Cu2 PLANT LIKK (•!■' ALAHAMA. 



Kll. Sk. 1 ::«!». (;r:iv. Mini. cd. ti, :r.n. cliap. 11. ;{">(;. (ir.iy, .Syii. Fl. N. A.2, pt. 

 1: 1-22. 



Ciiioliiiiaii ;ina. < lutario, New "\(irk, I'cmisN Ivaiiia, West \ irginia, 'ri'iux-ssce, 

 ami (J(or;,na. 



Alabama: Teimcssoo ^'alle.v. Mountain logion and Ijowor hilln. Shaded hanks. 

 LaniU-rdalo t'unnty, Kloreinc (.1/. r. Il'ihon). Cullman County. Talladt'ffa ("oiinty, 

 K'enrnio. 6<M) loet. Tnscalooaa County (A'. A. -'•iiitith). Flowers cerulean blue; Octo- 

 lur. i\t)\ eniixr. Freijucnt. Perennial. 



Tyjto lorality : " llab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. lleri>. Mohr. 



Gentiana elliottii Chap. F1.35G. 1860. Uluk Sampson's Sxakk-root. 



Ccntiatia vatci^haei Kll. Sk. 1 : 339. 1817. Not Walt. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 1. c. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 122. 



Louisianian area. South Caroliiui to Florida, west to MisHi88ip])iand Louisiana. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Daiuj) meadows, low wet woods. 

 Mobile and Tuscaloosa counties. Flowers large, jjurplish blue, with green veins, 

 open; October, Novenibir. lnfre(|ueut. Stems ir> to 18 inches long. Perennial. 



Typo locality : " Bauks of streams and ditches, in the lowei and middle districts." 



Herb. ( Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gentiana villosa L. Sp. PI. 1 : 228. 1753. Sampson's Snakk-root. 



(Icntiana ochrolenca Froel. Gent. 35. 1796. 



li. sapoiinria Walt. Fl. Car. 109. 1788. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. 1:340. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 351. Chap. Fl. 355. Gray, Syn. Fl. X. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 123. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Over the State. From the Tennessee Valley to the coast. Dry wood- 

 lands. CuUuuin, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile counties. Flowers greenish yellow; 

 October. Not iutVe<iuent; most common in dry grassy pine barrens of the Coast 

 Pine belt. Low, (i to 10 inches. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The roots of this and <1. eUiottii, under the name of "Sampson's 

 snake-root," are used in domestic medicine. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gentiana andrewsii (iriseb. Gent. 287. 1839. Closed Gentian. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 351. Chap. Fl. 356. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 123. 



Allegheniau and Carolinian areas. Quebec. Ontario; New England we«t to Min- 

 nesota; Virginia to Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee; and south along the moun- 

 tains to Georgia. 



Alabama : Mountain region. Winston County, near fork of Sipsey River, reported 

 by T. M.Peters. Perennial. 

 Type locality not given. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



FRASERA Walt. Fl. Car. 87. 1788. 



Eight species; North America, Pacific and Atlantic. 

 Frasera caroliueusis Walt. Fl. Car. 88. 1788. American Colombo. 



Ell. Sk. 1:205. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 352. Chap. Fl. 357. Gray, Svn. Fl. N. A. 

 2, pt. 1 : 125. 



Carolinian area. Ontario; New York, southern Ohio, southern Illinois, south from 

 West Mrgiuia along the mountains to Georgia. 



Alaba.ma: Mountain region. Upper division Coast Pine belt. Rich upland forests. 

 Lawrence County, near Gumpoud, 1,200 feet, l^lount County, Bangor. Clarke 

 County, Suggsville {Dr. Denny). Flowers greenish yellow; May. Infrequent. 

 Perennial. Two to 3 feet high from a large fusiform root. 



Economic uses: The root, known as "American Colombo," is used in medicine. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



OBOLARIA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 632. 1753. 



Single species, saprophytic perennial, Atlantic North America. 

 Obolaria virginica L. Sp. PI. 2 : 632. 1753. Pennywort. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 353. t^hap. Fl. 357. Gray. Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 127. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 275. 



Carolinian area. New ,Jcr.-ey to cistern Illinois, i .nuessee south to Georgia. 



