Sanicula 



Umbelliferae 



717 



50 



Map 1517 



Sanicula canadensis L. 



50 



Map 1518 



Sanicula tnfoliata Bickn. 



^0 

 Map 1519 



Eryngium yuccaefohum Michx. 



on the border of a seeping spring on the north slope of Big Creek, a mile 

 south of Lancaster. 



Newf. to Wis., southw. to N. J., Pa., Ohio, Ind., and in the mts. to N. C. 



5918. SANICULA L. Sanicle 



Styles much exceeding the bristles of the fruit, recurved. 



Calyx teeth of staminate flowers lanceolate, 1-1.6 mm long, indurated at the apex, 



sharp-pointed; flowers whitish green; fruit sessile 1. S. marilandica. 



Calyx teeth of staminate flowers triangular-ovate, 0.5-0.7 mm long, not indurated at 



the apex, obtuse or acute; flowers yellowish green; fruit pedicellate 



2. S. gregaria. 



Styles shorter than the bristles of the fruit. 



Pedicels of staminate flowers 2-3 mm long; fruit subglobose; leaf segments 3-5, 



rather narrow; calyx inconspicuous in mature fruit 3. S. canadensis. 



Pedicels of staminate flowers about 4 mm long; fruit elliptic; leaf segments generally 



3, rather broad; calyx forming a conspicuous beak on mature fruit 



4. S. trifoliata. 



1. Sanicula marilandica L. Map 1515. Infrequent in moist or dry 

 woods, usually associated with white oak. I have seen no specimens from 

 the southern part of the state. 



Newf. to B. C, southw. to Ga., Colo., and N. Mex. 



2. Sanicula gregaria Bickn. Map 1516. Infrequent throughout the 

 state, usually associated with some species of oak. 



N. B. and N. S. to S. Dak., southw. to Ga. and La. 



3. Sanicula canadensis L. Map 1517. Our most common sanicle. Fre- 

 quent in all parts of the state except in the northern counties where it is 

 infrequent to rare. Moist or dry woods, usually associated with some 

 species of oak but sometimes in beech and sugar maple woods. 



N. H. to Minn, and S. Dak., southw. to Fla., Nebr., and Tex. 



4. Sanicula trifoliata Bickn. Map 1518. Infrequent to probably rare in 

 all parts of the state. In moist or dry woods, more often in beech and 

 sugar maple woods than in white and black oak woods. 



