ACANTHUS FAMILY. 733 
PEDALIACEAE. Sesame Family. 
MARTYNIA L. Sp. Pl. 2:618. 1753. 
About a dozen species, of warmer America. 
Martynia louisiana Mill. Dict. ed. 8, no. 3. 1768. UNICORN PLANT. 
Martynia proboscidea Glox. Obs. 14. 1785. 
Ell. Sk. 2:130. Gray, Man. ed. 6,399. Chap. FI. 285. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1:321. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:319. 
MEXICO, 
Southern Ohio west-to southern Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Waste places. Tuscaloosa County (£. A. Smith). 
Flowers July; rare. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Grows naturally in Lonisiana.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Martynia diandra Glox. Obs. 14, t. 7. 1785. 
Adventive with ballast from Mexico. Flowers yellow with purple spots; June, 
July. Fetid. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.ad Americae Veram Crucem.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ACANTHACEAE. Acanthus Family. 
HYGROPHILA R.Br. Prodr. Nov. Holl. 1:479. 1810. 
Fifteen species, lacustrine perennials, of tropical America, tropical Asia, New 
Holland, North America. South Atlantic States, 1. 
Hygrophila lacustris DC. Prodr. 11:86. 1857. SMALL-FLOWERED HYGROPHILA. 
Chap. Fl. Suppl. 673; ed. 3, 364. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 321. 
MExIco. : 
Louisianian area. Western Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shaded muddy banks. Mobile County. Flowers pale 
blue, June; not frequent. Perennial. : 
Type locality: ‘‘In lacu (laguna) de Jalapa * * * ,in Louisiana * * * , 
Madissonville.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
RUELLIA L. Sp. Pl. 2: 634. 1753. (Inclusive of Dipteracanthus Nees.) 
One hundred and twenty species, perennials, chiefly tropical America, a few in 
South Africa and tropical Asia. Atlantic North America, 7. 
Ruellia pedunculata Torr.; Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 325. 
PEDUNCLED RUELLIA. 
Louisianian area. Western Louisiana and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Pine woods. Mobile County, Grand Bay. Flow- 
ers purplish blue; July. Rare and local. 
Type locality: ‘Dry woods, in W. Louisiana, J. Hale. Arkansas, Bigelow, Mrs. 
Harris.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ruellia noctiflora (Nees) Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 326. 
NIGHT-BLOOMING RUELLIA. 
Dipteracanthus noctiflorus Nees in DC. Prodr. 11: 123, 1847. 
Chap. Fl. 304. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. ¢. ; : 
Louisianian area. Louisiana and Mississippi to western Florida and Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Flat grassy pine barrens along the coast. Mobile 
County, Bayou Labatre. Flowers white, fragrant, opening in the evening and 
during the night; September, October. Six to12 inches high. Not frequent; local. 
Type locality: ‘(In Savannahs Altamahae Georgiae (Le Conte 1. c.), in campis 
graminosis inter S. Marks et Port Leon Floridae (Rugel! * * * ), Texas, 
(Drummond * * * ),” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2: 420. 1814. FIMBRIATED RUELLIA, 
Ell. Sk. 2:110. Gray, Man. ed. 6,400. Chap. FI. 303. 
