ACANTHUS FAMILY. 733 



PEDALIACEAE. Sesame Family. 



MARTYNIA L. 8p. I'l. 2: (518. 1753. 



About a dozen species, of warmer America. 

 Martynia louisiaua Mill. Diet. ed. S, uo. .3. 1768. Unicorx Plant. 



Mdrtijnia proho>icidea Glox. Obs. 11. 1785. 



Ell. yk. 2 : 130. Gray, Mau. ed. 6,399. Chap. Fl. 285. Gray, S\n. Fl. 2, pt. 1 : 321. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 319. 



Mexico. 



Soutberu Ohio west to southern Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt. Waste places. Tuscaloosa County {E. A. Smith). 

 Flowers July; rare. Annual. 



Type locality: "Grows naturally in Louisiaua." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Martynia diaudra Glox. Obs. 14, 1. 1. 1785. 



Adventive with ballast from Mexico. Flowers yellow with purple spots; June, 

 July. Fetid. Annual. 

 Type locality : " Hab. ad Americae Veram Crucem." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ACANTHACEAE. Acanthus Family. 



HYGROPHILA R. Br. Prodr. Nov. Holl. 1 : 179. 1810. 



Fifteen species, lacustrine perennials, of tropical America, tropical Asia, New 

 Holland, North America. South Atlantic States, 1. 



Hygrophila lacustris DC. Prodr. 11 : 86. 1857. Small-floweued Hygrophila. 



Chap. Fl. Suppl. 673 ; ed. 3, 364. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 321. 



Mexico. 



Louisianian area. Western Florida to Texas. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Shaded muddy banks. Mobile County. Flowers pale 

 blue, June; not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "In lacu (laguna) de Jalapa * * * , in Louisiana * ^ * ^ 

 Madissonville." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



RUELLIA L. Sp. PI. 2:634. 1753. (Inclusive of Dipteracanthus Nees.) 



One hundred and twenty species, perennials, chiefly tropical America, a few in 

 South Africa and tropical Asia. Atlantic North America, 7. 



Ruellia peduuculata Torr. ; Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2,pt. 1: 325. 



Pedunclei) Ruellia. 



Louisianian area. Western Louisiana and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Pine woods. Mobile County, Grand Bay. Flow- 

 ers purplish blue; July. Rare and local. 



Type locality: "Dry woods, in W. Louisiana, J. ilaZe. Arkansas, Bigcloiv, Mrs. 

 Harris." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ruellia noctiflora (Nees) Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 326. 



Night-blooming Ruellia. 



Dipceraeanfhua nocliiioras Nees in DC. Prodr. 11 : 123. 1847. 



Chap. Fl. 304. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. c. 



Louisianian area. Louisiana and Mississippi to western Florida and Georgia. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Flat grassy pine barrens along the coast. Mobile 

 County, Bayou Labatre. FIowcms white, fragrant, opening in the evening and 

 during the night; September, October. Six to 12 inches high. Not frequent; local. 



Type locality: "In Savannahs Altamahae Georgiae (Le Conte 1. c), in campis 

 graminosis inter S. Marks et Port Leon Floridae (Rugel! '***), Texas, 

 (DrunniU)nd * * * )." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Ruellia ciliosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 420. 1814. Fimbriated Ruellia, 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 110. Gray, Mau. ed. 6, 400. Chap. Fl. 303. 



