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3. Eryngium sparganophyllum Hemsl. in Hook. Icon. IV. 6: pl. 2508. 
1897. Fig. 5. 
E. longifolium Gray, Pl. Wright. 2: 65, 1853, not Cav. Ann. 2: 153. 17983. 
Stem tall, dichotomously branching; basal leaves (sometimes to 12 
dm. long) linear, tapering to a point, entire (rarely with 1 or 2 bristle 
teeth), strongly involute’ when dry; heads oval, 12 to 24 mm. long, 
with short ovate-lanceolate bracts and similar bractlets; fruit 4 mm. 
long, with large scales at the angles, and smaller ones between. 
Type locality, ** Las Playas Springs, near the Sierra de los Animos,” 
New Mexico; collected by WrgAt, no. 1108, in 1851, and not since 
discovered; type in U. S. Nat. Herb. 
Specimens examined: 
New Mexico: As cited under type locality. 
4. Eryngium baldwinii Spreng. Syst. 1: 870. 1825. 
Prostrate, often rooting at the joints, diffusely branched; lower 
leaves oblong, usually long-petioled, from entire to laciniately toothed; 
upper leaves much smaller, 3-parted (rarely entire or lobed), the 
divisions from lanceolate to filiform, toothed or entire; heads usually 
narrowly oblong at maturity (about 6 mm. long), with involucre of 
subulate bracts, and similar bractlets; flowers light blue; fruit 1 mm. 
long, with very prominent tubercles, ovate calyx-lobes shorter than 
the fruit, and styles 2 mm. long; oil tubes medium sized; seed face 
plane. 
Type locality, ‘* Carolina, Florida.” 
Sandy soil, from Georgia and Florida to Louisiana and Missouri; 
although all the material we have seen is from Florida. 
Specimens ecaimined: 
Fioripa: Apalachicola, Chapman; Biscayne Bay, Palmer 194, in 1874; St. 
Augustine, Mary C. Reynolds, in 1875; Lake Monroe, Garber, March, 1876; 
Indian River, Curtiss 1002, June, 1879; Mosquito Inlet, Curtiss 1002, May, 
1882; Vesterland, in 1889; Vasey, in 1892; near Eustis, Lake County, Nash 545, 
April 15-30, 1894, and May 28 to June 15, 1895; near Jacksonville, Curtiss 
5414, June 6, 1895. 
Extremely variable in foliage. 
5, Eryngium prostratum Nutt. DC. Prodr. 4: 92. 1880. 
Prostrate, rooting at the joints, diffusely branched; lower leaves 
long-petioled, oblong, entire, few-toothed, or lobed at base; upper 
leaves smaller, clustered at the rooting joints, ovate, few-toothed or 
entire, with some additional trifid ones; heads narrowly oblong (about 
6mm. long), with involucre of reflexed lanceolate bracts longer than 
the heads, and very small bractlets; fruit with scattered tubercles 1 
mm. long. 
Type locality, “in Americae bor, territorio Arkansano;” collected 
by Nuttall. 
