ACANTHUS FAMILY. 733 



PEDALIACEAE. Sesame Family. 



MARTYNIA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 618. 1753. 



About a dozen species, of warmer America. 

 Martynia louisiana Mill. Diet. ed. 8, no. 3. 1768. UNICORN PLANT. 



Martynia proboscidea Glox. Obs. 14. 1785. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 130. Gray, Man. ed. 6,399. Cbap. Fl. 285. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1 : 321. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 319. 



MEXICO. 



Southern Ohio west to southern Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas. 

 ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Waste places. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith}. 

 Flowers July; rare. Annual. 

 Type locality: "Grows naturally in Louisiana." 

 Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Martynia diandra Glox. Obs. 14, 1. 1. 1785. 



Adveutive with ballast from Mexico. Flowers yellow with purple spots; June, 

 July. Fetid. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. ad Americae Veram Crucem." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ACANTHACEAE. Acanthus Family. 



HYGHROPHILA R. Br. Prodr. Nov. Holl. 1 : 479. 1810. 



Fifteen species, lacustrine perennials, of tropical America, tropical Asia, New 

 Holland, North America. South Atlantic States, 1. 



Hygrophila lacustris DC. Prodr. 11 : 86. 1857. SMALL-FLOWERED HYGROPHILA. 



Chap. Fl. Suppl. 673 ; ed. 3, 364. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 321. 



MEXICO. 



Louisianian area. Western Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shaded muddy banks. Mobile County. Flowers pale 

 blue, June; not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "In lacu (laguna) de Jalapa * * * , in Louisiana * * * . 

 Madissonville." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



RUELLIA L. Sp. PL 2:634. 1753. (Inclusive of Dipteracanthus Nees.) 



One hundred and twenty species, perennials, chiefly tropical America, a few in 

 South Africa and tropical Asia. Atlantic North America, 7. 



Ruellia pedunculata Torr. ; Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 325. 



PEDUNCLED RUELLIA. 



Louisianian area. Western Louisiana and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pino region. Pine woods. Mobile County, Grand Bay. Flow- 

 ers purplish blue; July. Rare and local. 



Type locality: "Dry woods, in W. Louisiana. J. Hale. Arkansas, Bigelow, Mrs. 

 Harris." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ruellia noctiflora (Nees) Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2,pt. 1: 326. 



NIGHT-BLOOMING RUELLIA. 



Dipteracanthus noctiflorm Nees in DC. Prodr. 11: 123. 1847. 



Chap. Fl. 304. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. c. 



Louisianian area. Louisiana and Mississippi to western Florida and Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Flat grassy pine barrens along the coast. Mobile 

 County, Bayou Labatre. Flowers white, fragrant, opening in the evening and 

 during the night; September, October. Six to 12 inches high. Not frequent; local. 



Type locality: "In Savannahs Altamahae Georgiae (Le Conte 1. c.), in campis 

 graminosis inter S. Marks et Port Leon Floridae (Rugel! * * ), Texas, 

 (Urumnioud * * * )." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Ruellia ciliosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 420. 1814. FIMBRIATED RUELLIA. 



Ell. Sk, 2 : 110. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 400. Chap. Fl. 303. 



