716 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



JABOROSA Juss. Gen. PI. 125. 1789. 



Six species, southern Brazil, Argentina, Chile. 

 Jaborosa integrifolia Lam. Encycl. 3 : 189. 1789. 



Perennial, low, stemless; leaves and scapes from a long creeping rhizoina, deeply 

 buried beneath the surface. 



BUENOS AYRKS. 



Adventive with ballast. Mobile County. Flowers white, fragrant, opening in the 

 evening; July to October; seeds ripen perfectly. Persistent in the same locality for 

 years. Transplanted into gardens proves to be a rapidly spreading weed, difficult 

 to eradicate. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Commerson a trouve cette plante aux environs de Buenos-Aires." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PETUNIA Juss. Ann. Mus. Par. 2 : 215, t. 47. 1803. 

 About 12 species, South American herbs. 



Petunia parviflora Juss. Ann. Mus. Par. 2 : 216, t. 47. 1803. 



SMALL-FLOWERED PETUNIA. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:243. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 304. Wats. Bot. 

 Calif. 1 : 546. 



MEXICO TO ARGENTINA. 



Louisianian area. Texas, west to California, east to Louisiana and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Waste ground, also on ballast. Mobile County. July; 

 not infrequent. Annual. 



Type locality : " De 1'einbouchure de la Plata." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Petunia violacea Lindl. Bot. Reg. 19 : 1. 1626. 1833. 



ARGENTINA, URUGUAY. 



Adventive on ballast. Mobile County. Flowers rose-purple; June. First ob- 

 served in 1896. Annual. 



Type locality : "A native of Buenos Ayres." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



SCROPHULABIACEAE. Figwort Family. 



VERBASCUM L. Sp. PI. 1:177. 1753. MULLEIN. 



One hundred and sixty species, temperate and warm regions Northern Hemis- 

 phere, largely Mediterranean Europe. North America, 4. Naturalized from Europe. 



Verbascum thapsus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 177. 1753. COMMON MULLEIN. 



Throughout Atlantic North America from Ontario to the Gulf. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry fields, pastures. Flowers yellow; April, May. 

 Common. Annual. 



Economic ivses: The flowers and leaves, under the name of "mullein flowers," 

 "mullein leaves," are used medicinally. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae glareosis sterilibus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Verbascum blattaria L. Sp. PI. 1 : 178. 1753. MOTH MULLKIN. 



Of the same distribution as the last. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Flowers pale yellow or rose-tinted; July, August. 

 Annual. A frequent wayside weed, less common than the last. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae australioris locis argillaceis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



ELATINOIDES Wetts. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4, Abt. 3b : 58. 1891. 



Twenty-three species, Mediterranean region Europe, Africa. North America, 2 ; 

 naturalized. 



Elatinoides elatine (L.) Wetts. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4, Abt. 3b : 58. 1891. 

 Antirrhinum elatine L. Sp. PI. 2 : 612. 1753. 

 Linaria elatine Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 16. 1768. 

 EUROPE. 



