478 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Moist rich thickets and woods. Flowers July, 
August; common. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ADICEA Raf. Ann. Nat.179. 1815. CLEAR WEED. 
(PILEA Lindl. Coll. ¢. 4. 1821.) 
Ove hundred and twenty-five species, mostly in the tropics. Temperate North 
America. 
Adicea pumila (L.) Raf.; Torr. Fl. N.Y. 2:223. Assynonym. 1843. Ricu WEED. 
Urtica pumila L. Sp. Pl. 2:984. 1753. 
Pilea pumila Gray, Man. ed. 1, 437. 1848. 
Ell. Sk. 2:569. Gray, Man. ed. 6,466. Chap. Fl. 413. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New Brunswick and Ontario; New England, 
west to Minnesota, Nebraska, and Kansas, south to New Jersey, Georgia, and northern 
Alabama. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich damp woods. Madison County, Montesano. 
Lee County, Auburn (fF. 8. Earle), Cullman County. Walker County (2. 1. Smith). 
Not common. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Adicea microphylla herniarioides (Sw.) Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. 2:622. 1891. 
Urtica herniarioides Sw. Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 8:64. 1787. 
Pilea herniarioides Lindl. Coll. Bot sub t. 4. 1821. 
Pilea microphylla herniarioides Wedd. in DC. Prodr. 16, pt. 1: 106. 1869. 
Lonisianian area. 
ALABAMA: Mobile. Escaped from cultivation. Light, shaded vronnd. July, 
August. 
Type locality (Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ.): ‘‘Hab. supra saxa in rivulis et iluviis Domin- 
gensibus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BOBHMERIA Jacq. Stirp. Am. 246, ¢. 157. 1763. 
About 45 species, mostly tropical and subtropical, but extending to cxtratropical 
North America and Japan. North America, 1. 
Boehmeria cylindrica (L.) Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 340. 1809. Fase NETTLE. 
Ortica cylindrica L. Sp. Pl. 1396. 1753. 
U. capitata Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 363. 1809. 
Ell. Sk. 2:568. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 466. Chap. F1.414. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:409. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 160. 
WEsT INDIA ISLANDS, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota, 
south to Florida and through the Gulf States to Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. 
ALaBAMA: Throughout the State. Damp thickets and woods. July, August; 
frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Jamaica, Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. Bot. Voy. Freyc. 499. 1826. RaMIE PLANT. 
Urtica nivea L, Sp. Pl. 2:985. 1753. 
In the southern part of the State found here and there as an escape from cultiva- 
tion Perennial. 
Boehmeria tenacissima (Roxb.) Gaud., cultivated with the above, also occurs. 
Economic uses: Valuable tiber plant. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Chinae muris.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. — 
PARIETARIA L. Sp. Pl. 2:1052. 1753. PrLurrory. 
Eight species, mostly of temperate regions. North America, 2. 
Parietaria pennsylvanica Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 955. 1805. 
i ‘tee 2:575. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 466. Chap. Fl.413. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
