PLANTAIN FAMILY. 735 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Gently-flowing water. Cullman 
County, 800 feet altitude. Mobile County. Flowers azure; June. Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Dianthera ovata Walt. Fl. Car. 63. 1788. Low WatTER WILLOW. 
Justicia humilis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:8. 1803. 
Dianthera humilis Engelm. & Gray; Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 329. 
Chap. Fl. 304. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A.l.c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb 2: 324. 
Louisianian area. Lower South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Wet muddy banks of streams, shaded ditches, shallow 
pools. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers blue; July to September. Not in- 
frequent. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Dianthera ovata lanceolata Chap. Fl. 304. 1860. 
Louisianian area. Florida. 
ALABAMA: Upper division Coast Pine belt. Muddy banks. Wilcox County, Allen- 
ton, June 27, 1893. 
Type locality: ‘River banks, Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
YEATESIA Small, Bull. Torr. Club. 23:410. 1896. 
(GaTesia Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 13: 365. 1878. Not Bertol. 1848.) 
Perennial monotype, south Atlantic America. 
Yeatesia laetevirens (Buckley) Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 23: 410. 1896. 
Rhytiglossa viridiflora Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. 9: 346. 1840. 
Justicia laetevirens Buckley, Am. Journ. Sci. 45:176. 1843. 
Dicliptera halei Riddell, N. Orl. Med. Journ. 1852. (Cat. F].Lud.) Chap. Fl. 305. 
1860. 
Gatesia laetevirens Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 13:365. 1878. 
Chap. Fl.1.c. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 2, pt.1:330. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 325. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Louisiana to western Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower hills. Central Prairie region. Rich copses, borders of woods. 
Bibb County, Pratt’s Ferry. Montgomery County, banks of Pintlalla Creek. Flow- 
ers pale purple; June, July. Said to open in the night, the corolla dropping early 
next day (Dr. Cabell) 
Type locality: ‘‘Near rivers in shady woods, Wilcox Co., Alabama.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PLANTAGINACEAE. Plantain Family. 
PLANTAGO L. Sp. Pl.1:112. 1753. PLanrain. 
About 200 species, mostly temperate regions. 
Plantago major L. Sp. Pl. 1: 112. COMMON WAYSIDE PLANTAIN. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,423. Chap. FI.277. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 389. 
Europe, Nortu Arrica, NORTHERN AND WESTERN ASIA. 
Naturalized from Europe. Almost throughout the continent. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Low waste places near dwellings, waysides, borders of 
ditches. Flowers May to August; common. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Europa ad vias.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Plantago cordata Lam. Tabl. 1:338. 1796. 
Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:389. Gray, Man. ed. 6,423. a 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New York, Wisconsin, Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Fide Gray. 
Type locality: ‘‘E Canada.” 
Plantago rugelii Decsne. in DC. Prodr. 13, pt.1: 700. 1852. 
Plantago major Ell. Sk.1:201. 1817. 
Ell. Sk.1.c. Gray, Man. ed. 6,423. Chap. F 1.277, Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 389. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:344. 
