MINT FAMILY. 7 07 



L AMIUM L. Sp. PI. 2 : 579. 1753. Dead Nettle. 



Forty species, Old World, Europe, northern Asia, northern Africa. 

 Lamium ainplexicaule L. Sp. PL 2 : 579. 1753. Common Garden Dead Nettle. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 73. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 421. Chap. Fl. 325. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 385. 



Europe. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Naturalized from Ontario to the Gulf. 



Alabama: Over the State. Everywhere in culivated land. Flowers purple; 

 February to May. A most abundant winter annual. 



Type locality : " Hah. in Europae cultis." 



Herb. Geo!. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



TRICHOSTEMA L. 8p. I'l. 2:598. 1753. Blue Curls. 



Eight 8j)ecies, North America, Atlantic, 2. 

 Trichostema dichotomum L. Sp. PI. 2:598. 1753. Common Blue Curls. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 94. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 405. Chap. Fl. 327. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 348. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 332. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England and central New York 

 west to Missouri and Arkansas, south to the Gulf from Florida to Texas. 



Alabama: Throughout. Sandy fields and pastures. Lauderdale, Tuscaloosa, 

 Montgomery, and Mobile counties. Flowers azure; July to September. Frequent. 

 Annual. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Trichostema lineare Nutt. Gen. 2 : 39. 1818. Linear-leaved Blue Curls. 



Trichostema hrachiatum Lam. Encycl. 8 :84. 1768. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 95. Grav, Man. ed. 6. 405. Chap. Fl. 327. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1:348. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Connecticut, along the coast to 

 Florida, west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Sandy pastures, borders of fields, 

 dry copses. Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers 

 azure; July, August. Freciuent. Annual. 



Type locality : "In the sandy fields of New Jersey, also in the vicinity of Phila- 

 delphia, in arid situations." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ISANTHUS Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:3, t. 30. 1803. False Pennyroyal. 



One species, Eastern North America. 

 Isanthus brachiatus (L.) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 44. 1887. False Pennyroyal. 



Trichostema irachiatum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 598. 1753. 



Isanthus coeruleus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 3, i. SO. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 406. Chap. Fl. 327. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1 : 34!). Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 332. 



Carolinian area. Ontario aud New England west to Michigan, south to New Jer- 

 sey, through the Ohio Valley to Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee, aud along the 

 mountains to Georgia. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley to Lower hills. Dry sterile places. Lauderdale 

 County, barrens. Jefferson County, Jonesboro (E. A. Smith). Flowers cerulean 

 blue; July. Not fre([uent. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



TEUCRIUM L. Sp. PI. 2 : 562. 1753. Germander. 



About 100 species, cosmopolitan excepting boreal regions. Europe, Asia. North 

 America, 4. 



Teucrium canadense L. Sp. PI. 2 :564. 1753. Wood Sage. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 69. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 406. Chap. Fl, 328. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 349. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 333. 



Mexico. 



