FOUR O'CLOCK FAMILY. 493 
FROELICHIA Moench, Meth. 50. 1794. 
Ten species, in warmer regions. America, United States to Brazil. 
Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 2:420. 1849. 
: FLORIDA FROELICHIA. 
Oplotheca floridana Nutt. Gen, 2:79. 1818. 
Z oo Sk.2:155. Gray, Man. ed. 6,430. Chap. Fl. 384. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
West INpiEs, MExIco. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Wisconsin and southern Minnesota to Nebraska 
and Colorado; Illinois south to Georgia and Florida, thence west to Texas and 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Dry sands. Baldwin County, eastern shore of Mobile 
Bay. June, July; not frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘On the banks of the Altamaha River. Baldwyn.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 
BATIDACEAE. Batis Family. 
BATIS P. Br. Hist. Jam.1:356. 1756. 
A single species, a frutescent halophyte of the warmer parts of America. 
Batis maritima L. Syst. ed. 10, 1380. 1759. BaTIs. 
Chap. Fl. 411. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 61. 
West INDIES, MEXICO TO VENEZUELA. 
Louisianian area. Western Florida to Texas. 
AvAaBAMA: Littoral region. Saline marshes. Mobile County, shores of Mississippi 
Sound and outlying islands. July; not infrequent. Shrub. 
Type locality not ascertained, probably West Indian. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PHYTOLACCACEAE. Pokeweed Family. 
PHYTOLACCA L. Sp. Pl. 1:441. 1753. PoksuBERRY. POKEWEED. 
About 11 species, widely diffused over the Old World and America. Perennial 
herbs. , : 
Phytolacca decandra L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1:631. 1762. COMMON POKEBERRY. 
Ell. Sk. 1:530. Gray, Man. ed. 6,436. Chap. Fl. 375. Coulter, Contr. Nat Herb. 
2:372. 
SouTHERN EvuRopr (introduced). 
Allezhenian and Louisianian areas. Ontario and New England west to Minne- 
sota, south to Florida, Texas, and \rkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Border of woods, fields, copses, in fertile soil. 'Tus- 
caloosa, Cullman, Montgomery, and Mobile counties. Flowers rose-pink, July to 
October; berries purplish black, September, October. Frequeut. 
Economic uses: The rout is the ‘‘pokeroot,” ‘‘Phytolaccae radix,” and the berries, 
the “pokeberry,” ‘Phytolaccae fructus,” of the United States Pharmacopeia. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
NYCTAGINACEAE. Four o'clock Family. 
ALLIONIA Loefl. Iter. Hisp. 181. 175x. 
OxypBaPHus L’Her.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 1: 105. 1797. 
About 10 spevies, perennial. North America to Mexico. 
Allionia albida Walt. Fl. Car. 84. 1788. PaLeE UMBRELLAWORT. 
Oxybaphus albida Chois. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt. 2: 434. 1849. 
Ell. Sk. 2:187. Chap. Fl. 373; ed. 3, 393. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 352. 
Louisianian area, South Carolina to Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, and 
Tennessee, 
