696 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



FHRYMA L. Sp. PL 2 : 601. 1753. 



One species, eastern Asia, Japan, North America. 

 Phryma leptostachya L. Sp. PI. 2 : 601. 1753. LOPSEED. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 96. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 403. Chap. Fl. 310. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. 4. 2, pt. 

 1:334. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario ; New Eng- 

 land west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, and 

 Arkansas, and from New York to Florida and northern Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley and valleys in the mountain region. Damp, rich 

 forests. Blount County, bottom lands of Mulberry Fork. Flowers purplish; June. 

 Not common. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



NEPETACEAE. Mint Family. 



MESOSPHABRUM P. Br. Hist. Jam. 257. 1756. SWAMP BASIL. 

 (HYPTis Jacq. Coll. 1 : 101. 1786. ) 



About 250 species of tropical and subtropical America. West Indies to Brazil. 

 United States, 4. 



Mesosphaerum rugosum (L.) Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club, 24:156. 1897. 



Clinopodium rugosum L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 822. 1763. 



Hyptis radiata Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 84. 1800. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 78. Chap. Fl. 312. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 350. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 333. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Lower Pine region. Margins of pine-barren 

 ponds. Autauga County (E. A. Smith). Flowers white, purplish-dotted; July, 

 August. Common. Stem from a creeping rootstock, simple, 2 to 4 feet high. 

 Abundant throughout the Lower Pine region. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Carolina, Jamaica, Gallia aequinoctiali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



COLLINSONIA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 28. 1753. HORSE BALM. 



Four species, perennials. Eastern North America. 

 Collinsonia scabriuscula Ait. Hort. Kew. 1 : 47. 1789. PURPLE HORSE BALM. 



Collinsonia tuberosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 17. 1803. 



C. scabra Pursh, 1 : 20. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 35, 36. Chap. Fl. 316. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 351. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina to Florida and eastern Louis- 

 iana. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower Pine region. Damp thickets. Cullman 

 County, 800 feet. Cleburne County, Wood's mine, 1,000 feet. Lee County, Opelika. 

 Escambia County, Wilson Station, 250 feet, shaded borders of pine-barren streams. 

 Flowers yellowish white with purple spots ; September, October. Not rare. From 

 a thick tuber-like root, 2 to 24 feet high. 



Type locality : " Native of East Florida. Mr. John Bartram." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Collinsonia canadensia L. Sp. PI. 1 : 28. 1753. CANADIAN HORSE BALM. 



Ell. Sk. 1:34. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 407. Chap. Fl. 315. Grav, Syn. Fl. N. A. 

 2, pt. 1:351. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Western Ontario ; New England and New York, 

 west to Michigan and Wisconsin, south to the Ohio Valley and Tennessee, and alojg 

 the mountains to middle Florida and northern Mississippi. 



ALABAMA : Mountai n region. Rich woodlands. Winston County, 1,500 feet ( T. M. 

 Peters}. Cullman County, 800 feet. Flowers lemon-yellow ; July, August. Two to 3 

 feet high. From a hard, knotty, thick rootstock; infrequent. 



Economic uses: The root is the " stone root" of medicine. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginiae, Canadae sylvis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



