702 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Ai.ahama: Tonnossoo Valley to tlu' Coast plain. Uuini> grassy woodlands and 

 banks. Mobile County. Flowers sky-blue; early in ApriL Common. Pennnial. 

 lyiie locality : " Mali, in \ir}j;inia.'' 

 Herb. (ieol. Surv, Herb. Mobr. 



Salvia verbenacea L. Sp. PI. 1 : 2.3. 1753. Vkkvain-leak Sack. 



Sahia claiitoiii Kll. Sk. 1: 32. ISlfi. 



Gray, Syii. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 372. 



Adventive from Europe. Sparinj^ly naturalized on tbe co.ast of South Carolina. 



Ai.AitAMA: Adventive on ballast. Mobile County. Hecominjr sparingly natural- 

 ized, not spreading. Observed for the past ten years. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Euroi)ae pascuis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



MONARDA L. Sp. PI. 1:22. 1753. IIorskmint. 



Ten species, Atlantic North America, chiefly Alleglieuian. 

 Monarda fistulosa L. Sp. PI. 1 : 22. 1753. Wild Beroamot. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 29. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 414. Chap. Fl. 320. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 374. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herl». 2 : 339. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario to Lake Superior; Quebec and New 

 England west to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Dakota; west and south from Virginia 

 to Missouri and Texas.and along the mountains to Georgia. 



Ai-ahama: Mountain region, Coosa hills. Open rocky woods, fence rows, thickets. 

 Cullman County. St. Clair County, Springville. Madison County, Huntsville, 

 Flowers pink; June. Common. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Monarda scabra Beck, Am. Journ. Sci. 10 : 260. 1826. Scabmous Wild Bergamot. 



Monarda I'lsfiilosa var. inoUiH Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 317. 1833. In part. 



Ell. Sk. l": 28. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 414 ; Syn. FL N. A. 2, p^ 1 : 374. 



Carolinian area. Canada across the plains to the Pacific coast; Tennessee, Ar- 

 kansas, and Indian Territory to Arizona and Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region, Cullman County, rocky woods, copses ; .lune. Not 

 fre<iuent. I'erennial. 



Type locality: "Woods on the banks of the Mississijipi Kiver, one mile north of 

 St. Louis," 



Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Monarda bradburyana Beck, Am. Journ. Sci. 10:260. 1826. 



Bradbury's Moxarda. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 414, Chap, FL ed. 3, 382. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 374. 



Carolinian area. Tennessee, southern Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas, and 

 along the mountains to Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Coosa hills, sunny hillsides, open woods. Madison 

 County, Huntsville, 1,000 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. St. Clair County, hills 

 of Shoal Creek, 650 feet. Flowers pink; June. Not rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Barrens north of St. Louis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Monarda punctata I.r. S]). PL 1 : 22, 1753. Dotted Horsemint. 



Monarda httea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am 1 : 16. 1803. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 339. 



Ell. Sk. 1:30. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 414. Chap. Fl. 320. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 375. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 339. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New York west to southern Minnesota and 

 Colorado, south to the (Julf from Florida to Texas. 



Alabama: Throughout. Dry sandy soil, borders of fields, pastures, waysides. 

 Flowers yellow with dark dots; July to October. Conunon. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The leaves and tops, called "horsemint," or "Monarda," are an 

 obsolete medicinal agent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Monarda citriodora Cerv. ; Lag. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2. 1816. 



Lemon-scentkd Monarda. 



Monarda aristata Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, n. ser. 5 : 186. 1833-1837. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 415. Gray, Syn. Fl. N, A, 2, pt, 1 : 375, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 339, 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Nebraska to Colorado, Arizona, and Texas. 



