430 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
West Inpirs, Mexico To Uruguay, CHILE. : 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Virginia to Florida, west to 
southern Texas. 
AtaBAMA: Central Pine belt to the coast. Damp banks, on trees. Autauga 
County to Mobile County, alluvial districts; most abundant. Flowers blue, June. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Virginiae, Jamaicae, Brasiliae arboribus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
COMMELINACEAE. 
COMMELINA L. Sp. Pl.1:40. 1753. 
About 88 species, warmer regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, America. Atlantic 
North America, 5. : . 
Commelina communis L. Sp. Pl.1:40. 1753. AstaTic oR COMMON DAY-FLOWER. 
Commelina vulgaris Schmidel, Icon. Pl. 159, t. 40, 47. 1762. 
C. willdenovit Kunth, Enum, 4:37. 1843. 
Chap. Fl. 497, in part.? Britt. & Brown, I]. Fl. 1: 376. 
Asia. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Adventive and naturalized. Southern New 
York and New Jersey to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Lower hills to Coast plain. Cultivated and waste ground. Jefferson 
County, Jonesboro (. 4. Smith). Mobile County. July to October; a garden weed. 
Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Commelina nudiflora L. Sp. P1.1:41. 1753. CREEPING DAY-FLOWER. 
Commelina communis Walt. Fl. Car. 68. 1788. Not L. 
C. caroliniana Walt. 1. c. 
C. cayennensis L. C. Rich. Act. N. Soc. Nat. Hist. Par.1:106. 1792. 
C. agraria Kunth, Enum. 4:38. 1848. 
Ell. Sk. 1:48. Gray, Man. ed. 6,538. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:443. Griseb. 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 524. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 524, 
West Inprges, Mexico TO BRaAzIL, Canary ISLANDS, GALAPAGOS, TROPICAL 
AFRICA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware to Florida, west to Texas and 
Missouri. ‘ 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Cultivated ground. A common gar- 
den weed. Mobile. September to November. Flowers blue. Annual.? 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in India.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Commelina erecta L. Sp. P1.1:41. 1753. SLENDER Day-FLOWER. 
Ell, Sk. 1:48, in part. Gray, Man. ed. 6,539. Chap. Fl. 497. Coulter, Contr, 
Nat. Herb. 2: 443. 
MEXICO TO BRAZIL, PERU. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills to Coast plain. Light exposed soil, 
grassy banks, pastures. Mobile County. Lee County, Auburn. August, Septem- 
ber. Flowers blue. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Commelina virginica L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2,1:61. 1762. VIRGINIA Day-FLOWER. 
Commelina angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:24, 1803, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,539, Chap. Fl. 497. 
BAHAMAS, PARAGUAY. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York to Michigan and Nebraska, 
south to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Tuscaloosa County (£. 4. Smith). 
Lee County, Auburn (I. S. Zarle). Frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘“Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
