702 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Damp grassy woodlands and 

 banks. Mobile Connty. Flowers sky-blue; early in April. Common. Perennial. 

 Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Salvia verbenacea L. Sp. PL 1 : 25. 1753. VERVAIN-LEAF SAGE. 



Salvia claytoni Ell. Sk. 1 : 32. 1816. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 372. 



Adventive from Europe. Sparingly naturalized on the coast of South Carolina. 



ALABAMA: A.dventive on ballast. Mobile County. Becoming sparingly natural- 

 ized, not spreading. Observed for the past ten years. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europae pascuis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



MONAHD A L. Sp. PI. 1 : 22. 1753. HORSEMINT. 



Ten species, Atlantic North America, chiefly Alleghenian. 

 Monarda fistulosa L. Sp. PI. 1 : 22. 1753. WILD BERGAMOT. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 29. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 414. Chap. Fl. 320. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 374. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 339. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario to Lake Superior; Quebec and New 

 England west to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Dakota; west and south from Virginia 

 to Missouri and Texas.and along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region, Coosa hills. Open rocky woods, fence rows, thickets. 

 Cullman County. St. Clair County, Springville. Madison County, Huntsville. 

 Flowers pink; June. Common. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Monarda scabra Beck, Am. Journ. Sci. 10 : 260. 1826. SCABROUS WILD BERGAMOT. 



Monarda fistulosa var. mollis Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 317. 1833. In part. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 28. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 414 ; Syn. FL N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 374. 



Carolinian area. Canada across the plains to the Pacific coast ; Tennessee, Ar- 

 kansas, and Indian Territory to Arizona and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Cullmaii County, rocky woods, copses ; June. Not 

 frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Woods on the banks of the Mississippi River, one mile north of 

 St. Louis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Monarda bradburyana Beck, Am. Journ. Sci. 10 : 260. 1826. 



BRADBURY'S MONARDA. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 414. Chap. FL ed. 3, 382. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 374. 



Carolinian area. Tennessee, southern Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas, and 

 along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Coosa hills, sunny hillsides, open woods. Madison 

 County, Huntsville, 1,000 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. St. Clair County, hills 

 of Shoal Creek, 650 feet. Flowers pink; June. Not rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Barrens north of St. Louis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Monarda punctata L. Sp. PL 1 : 22. 1753. DOTTED HORSEMINT. 



Monarda lutea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am 1:16. 1803. Coulter, Con I r. Nat. Herb. 2 : 339. 



Ell. Sk. 1:30. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 414. Chap. FL 320. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 375. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 339. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New York west to southern Minnesota and 

 Colorado, south to the Gulf from Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Throughout. Dry sandy soil, borders of fields, pastures, waysides. 

 Flowers yellow with dark dots; July to October. Common. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The leaves and tops, called "horsemint," or "Monarda," are an 

 obsolete medicinal agent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Monarda citriodora Cerv. ; Lag. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2. 1816. 



LEMON-SCENTED MONARDA. 



Monarda aristata Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. n. ser. 5 : 186. 1833-1837. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 415. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 375. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 339. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Nebraska to Colorado, Arizona, and Texas. 



