494 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Dry hills. Montgomery County. Flowers 
white or pale pink. July to September; local and rare. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘South Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Allionia nyctaginea Michx. FI. Bor. Am. 1:100. 1803. 
HEART-LEAF UMBRELLAWORT., 
Oxybaphus nyctagineus Sweet, Hort. Brit. 429, 18:0. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 425. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 644; ed. 3, 393. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 
Herb. 2: 351. ‘ 
Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Manitoba to northern Saskatchewan; Min- 
nesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, and western Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Tennessee basin. Rocky dry copses, border of 
woods. Madison County, Montesano, about 1,000 feet. Flowers purplishred. May, 
June; rare. Perennial. 
Sten simple, 12 to 15 inches high, from a stout cylindrical rootstock. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. ad ripas fuminis Tennassée.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BOERHAVIA L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 4. 1753. 
About 2U species, annuals, tropical and subtropical zones. North America, 19; 
western Texas, 15; South Atlantic States, 3. 
Boerhavia erecta L. Sp. Pl.1:3. 1753. Erecr BorrHAvia, 
Ell. Sk.1:41. Chap. Fl. 373. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:356. Griseb. Fl. Brit. 
W. Ind. 69. 
West INpDIES, MEXICO, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Dry cultivated and waste 
places, about dwellings. Flowers pale red. July to October; common. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Vera Cruce,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Boerhavia hirsuta Willd. Phyt. no.3. 1794, Hairy BoERHAvVIA. 
Chap. F1. 373. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 356. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 69, 
WEsT INDIES, MEXICO TO GUIANA, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 
Louisianian area. Southern Florida. Southwestern Texas. 
ALABAMA: Fugitive from the tropics. On ballast ground, Mobile County, Sep- 
tember, 1893. 
Type locality (Willd. Sp. Pl.): “Hab. in siccis arenosis Jamaicae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
AIZOACEAE. Figwort Family. 
MOLLUGO L. Sp. Pl. 1:89. 1753. INDIAN CHICKWEED. 
About 1 dozen species, in warmer parts of the globe. 
Mollugo verticillata L. Sp. Pl.1:89. 1753. CARPETWEED. 
Ell. Sk. 1:183. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 198. Chap. Fl. 48. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:138. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 56. 
WEsT INDIES, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA. 
Naturalized and widely diffused through temperate and warmer North America. 
From Ontario to the Columbia River, south to the Gulf and southern California. 
ALABAMA: Allover the State. In cultivated and waste ground. June to October, 
Common. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Africa, Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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SESUVIUM L. Syst. ed. 10, 1058. 1759. 
Four species of the seacoast and inland saline places in warm regions. North 
America, 2 or 3 species. ; 
Sesuvium portulacastrum Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1058. 1759. LARGER Sra Purstane. 
Ell. Sk.1:555. Chap. F1.44. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 137. Wats. Bot. Calif. 
1:251. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind.57. * 
Widely distributed on the seacoasts of tropical and subtropical regions. 
