700 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



DICERANDRA Benth. Bot. Reg. 15, w6 1. 1300. 1829. 

 (CERANTHERA Ell. Sk. 2 : 93. 1821-24. Not Beauv. 1807, nor Raf. 1818. ) 

 Two species, annuals. Southeastern North America. 



Diceraiidra linearifolia (Ell.) Benth. Bot. Reg. 15, sul> t. 1300. 1829. 



LARGE-FLOWERED PENNYROYAL. 



Ceranthera linearifolia Ell. Sk. 2 : 94. 1821-24. 



Dicerandra linearis Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 413. 1834. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 318. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 365. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry sandy pine barrens. Dale County (E. A. Smith). 

 Baldwin County, Stockton. Flowers pale pink, purple-spotted ; August, September. 

 Not frequent. Local. Highly aromatic. 



Type locality: "Grows abundantly in the high pine barren ridges between the 

 Flint and Chatahouchie rivers." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CLINOPODIUM L. Sp. PI. 2 : 587. 1753. 

 (CALAMINTHA Moench, Meth. 408. 1794.) 



About 40 species, temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. Europe, northern 

 Asia. North America, 9. 



Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Kunt/e, Rev. Gen. PI. 2:515. 1891. 



EUROPEAN BASIL THYME. 



Melissa nepeta L. Sp. PI. 2 :593. 1891. 



Calamintha nepeta Savi, Fl. Pis. 197. 1798. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 411. Chap. Fl. 317. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:359. 



EUROPE. 



Carolinian area. Naturalized from Maryland and Tennessee to upper Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Vallej^ to Central Pine belt. Dry rocky or gravelly exposed 

 ground. Morgan County, Decatur. Lawrence County, Moul ton. Blount County, 

 Blount Springs. Etowah County, Gadsden, banks of Coosa River. Tuscaloosa 

 County. Mobile County, on ballast. Flowers July to September. Most frequent in 

 the calcareous soils of the Tennessee Valley and all the higher river valleys where the 

 limestone is exposed. Perennial. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Italiae, Galliae, Angliae, Helvetiae, aggeribus glareosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Clinopodium carolinianum (Walt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2 : 515. 1891. 



CAROLINA THYME. 



Thymbra caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 162. 1788. 



Thymus carolinianus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 9. 1803. 



Calamintha grandiflora Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 414. 1814. 



Melissa caroliniana Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 388. 1834. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 93. Chap. Fl. 317. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 360. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Central region to Coast Pine belt. Dry hills, open woods. Lee County 

 (E. A. Smith). Coffee County, Elba. Choctaw County, Butler. Mobile County, 

 Pierce's Landing, in dry pine woods. Flowers purple. Local, not frequent. Shrubby 

 at the base. Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Clinopodium coccineum (Nutt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 2 : 515. 1891. 



SCARLET BALM. 



Cunila coccinea Nutt. ; Hook. Exot. Fl. 2 : t. 1G3. 1825. 



Melissa coccinea Spreng. Syst. 2 : 224. 1827. 



Calamintha coccinea Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 360. 1878. 



Chap. Fl. 317. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1. c. 



Louisianian area. Western Florida. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry sandy pine ridges. Mobile 

 County, Springhill. Baldwin County, Montrose. Flowers deep scarlet, not rarely 

 orange or saturn-red; September, November. Local; frequent on the hills near the 

 coast, covering large patches. Shrub 1 to 2 feet; when in full bloom, one of the 

 handsomest of our pine-barren plants. 



Type locality : " So named by Mr. Nuttall, from a dried specimen brought by Mr. 

 Ware to Philadelphia from Florida. " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



