734 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Carolinian area. West Virginia to Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri, south to 

 Florida and western Louisiana (Hale). 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast Pine belt. Monroe County, Perdue Hill. 

 Flowers pale purplish blue; July. Scattered, not frequent. 



Type locality : "Near Savannah, Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ruellia ciliosa humilis (Nutt.) Brittou, Trans. Am. Acad. Sci. 9:185. 18JH). 



LOW FlMHRIATKD KUELLIA. 



Ruellia humilis Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. ser. 2, 5 : 182. 1833-37. 



R. ciliosa longiflora Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 326. 1878. 



Gray, 1. c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 322. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Western Florida to Texas, Arkansas, and 

 southern Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry open woods, pine forests. Tns- 

 caloosa County (E. A. Smith). Clarke County, Thoniasville. Baldwin and Mobile 

 counties. .Flowers pale purplish (lilac); April to June. Common. 



Type locality: "On rocks in the upland forests and prairies," Arkansas. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ruellia ciliosa parviflora (Nees) Brittou, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 300. 1894. 



SMALL-FLOWERED FIMBRIATED KUELLIA. 



Dipteracanthns ciliostis var. parviflorus Nees in DC. Prodr. 11 : 123. 1847. 



Ruellia ciliosa ambigua Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 326. 1878. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 400. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1. c. 



Carolinian and LouisianTan areas. Virginia and Kentucky south to Florida, west 

 to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region, Metamorphic hills. Upper division Coast Tine belt. 

 Hilly open woods. Lee County, Auburn (Baker <f Earle). Monroe and Clarke coun- 

 ties. 



Type locality : "Ad Ky fliivium." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ruella ciliosa hybrida (Pursh) Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 326. 



HIRSUTE FIMBRIATED RUELLIA. 



Ruellia hybrida Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 420. 1816. 



R. Ursula Ell. Sk. 2 : 109. 1817. 



Ell. 1. c. Gray, 1. c. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey (Britton), South Carolina, Geor- 

 gia, and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Central Prairie region. Dry 

 open ground, pastures. Lee County, Auburn ( Baker <f Earle). Montgomery County, 

 Pintlalla Creek, July, 1882. Flowers purplish blue to white; July. Not frequent. 



Type locality: "In sandy fields near Savannah, Georgia.' 7 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ruellia strepens L. Sp. PL 2 : 634. 1753. DIPTERACANTHUS. 



Dipteracanthm strepens Nees in DC. Prodr. 11: 123. 1847. 



Ell. Sk. 2:108. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 400. Chap. Fl. 304. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 

 pt. 1 : 327. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 322. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Pennsylvania west to Michigan and Wiscon- 

 sin, south to the Ohio Valley and Tennessee to Georgia and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower hills. Borders of woods and thickets. Clay 

 County, Moseley, 1,000 to 1,200 feet. Talladega County, Irouatou. Tuscaloos'a 

 County (E. A. Smith). Flowers blue; June, July. Not frequent. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



DIANTHERA L. Sp. PL 1 : 27. 1753. 



One hundred species, paludial perennial herbs, mostly of wanner regions, chiefly 

 American. 



Dianthera americana L. Sp. PL 1:27. 1753. DENSE-FLOWERED WATER WILLOW. 



Justicia pedunculosa Michx. FL Bor. Am. 1 : 7. 1803. 



Justicia americana Vahl, Enum. 1 : 140. 1805. 



Ell. Sk. 1: 11. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 401. Chap. FL 304. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 329. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 :324. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauian area. Quebec, Ontario; New England west to Michi- 

 gan ; Ohio Valley to Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. 



