686 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine ridges. Mobile and Baldwin 
counties. Flowers pink; April, May. Common. 
Type locality: ‘Tlorida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Phlox amoena Sims, Bot. Mag. 31: t. 1308. 1810. EaRLy PHLox. 
Philos pilosa var. waltert Gray, Man. ed. 2, 331. 1856. 
P, pilosa Walt. Fl. Car. 90. 1788. Not L. 
P. walteri Chap. F1. 339. 1860. 
EIL Sk. 1:247. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 355. Chap. Fl.l.c. Gray, Syn. FL.N. A. 2, pt. 1: 130. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia west to Kentucky, south- 
western Missouri, and Arkansas, south along the mountains to Tennessce and Florida, 
wes’ to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. In light siliceous soil, open hills 
and open copses. Winston County, Sipsey Valley, 1,200 feet. Cullman County, 800 
feet. Lee County, Auburn (Zarle & Underwood). Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, and 
Baldwin counties. Flowers purplish pink; March to May. Frequent, most so in 
the grassy pine barrens of the Lower Pine region. ; 
Type locality: ‘Near the Santée Canal, in South-Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Phlox divaricata L. Sp. Pl. 1: 152. 1753. BLUE PHLOX. SWEET WILLIAM. 
Ell. Sk. 1:248. Gray, Man.ed.6, 355. Chap. Fl. 338. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1:131. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and northwestern New York, west to 
Minnesota, Missouri, and Arkansas, and south to the Gulf, from Florida ,to western 
Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Rich open 
woods. Madison County, Montesano, 1,500 feet. Franklin County, Russellville. 
Clarke County, Thomasville. Tuscaloosa County (Z. 4. Smith). Flowers lavender- 
blue; April. Not infrequent, mostly in the mountains. 
Type locality: ‘Hab in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Phlox reptans Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 145. 1803. CREEPING PURPLE PHLOox. 
EIL Sk. 1:248. Gray, Man. ed. 6,355. Chap. Fl. 338. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1:131. 
Carolinian area. Allegheny Mountains from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, Tennes- 
see, and Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Cullman County, 800 to 1,000 feet (Miss M. Mohr). 
Flowers rose-purple; June. Rare. 
Type locality: “Hab. in excelsis montibus Carolinac occidentalis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb Mohr. 
GILIA Ruiz & Pav. Prodr. Fl. Per. 25, t.4. 1794. 
About 75 species, Chile, Peru. North America, chiefly Western, about 50. South 
Atlantic, 1. 
Gilia coronopifolia (Willd.) Pers. Syn. 1:187. 1805. SPANISH CYPRESS. 
Cantua coronopifolia Willd. Sp. Pl. 1: 879. 1797. 
Ipomopsis clegans Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 1:142. 1803. 
Polemonium rubrum L, Sp. Pl. 1:163. 1753. 
EM. Sk.1:260. Chap. Fl. 339. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt.1:145. Coulter, Contr. 
Nat. Herb. 2 :.277. 
‘ Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina to Florida, Arkansas, and 
‘exas. 
ALABAMA: Lower hills. Dry exposed places. Bibb County, Pratts Ferry. Flow- 
ers scarlet; June, July. Biennial herb, 14 to 2 feet high, very showy. 
Economic uses: Frequently cultivated for ornament, under the name ‘‘ Spanish 
larkspur.” 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Carolinae citerioris arenosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
POLEMONIUM L. Sp. Pl. 1:162. 1753. 
About 15 species, temperate Europe, Asia, Chile. North America, 8; mostly 
Western. 
Polemonium reptans L. Syst. ed. 10, 925. 1789. GREEK VALERIAN. 
ri eI Sk. 1:261. Gray, Man. ed. 6,356. Chap. Fl. 340. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
