G70 PLANT LIKK (>K ALAHAMA. 



GENTIANACEAE. Gentian Family. 



SABBATIA Adans. Film. PI. 2:503. 17G3. 

 Tliirti't'u s|)t'(i«>s, Atlantic North Aineiica, cbieily soutlieastem. 



Sabbatia macrophylla Hook. Comp. Hot. Mag. 1 : 171. 1S35. 



Lai:gk-i,i;.\k SAnnATiA. 



Chap. Fl. 353. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:111. 



Lonisianian area. G(M»rgia, Florida, west to eaateni Louisiana 



Ai.AisAMA: Lower I'ine rej;ion, Coast plain. Open ^rasay pine-barren awamps. 

 Wasliinjiton County. Yellowpine. Clarke County ( />r. 7>eHH,//). Monroe and Bald- 

 win couiitiea. Flowers white; May. .luue. Frequent. One and one-half to 2A feet 

 hij^'h; perennial, from a long cylindrical rootstock. 



Typ<' locality: "Coviugtou,'" La. (Driimmond). 



Herb. Mohr. 



Sabbatia augustifolia (Michx.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 259. 1894. 



WiirrE-FLowEiii:i) A.mkuican Ckntauuy. 



('hiro)na antiularis var. aiujitstifoHa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 ; 147. 1803. 



.Suhlxitia hriirhiata Ell. Sk. 1 : 284. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 1. e. (Jray, Mau. ed. 6, 348. Chap. Fl. 353. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 114. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Indiana; North Carolina to Florida, west to 

 eastern Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast Pine belt. Coast plain. Dry grassy pine barrens. Clarke 

 Couuty {Dr. Dentin). Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile and Baldwin coun- 

 ties. Flowers, pale rose to white, with yellow eye; May, June. Ten to 12 inches 

 high. Anunal or biennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in uliginosis sabulosis Caroliuae inferioris." 



Herb. Geol. .Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sabbatia angularis (L.) Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 137. 1814. Amekican Ckntaury. 



Chironia aiKiuJarls L. 8p. PL 1 : 190. 1753. 



EIL Sk. 1:285. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 348. Chap. Fl. 353. Gray, Svn. FL N. A. 2, pt. 

 1:114. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Southern New England to Michigan ; southern 

 Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas to the Gulf, from Florida to I>ouisiana. 



Alabama: Over the State. Rich woodlands. Clay County, Shinl)one Valley, 1,000 

 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa County. (Choctaw County, Bladen. 

 Mobile County. Flowers pink; .June. Not couunon ; scattered. Annual. 



Economic uses: The herb, "American centaury," "Sabbatia,"' is an obsolete 

 medicine. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia. Kalm." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sabbatia calycina (Lam.) Heller, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 24. 1894. 



Calycine Sahbatia. 



(ienliana calycina Lam. Encycl. 2 : 638. 1786. 



("hironia cahjcosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 147. 1803. 



ASaft&rtt/a c«?i/cos<i Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 138. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 1:285. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 348. Chap. Fl. 354. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:274. Gray, Syn. Fl. N, A. 2, pt. 1:114. 



Cuba. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Virginia, North Carolina along the coast to 

 Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



Alab.\ma: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Swampy alluvial forests. l?ibb 

 County {E. A. Smith). Autauga Couuty, Prattviile {E. A. Smith). Baldwin County. 

 Alluvial forest on Tensaw Kiver. Flowers pink; August. Not frecjuent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Cette plante croit a la Louisiane." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sabbatia stellaris Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 137. 1814. Seaside Sabbatia. 



Sabhalia f/raciUs Ell. Sk. 1 : 284. 1817. Not Salisb. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Gray. Mau. ed. 6, 348. Chap. Fl. 354. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 115. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Seashore of southern New England to Florida, 

 ■west to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Littoral region. Saline Hats occasionally overllowed by the tide. 

 Mobile County. West Fowl Kiver, Dauphin Island. Baldwin County, Bon Secour. 

 Flowers pale rose to white, yellow star in center; July, August. Not infrequent. 

 Annual. 



