern 

 California. 



Alabama: Throughout the State, waysides, borders of fields. Most frequent in 

 the Tennessee Valley and in the Coast plain. Mobile County, on the coast; a com- 

 mon wayside weed. Flowers lilac; July to October. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europae mcditerraneae ruderatis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Verbena xutha Lehm. Ind. Sem. Hort. Hamb. 1834. 



J'erbena lucaeana M'alp. Kep. 4 : 23. 1844-1848. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 335. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 327. 



Mexico. 



Louisianian area. Louisiana and Texas to southern California. 



Alabama: Littoral region. Baldwin County, Navy Cove, waste places. Most 

 probably adventive from the southwest. Flowers purple, August. Local and rare. 

 A coarse weed, 2 to 3 feet high. Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



