CHICOEY FAMILY. 755 



Gray, Man. ed. 6. 301. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 142. (Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 249. 



Caroliniiiu area. Southeastern Massaclmsetts, north westein \ irginia, Ohio to 

 Missouri, south along the mountains to Georgia. 



Alabama : Mountain region. Dry exposed places. Madison ('ounty, Montesano, 

 1,. 500 feet. ('uUuiau County, in barren old lields, clearings. Flowers purplish; not 

 unconinion. Biennial. 



Type locality : ''Pens.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaert. Fruct. 2 : 362. 1791. 



Blue -i< LOWE KEi> Fall Wild Lettuce. 



Sonchus floridanus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 794. 1753. 



Mnhiedmmjloridamim DC. Prodr. 7 : 249. 1838. 



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

 Ohio, Missouri, and Arkansas. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 255. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 304. Chap. Fl. 2.53. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 443. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 250. 



Alabama : All over the State. Rich damp banks, borders of ditches and tbickets. 

 Madison County, near i I untsville. Mobile County. Flowers deep blue; May, June. 

 Frequent. Annual or biennial. 



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



Herb. Geol. .Surv. IJerb. Mohr. 



Lactuca villosa .Jac(i. Hort. Sclioen. 3 : 62, t. 367. 1798. 



ACUMINATK-LEAF WlLD LETTUCE. 



Sonchus acuminatm Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 152. 1804. 



Mulgediiim acwminatiim DC. Prodr. 7 : 250. 1838. 



Lactuca acuminata Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 19 : 73. 1883. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 255. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 304. Chap. Fl. 2.52. (4ray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:443. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New l'2ngland, west to Ohio and Mis- 

 souri, south from New .Jersey to Florida and Loxiisiana. 



Alabama: Up])er divisiou Coast Pine belt. Thickets, shady copses. Clarke 

 County, Suggsville (Dr. />e?j«(/). Flowers blue; August. Rare. Annual or biennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



NABALUS Cass. Diet. 34:94. 1826. 

 (Prenanthks L. Sp. PI. 2 : 797. 1753. In part.) 



About 20 species, perennial herbs. North America. Eastern North America, 9. 



Nabalus serpentaria (Pursh) Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 294. 1833. 



Gall of the Earth. 



I'renantlies sopoitaria Pursh, Fl. Am. Se^it. 2 : 499, t. 24. 1814. 



Nahalns fraseri DC. Prodr. 7 : 241. 1838. 



Ell. Sk. 2:261. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 301. Chap. Fl. 251. Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A.I, pt. 

 2:434. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Quebec, and Ontario; New 

 York and Ohio, south from Tennessee to Florida. 



Alabama: Mountain region t© Coast plain. Dry open woods in light soil. Cal- 

 houn County, Anniston. Cullman Count3\ Tuscaloosa County {E. A. Smith). 

 Washington, Clarke, and Mobile counties. Flowers white; July, August. Most 

 fre(iuent in the pine barrens. 



Economic uses: One of the reputed remedies for snake bites. 



Type locality: "On the mountains of Virginia and Carolina." 



I lerb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Nabalus serpentaria barbatus (Torr. cSt Gray). 



Xabalus fraxeri var. harhatm Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 481. 1843. 



I'renanthes crepidinea Ell. Sk. 2 : 259. 1821-24. Nob Michx. 



/*. serpentaria harhata Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 4.34. 1884. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Chap. Fl. 251. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. c. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Mountainous North Carolina to (ieorgia up to 

 6,000 feet altitude. . 



Alabama: Mountain region. Cullman County, 1,000 feet. Northern Alabama 

 {Ihicldeii). 



Tyjx' locality of I'renanthes (crepidinea Ell. : "Grows in the mountains of t^arolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



