638 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Open woods and banks. Law- 

 rence County. Cullman County, 800 feet. Dekalb County, Mentone, 1,600 feet. 

 Autauga County, Prattville. Mobile County. Flowers lemon-yellow ; May. Fre- 

 quent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Kneiffia linearis (Michx.) Spach, Hist. Veg. 4 : 376. 1835. PINE-BARREN SUNDROPS. 



Oenothera linearis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 225. 1803. 



O. fruticosa var. linearis Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 8 : 584. 1873. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 444. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 191. Chap. Fl. 139. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia along the coast to Florida, 

 west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine belt. Coast plain. In dry sandy pine forests. Escambia, 

 Washington, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers yellow; June. Frequent. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina superiore." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



XYLOPLEURUM Spach, Hist. Veg. 4 : 378. 1835. 



Ten species, Mexico, southern United States. 



Xylopleurum speciosum (Nutt.) Raimann, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. PH. Fam. 

 5, Abt. 7 : 214. 1893. SHOWY EVENING PRIMROSE. 



Oenothera speciosa Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 2 : 119. 1821. 



Xylopleurum nuttallii Spach, Hist. Veg. 4 : 378. 1835. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 191. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 115. 



Louisianian area. Southern Tennessee, Mississippi, southern Arkansas, and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Coast plain. Borders of fields, grass plots.. 

 Dallas County, Uniontpwn. Hale County, Gallion. Mobile County. Flowers rose- 

 pink, with darker veins, yellowish at the base, slightly fragrant, diurnal, very 

 handsome; May, June. Local; abundant. Perennial. Of late observed to spread 

 in the Coast plain, where it is found on roadsides and grassy banks, most probably/ 

 escaped from cultivation. 



Type locality apparently the uplands of Louisiana. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



GAURA L. Sp. PL 1:347. 1753. GAURA. 



Gaura angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 226. 1803. NARROW-LEAP GAURA. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 445. Chap. Fl. 138. 



Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Littoral region. Dry gravelly banks and sandy shores. 

 Baldwin and Mobile counties. Flowers white, pale pink on fading; August to Octo- 

 ber. Frequent on the shores of Mobile Bay and on the islands. Biennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina inferiore." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gaura michauxii Spach, Nouv. Ann. Mns. Paris, 4 : 379. 1835. MICHAUX'S GAURA. 



Gaura filipes Spach, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 4 : 379. 1835. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 193. Chap. Fl. 138. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, and Arkansas ; south 

 from Kentucky to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry sandy open 

 woods. Cullman County, 800 feet. Montgomery, Autauga, Clarke, Washington, and 

 Mobile counties. Flowers pink; July to September. Common; most frequent in 

 grassy pine barrens of the Coast Pine belt. Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gaura longifloi a Spach, Nonv. Ann. Mus. Paris, 4 : 59. 1835. 

 Gaura biennis var. pitcheri Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 517. 1840. ( ?) 

 Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 161. 

 Carolinian area. Northern Georgia. 

 ALABAMA : Fide Chapman. 

 Type locality not ascertained. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



