684 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Swampy thickets. Mobile County, parasite on Hubus 

 argutus. Old telegraph road. September, October. 



Type locality: The distribution given is Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, western 

 Texas, Bahama Islands, and Cuba. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ; Roem. & Schult. Syst. 6 : 205. 1820. LARGE LOVE VINE. 



C. vulgivaga Engelm. Am. Journ. Sci. 43 : 338, t. 6,f. 12-16. 1842. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 220. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 372. Chap. Fl. 347. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 221. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 295. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, 

 and throughout the Atlantic United States. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. In thickets and borders of woods. Flowers white; 

 July, September. On various shrubs and trees; the stoutest of our species, the long 

 stems of deep orange color, ascending small trees and often entwining their crown. 

 Common. 



Type locality : " In Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cuscuta compacta Juss. ; Chois. Mem. Soc. Gen. 9 : 281, t. 4,f. 2. 1841. 



COMPACT-FLOWERED LOVEVINE. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 372. Chap. Fl. 347 ; ed. 3, 332 . Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 222. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Southern New York and Ohio to Missouri and 

 Arkansas, and from New Jersey south to Florida and west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Shady damp thickets bordering water courses, infest- 

 ing large shrubs, Ilex, Andromeda, Rhus, etc. Flowers white; September, October. 

 Common throughout; most abundant in the coast plain. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cuscuta suaveolens Seringe, Ann. Sci. Phys. Nat. Agric. et Indust. 3 : 519. 1840. 



LUCERX OR ALFALFA DODDER. 



Cuscuta racemosa var. chiliana Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci. 1 : 505. 1859. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 221. 



Chile, Brazil; introduced into Europe. 



Adventive from Chile into California. Introduced in the South Atlantic region 

 with lucern seed from California. 



ALABAMA: Montgomery County. Observed for the first time July 10, 1889, in a 

 patch of lucern, growing luxuriantly, and proving most destructive to its host. In 

 order to prevent the spread of this plant, on advice, the crop was plowed under 

 before the seeds were matured. It has since not been seen or heard of from any 

 other locality in the State. 



Type locality not ascertained; apparently Chilean. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



POLEMONIACEAE. Phlox Family. 

 PHLOX L. Sp. PI. 1 : 151. 1753. 



Thirty species, mostly perennials, in temperate North America and Siberia. Eastern 

 United States, 12. 



Phlox paniculata L.Sp. PI. 1:151. 1753. PANICULATE PHLOX. SWEET WILLIAM. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 242. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 354. Chap. Fl. 337. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 129. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania west to Missouri and Arkansas, 

 south to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Thickets and rich copses. Montgomery 

 County. Flowers bright purple; October. Not frequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentrionali. Collinson." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Phlox paniculata acuminata (Pursh) Chap. Fl. 338. 1860. 



Phlox acuminata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 730. 1816. 



Ell. Sk. 1:242. Chap. Fl. I.e. 



A well-marked variety, well described by Pursh. At once recognized by the soft 

 pubescence, dark green foliage, and the ovate-lanceolate acuminate leaves attenu- 

 ated at the base into a more or less margined petiole, only the uppermost sessile, 

 and by the short calyx lobes. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina and Georgia. 



