FOUR O'CLOCK FAMILY. 493 



FROELICHIA Moench, Metb. 50. 1794. 



Ten species, in warmer regions. America, United States to Brazil. 



Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 2:420. 1849. 



FLORIDA FROELICHIA. 



Oplotheca floridana Nutt. Gen. 2 : 79. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2:155. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 430. Chap. Fl. 384. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:363. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO. 



Allegbenian to Louisianiau area. Wisconsin and soutberu Minnesota to Nebraska 

 aud Colorado; Illinois south to Georgia and Florida, tbence west to Texas and 

 Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Littoral region. Dry sands. Baldwin County, eastern shore of Mobile 

 Bay. June, July; not frequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "On the banks of the Altamaha River. Baldwyn." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BATIDACEAE. Batis Family. 



BATIS P. Br. Hist. Jam. 1 : 356. 1756. 



A single species, a frutescent halophyte of the warmer parts of America. 

 Batis maritima L. Syst. ed. 10, 1380. 1759. BATIS. 



Chap. Fl. 411. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 61. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO VENEZUELA. 



Louisianian area. Western Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA : Littoral region. Saline marshes. Mobile County, shores of Mississippi 

 Sound and outlying islands. July; not infrequent. Shrub. 



Type locality not ascertained, pVobably West Indian. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PHYTOLACCACEAE. Pokeweed Family. 



PHYTOLACCA L. Sp. PI. 1:441. 1753. POKEBERRY. POKEWEED. 



About 11 species, widely diffused over the Old World and America. Perennial 

 herbs. 



Phytolacca decandra L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1 : 631. 1762. COMMON POKEBKRRY. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 530. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 436. Chap. Fl. 375. Coulter, Contr. Nat Herb. 

 2 : 372. 



SOUTHERN EUROPE (introduced). 



Alle-rhenian and Louisiauian areas. Ontario and New England west to Minne- 

 sota, south to Florida, Texas, and Vrkansas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Border of woods, fit-Ids, copses, in fertile soil. Tus- 

 caloosa, Cullman, Montgomery, and Mobile counties. Flowers rose-pink, July to 

 October; berries purplish black, September, October. Frequent. 



Economic uses: The root is the "pokeroot," " l'h\ tolaccaeradix," aud the berries, 

 the "pokeberry," "Phytolaccae fructus," of the United States Pharmacopoeia. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



NYCTAGINACEAE. Four o'clock Family. 



ALLIONIA Loefl. Iter. Hisp. 181. 1758. 

 OXYBAPHUS L'Her. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 1:105. 1797. 



About 10 species, perennial. North America to Mexico. 

 Allionia albida Walt. Fl. Car. 84. 1788. PALE UMBRELLAWORT. 



Oxybaphus albida Chois. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 2:434. 1849. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 187. Chap. Fl. 373; ed. 3, 393. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 352. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and 

 Tennessee. 



