()*.)(') PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



PHRYMA L. Sp. I'l. 2:(;iU. 1753. 



One species, oaHtorii Asia, .lapau, >i'orth Aiiieiica. 

 Phryma leptostachya L. Sp. I'l. 2: (501. IT.'i}. LoPSEED. 



Kll. .Sk. 2:!iti. (Jiav, Man. ed. 6, 403. Chap. Fl. 3IG. Ciray, Syn. Fl. N. A.. 2, pt. 

 1 : 3:U. 



Allegheuian to Loiiieiauiaii area. New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario; New Eng- 

 land west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, and 

 Arkansas, and from New York to Florida and northern Mississippi. 



Ai-abama: Tennessee Valley and valleys in the mountain region. Damp, rich 

 forests. Blount C'ounty, bottom lands of Mulberry Fork. Flowers purplish; .June. 

 Not common. Perennial. 



Type locality: '' Ilab. in America septentrional!.'' 



Herb. Ueol. »Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



NEPETACEAE. Mint Family. 



MESOSPHAERUM P. Br. Hist. Jam. 257. 1756. Swamp Basil. 

 (Hyptis Jac<i. Coll. 1 : 101. 1786. ) 



About 250 species of tropical and subtropical America. West Indies to Brazil. 

 United States, 4. 

 Mesosphaerum rugosum (L.) Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club, 24:156. 1897. 



Clhiopodium riif/ositm L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 822. 1763. 



Hyptis ladiata NVilld. Sp. PL 3.- 84. 1800. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 78. Chap. Fl. 312. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, nt. 1 : 3.50. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 333. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



Alabama : Central Pine belt. Lower Pine region. Margins of ])ine-barren 

 ponds. Autauga County (^. A. Smith). Flowers white, purplish-dotted; .Inly, 

 August. Common. Stem from a creeping rootstock, simple, 2 to 4 feet high. 

 Abundant throughout the Lower Pine region. Perennial. 



Tyi)e locality: "Hab. in Carolina, Jamaica, Gallia aequiuoctiali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



COLLINSONIA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 28. 1753. HoRSE Balm. 



Four species, perennials. Eastern North America. 



Collinsonia scabriuscula Ait. I fort. Kew. 1:47. 1789. Pukple Horse Balm. 



Collinsonia tuberosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 17. 1803. 



C. scabra Piursh, 1 : 20. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 35, 36. Chap. Fl. 316. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 351. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina to I'lorida and eastern Louis- 

 iana. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Lower Pine region. Damj} thickets. Cullman 

 Coimty, 800 feet. Cleburne County, Wood's mine, 1,000 feet. Lee County, Opelika. 

 Escambia County, Wilson Station, 2.50 feet, shaded borders of pine-barren streams. 

 Flowers yellowish white with purple spots; September, October. Not rare. From 

 a thick tuber-like root, 2 to 2i feet high. 



Type locality: "Native of East Florida. Mr. John Bartram." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Collinsonia canadensis L. Sp. PI. 1: 28. 1753. Canadian Horse Balm. 



Ell. Sk. 1:34. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 407. Chap. Fl. 315. Grav, Syn. Fl. N. A. 

 2, pt. 1:351. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Western Ontario ; New England and New York, 

 west to Michigan and Wisconsin, south to the Ohio Valley and Tennessee, and alojg 

 the mountains to middle Florida and northern Mississippi. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Rich woodlands. Winston County, 1,500 feet ( T. ^. 

 Peters). Cullman County, 800 feet. Flowers leuiou-yellow; July, August. Two to 3 

 feet high. From a hard, knotty, thick rootstock; infrequent. 



Economic uses: The root is the "stone root" of medicine. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginiae, Canadae sylvis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



