716 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
JABOROSA Juss. Gen. Pl. 125. 1789. 
Six species, southern Brazil, Argentina, Chile. 
Jaborosa integrifolia Lam. Encycl. 3:189. 1789. 
Perennial, low, stemless; leaves and scapes from a long creeping rhizoma, deeply 
buried beneath the surface. 
BUENOS AYRES. 
‘Adventive with ballast. Mobile County. Flowers white, fragrant, opening in the 
evening; July to October; seeds ripen perfectly. Persistent iu the same locality for 
years, Transplanted into gardens proves to be a rapidly spreading weed, difficult 
to eradicate. Perenrial. ; : . 
Type locality: ‘‘Commerson a trouvé cette plante aux environs de Buenos-Aires,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PETUNIA Juss. Ann. Mus. Par. 2: 215, t. 47. 1803. 
About 12 species, South American herbs. 
Petunia parviflora Juss. Ann. Mus. Par. 2: 216, t.47. 1803. 
SMALL-FLOWERED PETUNIA. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:243, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 304. Wats. Bot. 
Calif. 1: 546. 
MEXICO TO ARGENTINA. 7 , 
Louisianian area. Texas, west to California, east to Louisiana and Florida. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Waste ground, also on ballast. Mobile County. July; 
notinfrequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘De ’embouchure de la Plata.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
Petunia violacea Lindl. Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1626. 1833. 
ARGENTINA, URUGUAY. 
Adventive on ballast. Mobile County. Flowers rose-purple; June. First ob- 
served in 1896. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘(A native of Buenos Ayres.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
SCROPHULARIACEAE. Figwort Family. 
VERBASCUM L. Sp. Pl. 1:177. 1753. MULLEIN. 
One hundred and sixty species, temperate and warm regions Northern Hemis- 
phere, largely Mediterranean Europe. North America,4. Naturalized from Europe. 
Verbascum thapsus L. Sp. Pl. 1:177. 1753. CoMMON MULLEIN. 
Throughout Atlantic North America from Ontario to the Gulf. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry fields, pastures. Flowers yellow; April, May. 
Common. Annual. 
Economic uses: The flowers and leaves, under the name of ‘‘mullein flowers,” 
“mullein leaves,” are used medicinally. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Europae glareosis sterilibus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Verbascum blattaria L. Sp. Pl. 1:178. 1753. Mots MULLKIN. 
Of the same distribution as the last. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Flowers pale yellow or rose-tinted; July, August. 
Annual. A frequent wayside weed, less common than the last. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Europae australioris locis argillaceis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
ELATINOIDES Wetts. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4, Abt. 3b: 58. 1891. 
Twenty-three species, Mediterranean region Europe, Africa, North America, 2; 
naturalized. 
HElatinoides elatine (L.) Wetts. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. 4, Abt.3b:58. 1891. 
Antirrhinum elatine L. Sp. Pl. 2: 612. 1753. . 
Linaria elatine Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8, no. 16. 1768. 
EUROPE. 
