642 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Tivdfmannia rUjida Conlt. it Ivoso, Hot. <Jaz. 12 : 71. 1X87. 



Kll. Sk. 1 : :r.J. Cray. Man. ed. (i, L'()2. Chap. Fl. 16.'). 



Allo^jhoniaii, Carolinian, aud Lonieianian areas. .Micliij,'an ; Ni^w York Bouth to 

 I'loritla, west to l.<»nisiana. 



Ai.ahama: Monntain region. Low ^^raesy banks. Lee County, Anbuni (ICarle). 

 Moliilo County, banks of i)ino-bairen streams. Flowers white; July, August. Fre- 

 quent. 



Typo locality : " llab. in A'irginia.'' 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



OxypoliB rigidior longlfolius (Pursh) Britton, Mem. Torr. Clnb, 5 : 2.39. 1894. 



LONGLEAK COWnANE. 



SUm lonqifoUum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 194. 1816. 



Oenavfhc iimhignn Nutt. Gen. 1 : 189. 1818. 



Carolinian and ],ouisianian areas. New .Jersey to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



Alabama : With the type, into which it merges by intermediate forms. Mobile. 

 Li'ss freciuent. 



These jdants are suspected to be poisonous, and, as stated by Pursh, are deleteri- 

 ous to horned cattle. 



Type locality : "In ditches and bogs: New .Jersey." 



Herb. Cool. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



POLYTAENIA DC. M6m. Omb. 53, <. iJ. 1829. 



One species, Atlantic North America. 

 Polytaenia nuttallii DC. M(^m. Omb. 53, 1. 13. 1829. Nuttall's Poi.ytaknia. 



TordyUiim americaninn Nutt. ; DC. Prodr. 4 : 196. 1830. As synonym. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 203. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 623 ; ed. 3, 182. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 1 lerb. 

 2:142'. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Southern Illinois to Nebraska, south to Texas, 

 Mississippi, and Tennessee. 



Alabama: Lower hills. I'rairie region. Dry barren places. Lee County, Auliurn 

 {Baker <)• Earle, 174). Walker County {E. A. Smith). Hale County, Gallion, bald 

 prairies. Flowers gamboge-yellow; June, .July. Not common. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Le territoire d'Arkansa." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



THASPIUM Nutt. Gen. 1 : 196. 1818. 



Three species, Atlantic North America. 

 Thaspium barbinode (Michx.) Nutt. Gen. 1:196. 1818. Barbed Meadot* Parsnip. 



Litiusliciim hnrhhiode ^lichx. Fl. 15or. Am. 1: 167. 1803. 



Kll. Sk. 1 : 35L'. (iray, Man. ed. 6, 204. Cha]). Fl. 163. 



Allegbenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; New York west to Minne.sota and 

 Nebraska, south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, and Arkansas, and from New Jersey 

 along the mountains to Tennessee and Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Central Prairies. Rich shady banks. Madison 

 County, Montesano, 1,.^00 feet. Montgomery County, Pintlalla, about 250 feet. 

 Flowers dull yellow; April, May. Infre([nent. Perennial. 



Type loeality : " Hab. in Carolina siiperiore." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Thaspium piuuatifidum (Bnckl.) Gray, Man. ed. 2, 155. 18.56. 



Mountain Meadow Parsnip. 



Zizia pinnaiifida Bnckl. Am. Journ. Sci. 45 : 175. 1843. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 204. Chap. Fl. 163. 



Carolinian area. Barrens of Kentucky, along the Alleghenies to Tennessee and 

 North Carolina. 



Alabama: Monntain region. Kich woodlands, shady ravines. Dekalb County, 

 Lookout Mountain, near .Mentone, 1,600 feet. Flowers white; June. Rare. Peren- 

 nial. 



Type locality: "Banks of the French Broad River near the Warm Springs, and 

 near Sugar Town Falls, Macon County, North Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Thaspium trifoliatum aureum (Nutt.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 240. 1894. 



Golden-flowered Meadow Parsnip, 

 Thaspium aureum Nutt. Gen. 1 : 196. 1818. 

 J. aureum var. trifoliatum Coult. & Rose, Bot. Gaz. 12 : 136. 1887. 



