694 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Ilinois, southern Missouri, south to 
Texas and east to Florida and South Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Prairie region. Dry prairies. Wilcox County (S. B. Buckley). Tus- 
caloosa County (. A. Smith). Flowers rose-purple, showy; March, April. Rare; 
frequently cultivated. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Verbena rigida Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4, pt. 2: 230. 1827. Ricip VERBENA, 
Verbena venosa Gill & Hook. in Hook. Bot. Misc. 1: 167. 1830. 
Introduced from Brazil and escaped from cultivation. Naturalized on the Gulf 
coast and in southern Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mobile County, roadsides, waste places near dwellings. Flowers 
carmine; April, May. Notinfrequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Rio Grande. Sello.” (Brazil.) 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Verbena bonariensis L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1:28. 1762. 
Adventive from southern Brazil, Argentina. 
ALABAMA: Mobile County, fugitive on ballast. Flowers purplish; July. A coarse 
branching plant, 2 to3 feet high. Observed first July, 1893, and subsequent seasons; 
spreading to roadsides. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in agro Bonariensi.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Verbena tenera Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 750. 1827. 
Adventive from southern Brazil, Argentina. 
ALABAMA: Mobile County, fugitive on ballast (Hunter’s Wharf). Flower deep 
blue; August, September, 1893-1895. Low creeping, the suffruticose stem 1 to 2 feet 
long. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Monte Video. Sello.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Verbena canescens H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2: 274, t. 186. 1814. 
Adventive from Mexico. 
Mobile County, on ballast heaps. June to November, 1892-1894. Flowers lilac. 
Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘“Crescit in montibus Mexicanorum, prope Guanaxuato, Marfil et 
fodinam Belgrado, alt. 1000-1250 hex.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. 
ABENA Necker, Elem. Bot.1. 1790. 
(STacHYTARPHETA Vahl, Enum. 1: 205. 1805.) 
About 40 species, tropical America. 
Abena jamaicensis (L.) A. 8. Hitchcock in Trelease, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 1893. 
Verbena jamaicensis L. Sp. Pl.1:19. 1753. 
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Vahl, Enum. 1:206. 1805. 
Gray, Syn. FI.N.A.2, pt. 1:334. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 494. 
WEsT INDIES, SOUTH AMERICA. 
Louisianian area. Southern Florida. 
ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County, September, 1893. Not observed 
since. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Jamaica et Caribaeis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BOUCHEA Cham. Linnaea, 7: 253. 1832. 
Tropical regions of Africa, India, America. 
Bouchea prismatica (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2:502. 1891. 
Verbena prismatica L. Sp. Pl.1:19. 1753. 
Stachytarpheta prismatica Vahl, Enum. 1:205. 1805. 
Bouchea ehrenbergit Cham. Linnaea, 7: 253. 1832. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:334: Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 493. 
