74() PLANT LIKK OF ALAHAMA. 



Alabama: MountaiTi region. Kxjiosod rocky hillsidt-H. Nc.rtlicrii Al:il>aiiia( liuckleij). 

 Fl<>\v«MH hrowiiiHil yollow ; July. Karc l-ow shrub. 

 Tyi>t> locality: •'MoimtaiiiH of North Carolina." 

 ilcrh. (Icol. Snrv. licrli. Mohr. 



Diervilla rivularis (iattingor, Hot. (ia/. 13 : litl. 18HX. 



Sliruh 1.' to.') t'ect high. HranchlelH terete; leavcH suh.scssiio,, ovato or ohlong- 

 lanceolatc, acnniinatc. whitish helow, all jiaits liir-nlcly piilx-HCcnt; cymes often 

 numerous. :? to () llowercil ; corolla slifj;htly liilaliiate, the upjier three divisions in 

 close contact, the lower more spreadiiij^; calyx loltes slender, l.inceolate-Hiihiihite. 

 Flowers lar^^erand handsomer than in />. sfHHilifolia. 



Carolinian area. Tennessee. 



Ai.auama: Mountain rejfion. Damp rocks. Dekiilli CoMiily, Lookout .Monnt.iin, 

 Desoto Falls, near Mentone. Flowers .Fnly; yellow. 



In our specimens the tlowers are smalh^r than in I). xinnHifoHii, the cymes densely 

 tlowered, and, like the fruit. viscid-i>ul)escent. 



Tyi)e locality : " < )n the h.inks of' Lula Falls,' Lookout Moiiiit.iiu, ;i few miles across 

 the Tennessee lin<i in dleoii^ia.'" 



VALERIANACEAE. Valerian Family. 



V\LERIANELLA rollich, Hist. PI. I'al. 1: 2f<. ITTtl. 

 ( Fedia Gaert. Frnct. 2 : :{f5. 1788. ) 



Ahout 50 species, temperate Europe. North Anieric.-i, IT). 

 Valerianella radiata (L.) Dufr. Hist. Val. 57. 1811. \V'ili> Lamh Salad. 



I alcriaiirlla lociixia var. radiald L. Sp. PI. 1 : 34. 1753. 



Fedia radiata Michx. Fl. l!or. Am. 1 : 18. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:12. Gray. -Man. ed. (i. 229. Chai). Fl. 184. Gray, Svn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:45. Coulter, Contf. Nat. Ilerh. 2; KM. 



Allegheuian to Louisiauian area. Pennsylvania to .Michij^an, south to Florida, 

 west to Texas and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Over the State. In low damp ground, fields, waysides. Cullman 

 County. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Lee County, Auburn. Mobile County. 

 Flowers white; March, April. Freiiuent. Annual. 



Type locality: " Ilab. in Marilandiae arvis." 



Herb. (ieol. Snrv. Herl). Mohr. 



DIPSACEAE. Teasel Family. 



DIPSACUS L. Si.. PL l:!t7. 1753. 



Twelve s])ocies, warmer temperate regions, Euro]ie, chi<^fly Mediterranean. 

 Dipsacus sylvestris lluds. Fl. Augl. 49. 1702. Wild Teasel. 



KUHOl'K. 



Adventive. Sparingly naturalized in the Atl.antic States. 



Ai.ai'.ama: Coast region, on ballast. Mobile County. .June; infre(|nent. Annual. 



Typi- locality: " llali. in incultis fr(!quens." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herl). Mohr. 



CUCURBITACEAE. Cucumber Family. 



CUCUMIS L.Sp. 1^1. 2:1010. 1753. 



Twenty-six species, warmer regions. 

 Cucumis colocynthis L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 1435. 17ti:'>. Colocvntii. 



Adventive from Asia, Africa, southern Europe. 



Alabama: Fugitive on ballast. Collected with seeds fully matured October, 1883 

 and 1884. A coarse creeping annual. 



Economic uses : The fruit is the "Colocynthis'' of the United States Pharmaco- 

 pcpia. 



Type locality not given. 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



