MINT FAMILY. 705 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. c. 



Carolinian area. Southern Illinois and Tennessee. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Calcareous hills. Madison County, Huntsville. 

 Jackson County, Scottsboro, cedar flats. Flowers dark blue; May. Not frequent. 

 Stem low, ascending. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Sandy banks of the Mississippi, at Oquawka, S. Illinois, etc., H. N. 

 Patterxon. 



Herb. Geol. Siirv. Herb. Mohr. 



PRUNELLA L.Sp. PL 2:600. 1753. 



Five species, cosmopolitan iu temperate regions. 

 Prunella vulgaris L. Sp. PL 2 : 600. 1753. Self-heal. 



Ell. Sk. 2:87. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 419. Chap. Fl. 322. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 382. 



Temperate Europe, Asia, Northern Africa, Australia, America. 



Horeal region to Louisianian area. From Canada across the continent to the 

 Pacific, Alaska, and California, and through the Eastern United States to Nebraska 

 and New Mexico. 



Alabama : Tennessee Valley to Central Prairie belt. Damp pastures and open 

 woods. Lauderdale and Montgomery counties. Flowers purple; July, August. 

 Common. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae pascuis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PHYSOSTEGIA Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 504. 1834. 

 Three species, North America. 



Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth. Lab. Gen. *fe Sp. 504. 1834. 



False Dragon's-head. 



Dracocephalum virginiannm L. Sp. PL 2 :594. 1753. 



Pm.Sk.2:84. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 419. Chap. FL 325. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 383. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 342. 



Mexico. 



Alleglienian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba; New England west 

 to Dakota; Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas, and south to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt. Bibb County {E. A. Smith). Flowers pink purplish; 

 July. Not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America sejjtentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



M ARRUBIUM L. Sp. PL 2 : 582. 1753. 



About 40 species, cooler and warmer temperate regions of the Old World. 

 Marrubium vulgare L. Sp. PL 2 : 583. 1753. Hoarhound. 



AUeghenian to Louisianian area. Introduced from Europe and naturalized from 

 Ontario to the Gulf. 



Alabama: Over the State. In open waste ground, near dwellings. Frequent in 

 many localities. Flowers white; July to September. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The herb is the "Marrubium" or "hoarhound" of the United 

 States Pharmacopcpia. 



Type locality: " Hab. iu Europae borealioris ruderatis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



STACHYS L. Sp. PL 2 : .580. 1753. Woundwort. 



One hundred and fifty species, temperate regions and tropical mountains, cosmo- 

 politan. 

 Stachys agraria Cham. & Schlecht, Linnaea, 5 : 100. 1830. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 386. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 343. 



Mexico. 



Louisianian area. Southwestern Texas. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Mobile County, fugitive on ballast. Flowers carmine; 

 July. Observed in 1893 and subsequently. Annual. 



Type locality: " Jalapae, circa urbem." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



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