734 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Carolinian area. West Virginia to Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri, south to 
Florida and western Louisiana (Hale). 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast Pine belt. Monroe County, Perdue Hill. 
Flowers pale purplish blue; July. Scattered, not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Near Savannah, Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ruellia ciliosa humilis (Nutt.) Britton, Trans. Am. Acad. Sci. 9:185. 1890. 
Low FIMBRIATED RUELLIA. 
Ruellia humilis Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. ser. 2, 5:182. 1833-37. 
R. ciliosa longiflora Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 326. 1878. 
Gray, l.c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 322. : 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Western Florida to Texas, Arkansas, and 
southern Missouri. 
ALaBAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry open woods, pine forests. Tus- 
caloosa County (EZ. 4. Smith). Clarke County, Thomasville. Baldwin and Mobile 
counties. Flowers pale purplish (lilac); Aprilto June. Common. 
Type locality: ‘Ou rocks in the upland forests and prairies,” Arkansas. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. . 
Ruellia ciliosa parviflora (Nees) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:300. 1894. 
SMALL-FLOWERED FIMBRIATED RUELLIA. 
Dipteracanthus ciliosus var. parviflorus Nees in DC. Prodr. 11: 123. 1847. 
Ruellia ciliosa ambigua Gray, Syn. Fl.N. A. 2, pt. 1: 326. 1878. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 400. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1. c. . 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia and Kentucky south to Florida, west 
to Mississippi. ; 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Metamorphic hills. Upper division Coast Pine belt. 
Hilly open woods. Lee County, Auburn (Baker § Earle). Monroe and Clarke coun- 
ties. 
Type locality: ‘‘Ad Ky fluvium.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ruella ciliosa hybrida (Pursh) Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 326. 
HIRSUTE FIMBRIATED RUELLIA. 
Ruellia hybrida Pursh, F1. Am. Sept. 2: 420. 1816. 
R, hirsuta ELL Sk. 2:109. 1817. 
Ell.l.c. Gray, le. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey (Britton), South Carolina, Geor- 
gia, and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Central Prairie region. Dry 
open ground, pastures. Lee County, Auburn (Baker § Earle). Montgomery County, 
Pintlalla Creek, July, 1882. Flowers purplish blue to white; July. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘In sandy fields near Savannah, Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ruellia strepens L. Sp. Pl. 2:634. 1753. DIPTERACANTHUS. 
Dipteracanthus strepens Nees in DC. Prodr. 11:123. 1847. 
Ell. Sk. 2:108. Gray, Man. ed. 6,400. Chap. Fl. 304. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 
pt. 1:327. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 322. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Pennsylvania west to Michigan and Wiscon- 
sin, south to the Ohio Valley and Tennessee to Georgia and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower hills. Borders of woods ani thickets. Clay 
County, Moseley, 1,000 to 1,200 feet. Talladega County, Ironaton. ‘Tuscaloosa 
County (£. A. Smith). Flowers blue; June, July. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia, Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DIANTHERA L. Sp. Pl. 1:27. 1753. 
One hundred species, paludial perennial herbs, mostly of warmer regions, chiefly 
American. 
Dianthera americana L. Sp. Pl. 1:27. 1753. DensE-rLowkRED WaTER WILLOW. 
Justicia pedunculosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:7. 1803. 
Justicia americana Vahl, Enum. 1:140. 1805. 
Ell. Sk.1:11. Gray, Man. ed. 6,401. Chap. Fl. 304. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1: 329. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:324. 
Alleghenian to Lonisianian area. Quebec, Ontario; New ingland west to Michi- 
gan; Ohio Valley to Missouri, south to Florida and Texas. 
