7l() PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



JABOROSA .I11S8. (icii.Pl. 125. 1780. 



Six species, southern Hra/.il, Ait^cntiua, Cliile. 

 Jaboiosa iiitegiifolia Lam. Kiicvcl. 3 : 18!t. 1789. 



rciciiiiial, low, Htt'iuless; leaves and scapes from a l(mg creeping rhizoma, deeply 

 Imried beneath the surface. 



I5rKXt>s AVKKS. 



Advontivo with l)alhist. Mobile County. Flowers wliite, fragrant, opening in the 

 eveniug; .Inly to October; seeds ripen perfectly. I'ersistent in the same locality for 

 years. Trausjdanted into gardens proves to bo a rapidly spreading weed, dillicult 

 to eradicate. I'erenr.ial. 



Type locality : " Commerson a trouve cette plante aux envircms de Buenos-Aires." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb.Mohr. 



PETUNIA Juss. Ann. Mns. Par. 2 : 215, t. 47. 1803. 

 About 12 sj)e(ies, South American herbs. 



Petunia parviflora Juss. Ann. Mus. Par. 2 : 210, t. 47. 1803. 



Small-klowkrei) Petunia. 



Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 2, pt. 1:243. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:304. Wats. Bot. 

 Calif. 1 : 546. 



Mexico to Argentina. 



Louisianian area. Texas, west to California, east to Louisiana and Florida. 



Alabama: Coast plaiu. Waste ground, also on ballast. Mobile County. -Tuly; 

 not infrequent. Annual. 



Type locality : " De Fenibouchure de la Plata." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Petunia violacea Lludl. Bot. Reg. 19 : t. 1G2G. 1833. 



Argentina, Uruguay. 



Adventive on ballast. Mobile County. Flowers rose-])urple; June. First ob- 

 served in 1896. Annual. 

 Type locality : "A native of Buenos Ayres." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv, 



SCROPHULARIACEAE. Figwort Fanuly. 



VERBASCUM L. Sp. PI. 1:177. 1753. Mullein. 



One hundred and sixty species, temperate and warm regions Northern Hemis- 

 phere, largely Mediterranean Europe. North America. 4. Naturalized from Europe. 



Verbascum thapsus L. Sp. PI. 1:177. 1753. Common Mullein, 



Throughout Atlantic North America from Ontario to the Gulf. 



Alabama: Over the State. Dry fields, pastures. Flowers yellow; April, May. 

 Common. Annual. 



Economic u«es: The flowers and leaves, under th(", name of "mullein flowers," 

 "mullein leaves," .ire used medicinally. 



Typo locality: '• Hab. in Europae glareosis sterilibns." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Verbascum blattaria L. Sp. PI. 1: 178. 1753. Moth Mullkin. 



Of the same distribution as the last. 



Alabama: Over the State. Flowers pale yellow or rose-tinted; .July, August. 

 Annual. A fro<[uent wayside weed, less common than the last. 



Type locality : '" Hab. in Europae australioris locis argillaceis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



ELATINOIDES Wetts. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4, Abt. 3b : 58. 1891. 



Twenty-three species, Mediterranean region Europe, Africa. North America, 2; 

 naturalized. 



Elatinoides elatiue (L.) Wetts. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4, Abt. 3b : 58. 1891. 

 Antirrhinum elaiine L. Sp. PL 2 : 612. 1753. 

 Linaria elatine Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 16. 1768. 

 Europe. 



