430 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO URUGUAY, CHILE. 



Carolinian and Louisianinn areas. Southeastern Virginia to Florida, west to 

 southern Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to the coast. Damp hanks, on trees. Autauga 

 County to Mphile County, alluvial districts; most abundant. Flowers blue, June. 



Type locality: "Hah. in Virgiuiae. Jamaicae, Brasiliac arboribus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



COMMELINACEAE. 



COMMELINA L. Sp. PL 1 : 40. 175:5. 



About 88 species, warmer regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, America. Atlantic 

 North America, 5. 



Commelina communis L. Sp. PI. 1: 40. 1753. ASIATIC OR COMMON DAY-FLOWER. 



Commelina rulgaris Schmidel, Icoa. PI. 159, /. 40, 41. 1762. 



C. willdenorii Kunth, Enum. 4:37. 1843. 



Chap. Fl. 497, in part. ? Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 376. 



ASIA. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Adventive and naturalized. Southern New 

 York and New Jersey to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Lower hills to Coast plain. Cultivated and waste ground. Jefferson 

 County, Jouesboro (E. A. Smith). Mobile County. July to October; a garden weed. 

 Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Commelina nudiflora L. Sp. PL 1 : 41. 1753. CREEPING DAY-FLOWER. 



Commelina communis Walt. FL Car. 68. 1788. Not L. 



C. caroliniana Walt. 1. c. 



C. cayenttensis L. C. Rich. Act. N. Soc. Nat. Hist. Par. 1 : 106. 1792. 



C. agraria Kunth, Enum. 4 : 38. 1843. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 48. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 538. Coulter, Coiitr. Nat, Herb. 2 : 443. Griseb. 

 FL Brit. W. Ind. 524. Chap. FL ed. 3, 524. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL, CANARY ISLANDS, GALAPAGOS, TROPICAL 

 AFRICA. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware to Florida, west to Texas and 

 Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Cultivated ground. A common gar- 

 den weed. Mobile. September to November. Flowers blue. Annual. ? 

 Type locality : " Hab. in India." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Commelina erecta L. Sp. PL 1 : 41. 1753. SLENDER DAY-FLOWER. 



Ell. Sk. 1:48, in part. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 539. Chap. Fl. 497. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2:443. 



MEXICO TO BRAZIL, PERU. 



Carolinian and Louisianiaii areas. Pennsylvania to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills to Coast plain. Light exposed soil, 

 grassy banks, pastures. Mobile County. Lee County, Auburn. August, Septem- 

 ber. Flowers blue. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Commelina virginica L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1 :61. 1762. VIRGINIA 1 >AY-FLOWEH. 



Commelina angnstifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 24. 1803. 

 Gray, Man. ed. 6, 539. Chap. Fl. 497. 



BAHAMAS, PARAGUAY. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York to Michigan and Nebraska, 

 south to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). 

 Lee County, Auburn (F. S. Earle). Frequent. Perennial. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



