MINT FAMILY. 699 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 82. Gray, Man. etl. 6, 410. Chao. Fl. 315. Gray, Svn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 354. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 334. 



Carolinian and. Louisianian areas. Ontario and southern New England to A"ir- 

 ginia, west to Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee, sou*h to Florida and west to 

 Texas. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Central Prairie belt. Close 

 damp exposed ground, meadows, and prairies. Lauderdale County, abundant in the 

 barrens. Cullman County, 800 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa County (E. J. Smith). 

 Montgomery and Dallas counties. Flowers June, July. Abundant in low wet 

 prairies and in the barrens. 



Economic uses: The herb known as "mountain mint" or "Pycnanthomum" is 

 used medicinally. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Koellia pycnauthemoides (Leavenw.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2 : .520. 1891. 



Mountain Basil. 



Tullia pycnanthemoides Leavenw. Am. Journ. Sci. 20 : 343, t. 5. 1830. 



Pycnanthemum tullia Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 328. 1834. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 410. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 376. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 355. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia and along the mountains to 

 Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region, Coosa hills. Dry copses and borders of woods. 

 Clay County, Talladega Mountains to 2,200 feet altitude. Cullman County, 800 

 feet. Talladega County, Chandler Springs, 1,200 feet; Kenfroe, 800 feet altitude. 

 Lee County, Auburn. Calhoun County, Anniston. Flowers purplish; August, 

 September. Frequent. 



Type locality: ''Paint Mountain in Eastern Tennessee." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Koellia albescens (Torr. & Gr.) Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. 2 : 520. 1891. 



Whitish Basil. 



Pjicnanthemum albescens Torr. & Gr. ; Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. 42 : 45. 1842. 



P. incanum var. albescens Chap. Fl. 314. 1860. 



Chap. Fl. 1. c. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 356. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 335. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Texas and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry borders of woods, fence rows. 

 Flowers white; July to September. Slightly fragrant. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Louisiana, /«r/a/Zs, Hale, et Alabama, Gates." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Koellia montana (Michx.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2 : 520. 1891. 

 PyciHinthemtnn montanum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 8. 1803. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 80. Chap. Fl. 315. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 356. 

 Carolinian area. Mountains southern Virginia, Tennessee to Georgia. 

 Alabama. Mountain region. Fide Gray. Not observed lately. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in altis montibus Carolinae." 



HEDEOMA Pers. Syn. 2 : 131. 1807. 



Twelve species. South and North America, 10 ; mostly Southwestern in the Lower 

 Sonoran area. 



Hedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers. Syn. 2 : 131. 1807. American Pennyroyal. 



Melissa pulegioides L. Sp. PI. 2 : 593. 1753. 



CuniJa pulegioides L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1 : 30. 1762. 



Ell. Sk. 1:28. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 412. Chap. Fl. 316. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 362. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Coast of Nova Scotia, New 

 Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario; southern New England west to Iowa, south to 

 the Ohio Valley, Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee, and along the mountains to 

 Georgia. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Dry open 

 woods and hillsides. Madison County, Huntsville. Lauderdale County. Cullman 

 County, 800 feet. Tallapoosa County, Dadeville. Tuscaloosa County. Abundant 

 wherever it occurs. Annual. 



Economic uses: The herb is the "pennyroyal" or "Hedeoma" of the United 

 States Pharmacopoeia. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Mohr. 



