700 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



DICERANDRA J5eiitb. Hot. Keg. 15, suh 1. 13(>(). 1K29, 

 (Ckraniiikka 1:)1. Sk. 2 : !I3. 1821-24. Not Hciiiv. ISO?, nor Kiif. 1818. ) 

 Two spi'iics, annuals. Soiitlicaatern North America. 



Dicerandra Uuearifolia (Ell.) IJeuth. liot. Reg. 15, nuh t. ISOO. 182!t. - 



LaUOE-FI.OW EKK1> I'ennyroyal. 



dranthera UnearifoUa VAX. Sk. 2 : 94. 1821-24. 



IHccvaudru linearis Heutb. Lab. Gen. Ar Sj). 413. 1834. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 318. Gray, Syii. Fl. N. A. 2, i>t. 1 : 3(;5. 



Loulsianian an-a. Georgia and Florida. 



Ai.auama: t^oast plain. Dry sandy pine barrens. Dale Conuty (^E. A. Smith). 

 Haldwin County, Stoekton. Flowers pah- pink, puridc-siiotted; August, September. 

 Not frequent. Local. Iligbly aromatic. 



Tyi»e locality: "(JrowB abundantly in tbr bigli pim; barren ridges between the 

 Flint and ("batabouchie rivers." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CLINOPODIUM L. Sp. PI. 2:587. 1753. 



(Cai.amintiia Moencb, Moth. 408. 1794.) 



About 40 species, temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. Europe, northern 

 Asia. North America, 9. 



Cliiiopodium uepeta (L.) Kunt/.e, liev. Gen. I'l. 2:515. 1891. 



European Basil Thyme. 



Melissa nepeta L. Sp. PI. 2 :593. 1891. 



Calamintha uepeta Savi, FL Pis. 197. 1798. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 411. Chap. Fl. 317. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:359. 



Ei:koi'E. 



Carolinian area. Naturalized from Maryland and Tennessee to upper Georgia. 



Alahama : Tennessee Valley to Central Pine belt. Dry rocky or gravelly exposed 

 ground. Morgan County, Decatur. Lawrence County, Monlton. Blount County, 

 Blount Springs. Etowah County, Gadsden, banks of Coosa Kiver. Tiiscaloosa 

 County. Mobile County, on ballast. Flowers July to September. Most frequent iu 

 the calcareous soils of the Tennessee Valley and all the higher river valley.s where the 

 limestone is expo.sed. Perennial. 



Ty]ie locality: " Hab. in Italiae, Galliae, Angliae, Helvetiae, aggeribns glareosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herlj. Mohr. 



Clinopodium carolinianum (Walt.) Kuntze, Rev. Hen. PI. 2:515. 1891. 



Carolina Thyme. 



Thymhra caroUniana Walt. Fl. Car. 162. 1788. 



Thymus carolinianus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 9. 1803. 



Calamintha fircnidi flora FurHh,V\. Am. Sept. 2:414. 1814. 



Melissa caroUniana Benth. Lab. Gen. «fe Sp. 388. 1834. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 93. Chap. Fl. 317. Gray. Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 360. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



Alabama: Central region to Coast Pine belt. Dry hills, open woods. Lee County 

 (E. A. Smith). Coffee County, Elba. Choctaw County, Butler. Mobile County, 

 Pierce's Landing, in dry ])ine woods. Flowers purple. Local, not frequent. Shrubby 

 at the base. Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Clinopodiam coccineum (Nutt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 2 : 515. 1891. 



Scarlet Balm. 



Cunila coccinea'Nntt.; Hook. Exot. Fl. 2 : 1. 103. 1825. 



Melissa coccinea Sjtreng. Syst. 2 : 224. 1827. 



Calamintha coccinea Grav, Svn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 360. 1878. 



Chap. Fl. 317. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1. c. 



Louisianian area. Western Florida. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Coast i)lain. Dry sandy pine ridges. Mobile 

 County, Si)ringhill. Baldwin County, Montrose. Flowers deep scarlet, not rarely 

 orange or saturn red; September, November. Local; frequent on the hills near the 

 coast, covering large patches. Shrub Ih to 2 feet; when in full bloom, one of the 

 handsomest of our pine-barren plants. 



Type locality: " So named by Mr. Nuttall, from a dried specimen brought by Mr. 

 Ware to Philadeljjhia from Florida. " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



