MINT FAMILY. 703 



ALABAMA: Prairie region. Borders of fields and grassy banks. Hale County, 

 Gallion, associated with Xylopleurum speciosum in the black prairies. Flowers pink, 

 the bracts rose-colored; June, July. Mobile County, adventive from the Southwest; 

 waste places. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Nova Hispania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BLEPHILIA Raf. Journ. Phys. 89 : 98. 1819. 



Two species, perennial, Atlantic North America. 

 Blephilia ciliata (L.) Raf. Jonrn. Phys. 89 : 98. 1819. CILIATED BLEPHILIA. 



Monarda ciliata L. Sp. PI. 1 : 23. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1: 30. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 415. Chap. Fl. 321. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1:376. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New York west to Wisconsin, south to the Ohio 

 Valley to Tennessee, and along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Dry borders of woods, open copses. 

 Lauderdale, Franklin, Madison (Huntsville), and Cullman counties. Flowers mauve 

 color; June, July. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



NEPETA L. Sp. PL 2 : 570. 1753. 



Temperate and warmer regions of the Old World. 

 NepetacatariaL.Sp.Pl. 2: 570. 1753. CATNIP. 



Ell. Sk. 2:71. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 416. Chap. Fl. 321. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 377. 



EUROPE, WESTERN ASIA. 



Introduced and naturalized throughout Atlantic North America. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Clay County, Shinbone Valley. Talladega County, 

 Chandler's Spring, September, 1892. Perennial. 



Economic uses: Leaves and tops, under the name of " catnip" or "cataria," are 

 an obsolete medicinal material. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europa." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SCUTELL ARIA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 598. 1753. SKULLCAP. 



About 100 species, chiefly perennials, temperate regions of the globe. Within the 

 Tropics in the mountains. North America, 23; Atlantic, 13; Pacific, 7. 

 Scutellaria lateriflora L. Sp. PI. 2 : 598. 1753. MAD-DOG SKULLCAP. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 92. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 417. Chap. Fl. 324. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 378. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Canadian Provinces from Anticosti to Oregon ; 

 New England (Mount Desert Island), west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to the 

 Gulf from Florida to Texas, and in New Mexico. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Wet thickets along streams. Mobile County, banks 

 of Mobile River. Flowers pale blue. Plant 2 to 3 feet high. Perennial. Not 

 common. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Canada, Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 

 Scutellaria cordifolia Muhl. Cat. 56. 1813. HEART-LEAF SKULLCAP. 



Scutellaria versicolor Nutt. Gen. 2 : 38. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 91. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 417. Chap. Fl. 322. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 378. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 

 and the Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas, south to Tennessee, and along the 

 mountains to South Carolina. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region to Lower hills. Shady borders of woods. Madison 

 County, Huntsville. Jackson County, Gurley, 1,000 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa 

 County (E, A. Smith). Corolla sky-blue, white in the tube. Flowers in June. Per- 

 ennial. 



Type locality: "Car. Pens. * * * Missis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Scutellaria cordifolia minor (Chap.). 

 Scutellaria versicolor minor Chap. Fl. 323. 1860. 



