478 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Moist rich thickets and woods. Flowers .Inly, 

 August; common. 



Type locality: "Hah. in Virginia, Canada." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herh. Mohr. 



ADICEA Raf. Ann. Nat. 179. 1815. CLKAR WEED. 

 (PiLEA Lindl. Coll. t. 4. 1821.) 



One hundred and twenty-five species, mostly in the tropics. Temperate North 

 America. 



Adicea pumila (L.) Raf. ; Torr. PI. N. Y. 2 : 223. As synonym. 1843. RICH WEED. 



Urtica pumila L. Sp. PI. 2 : 984. 1753. 



Pilea pumila Gray, Man. ed. 1, 437. 1848. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 569. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 466. Chap. Fl. 413. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New Brunswick and Ontario; New England, 

 west to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Kansas, south to New Jersey, Georgia, and northern 

 Alabama. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich damp woods. Madison County, Montesano. 

 Lee County, Auburn (F. S. Earle). Cullnian County. Walker County (E. A. Smith). 

 Not common. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Adicea microphylla herniarioides (Sw.) Kuntxe Rev. Gen. PI. 2 : 622. 1891. 



Urtica herniarioides Sw. Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 8: 64. 1787. 



Pilea herniarioides Lindl. Coll. Bot sub t. 4. 1821. 



Pilea microphylla herniarioides Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16, pt. 1: 106. 1869. 



Lonisianian area. 



ALABAMA: Mobile. Escaped from cultivation. Light, shaded ground. .Inly, 

 August. 



Type locality (Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ.): "Hab. supra saxa in rivulis et lluviis Domin- 

 gensibus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BOEHMERIA Jacq. Stirp. Am. 246, t. 157. 1763. 



About 45 species, mostly tropical and subtropical, but extending to extratropical 

 North America and Japan. North America, 1. 



Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 340. 1809. FALSE NETTI.K. 



Urtica cylindrica L. Sp. PI. 1396. 1753. 



U. capitata Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 363. 1809. 



Ell. Sk. 2:568. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 466. Chap. Fl. 414. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 409. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 160. 



WEST INDIA ISLANDS, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota, 

 outh to Florida and through the Gulf States to Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Throughout the State. Damp thickets and woods. July, August; 

 frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Jamaica, Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. Bot. Voy. Freyc. 499. 1826. RAMIK PLANT. 



Urtica nivea L. Sp. PI. 2 : 985. 1753. 



In the southern part of the State found here and there as an escape from cultiva- 

 tion Perennial. 



Boehmeria lenacissima (Roxb.) Gaud., cultivated with the above, also occurs. 



Economic uses : Valuable nber plant. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Chinae muris." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



PARIETARIA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1052. 1753. PELLITOKY. 



Eight species, mostly of temperate regions. North America, 2. 

 Parietaria pennsylvanica Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 955. 1805. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 575. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 466. Chap. Fl. 413. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:409. 



