CHICORY FAMILY. 751 



Lobelia nuttallii Room. &. Schult. Syst. 5 : 39. 1819. Nuttam.'s Lobelia. 



Lobelia (/racilis Nutt. Geu. 2 : 77. 1818. Not Audr. 



Gray, Mau. ed. 6, .307. Chap. Fl. 255 ; ed. 3, 276 ; Gray, .Syu. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 7. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, to Georgia. 



Alabama: Over the State. Low damp banks. Cullman County, 800 feet. Clay 

 County, Talladega Creek, 1,000 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers pale purplish l)lue; .July, August. Frequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Ad margines siccas paludum satjulosoruni a nova Caesarea ad 

 Carolinam." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lobelia inflata L. Sp. PL 2 : 931. 1753. Indian Toba<;co. Lobelia. 



Ell. Sk. 1 • 266. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 307. Chap. Fl. 254. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 7. 



Alleghenian to Carolinian area. Maritime provinces of Canada to Hudson Bay 

 and Saskatchewan. New England west to Minnesota, south to the Ohio Valley, 

 Missouri, and Arkansas, and from New York to upper Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Clay County, Elders, 1,000 feet altitude. Talladega 

 County, Riddell's Mill, 1,000 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. Blount County, 

 Blount Springs, on the hills, 800 feet. Not rare. Coarse. Annual. 



Economic uses: The herb (leaves and tops) forms the "Lobelia" of the United 

 States Pharmacopoeia, and the seeds are also recognized. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CICHORIACEAE. Chicory Family. 

 CICHORIUM L.Sp. PI. 2:813. 1753. 



Three species, temperate Europe, Asia. 

 Cichorium Intybus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 813. 1753. Common Chicory. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 298. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 412. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Naturalized in Canada and the United States, 

 west to Arkansas. More rarelv south of the Ohio River. 



Alabama: Mobile County. A rare ballast weed. Flowers azure; .Inly. Perennial 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europa ad margines agrorum viarumque." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ADOPOGON Neck. Elem. 1 : .55. 1790. 

 (Kkigia Schrcb. Geu. PL 532. 1791.) 



Five species, herbs. North America. 

 Adopogon carolinianum (Walt.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 346. 1894. 



Cakolina Dwakk Dandklion. 



Hyoseris virginica L. Sp. PL 2 : 809. 1753. Not Traqopofion virgiiiiciim L. 



H. carolinia'na Walt. Fl. Car. 194. 1788. 



Krigia rirginica Willd. Sp. PL 3 : 1618. 1804. 



K. caroliniana Nutt. Gen. 2 : 126. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 264. 26.5. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 298. Chap. Fl. 249. Gray, Svu. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:411. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 246. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Western Ontario to New York, Ohio Valley to 

 Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Exjiosed dry light soil. Flowers orange; March, May. 

 Common. Annual. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Adopogon virginicum (L. ) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 1 : 304. 1891. 



ViK(;iNiA Dwarf Dandelion. 



Tragojyniion rirginicum L. Sp. PL 2 : 789. 1753. 



Krigiit aniplcricinilis Nutt. Gen. 2 : 127. 1818. 



Cynth\a viniinica Don, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 12 : 309. 1829. 



ElLSk.2:266. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 298. Chap. Fl. 249. 



Caroliuian area. Southern Ontario to Lake Winnipeg, < )hio to Arkansas and south 

 to Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Lower hills. Openings in the woods, Iiorders of 

 thickets and fields. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa County {E, A. ,'Sinith). Flowers 

 orange; .Fune. Frequent. Perennial. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



