724 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Boreal region to Carolinian area. Labrador. Throughout Canada to the arctic 

 circle, across the continent, and throughout the North Atlantic States west to New 

 Mexico and Nevada, south along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Damp shady places on calcareous banks. Madison 

 County, Montesano, 800 feet. Jackson Couuty, Gturleys, 1,000 feet altitude; Scotts- 

 boro, 800 feet. Flowers lilac, May ; not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "In Europa et America septentrionali ad vias, agros." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Veronica auagallis-aquatica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 12. 1753. WATER SPEEDWELL. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 386. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 314. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 287. 



EUROPE. 



Allegheniau to Louisianiau area. Canada to British Columbia, south to Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County, June, 1894. Wet banks, Mobile 

 River. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europa ad fossas." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LEPTANDRA Nutt. Gen. 1 : 7. 1818. 



Two species, perennial, eastern Asia, Siberia. North America, 1. 

 Leptandra virginica (L.) Nutt. Gen. PI. 1 : 7. 1818. CULVER'S.ROOT. 



Veronica virginica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 9. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 386. Chap. Fl. 295. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 286. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauiau area. Ontario to Manitoba, Minnesota, and Nebraska ; 

 New England south to New Jersey, and from the Ohio Valley to Missouri and 

 Arkansas, and along the mountains to Tennessee and Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Central Prairies. Rich woods. Cullman and 

 Bibb counties. Autauga County, Prattville. Sumter County. Flowers cerulean 

 blue; August. Not frequent: 2 to 3 feet high. 



Economic uses: The root is the "blackroot" or "Lcptandra" of the United States 

 Pharmacopeia. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AFZELIA J. G. Ginelin, Syst. 2 : 927. 1796. 

 (SEYMEUIA Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 736. 1814.) 



Nine species, annual or perennial herbs. Mexico. North America, 5. Madagas- 

 car, 1. 



Afzelia cassioides J. G. Gmelin, Syst. 2 : 927. 1796. THIN-LEAVED AFZELIA. 



Anonymos cassioides Walt. Fl. Car. 171. 1788. 



(ierardia afzelia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 20. 1803. 



Seymeria tenuifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 737. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 122. Chap. Fl. 297. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 289. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2: 313. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to southeastern 

 Tennessee and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine forest. Bibb 

 Couuty (E. A. Smith). Baldwin and Mobile counties. Corolla of flowers yellow, 

 with rufous lip; September to November. Not infrequent. Annual. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Afzelia pectinata (Pursh) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2 : 457. 1891. 



PECTINATE-LEAK AK/ELIA. 



Seymeria pectinata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 737. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 2:122. Chap. Fl. 297. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2. pt. 1:290. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 313. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Metamorphic hills to Lower Pine region. Dry pine 

 ridges. Lee County, Auburn (Earle). Mobile County, Chastang's Bluff. Flowers 

 yellow; September, October. Not frequent. Annual. 



Type locality : "In South Carolina. Catesby." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



