81fi PLANT LTFE OF ALA HA MA. 



AllcjjluMiian and Carolinian areas. (Janada; western Now York and Micliij^an to 

 Minnesota, south to tin- oliio Valley, Missouri, and Arkansas, and aloii;,' the moun- 

 tains to CJooi'^iia. 



Ai.auama: Mountain re<:;ion to LowiM" hills. Ricii woodlands. 'I'allaiioosa and 

 Tnsealoosa conntiis. Flowers white; .Inne. i-nnr to ."> tcot. Not fre(|Uent. 



Type locality: " llah. in \irf;iuia, Canada." 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. ilerb. Mohr. 



Mesadenia ovata { Walt.) KaC. New Fl. 4 : 71». l^^tJ. ()^•ATl•:-I,KAl•■ Indian I'i.antain. 



Caculia orata Walt Fl. Car. I'Mi. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 2:310. Chap. Fl. '241. (Jray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 39.5, 



Louisianian area. (Jeor<?ia to western Florida and west to Lonisiana. 



Alabama: Central j)rairie8. Damp thickets, ojjen -woods. Montj^omery County. 

 Lee County, Anbnrn ( Earlv). Flowers wliite; .luly to September. Ifare. Local. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. (Jeol. .Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Mesadenia tuberosa (Nutt. ) Britton in Hritt. A: Hr. 111. Fl. 3: 171. 



Tiin;iu)US-i:<)OTi:i) Indian I'lantain. 



Cacalia tubcrom Xntt. (Jen. 2 : 138. 1818. 



Memdeniaplaiilaiiiiied RaC. New Fl. 4 : 7!t. 1836. 



Gray, Man. ed. (i, L«J1. Chap. Fl. 244. Gray, Svu. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 396. (Joulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:242. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and Ohio to .Misaouri, Michigan, and 

 Minnesota, south along the mountains to (jieorgia and Florida, west to Texas and 

 Arkansas. 



Alah.vma: Central Prairie belt. Low banks and lields. Hale County, Gallion. 

 Dallas County, Uniontown {E. J. Smith). Flowers white; July, August. Not 

 frequent. 



Type locality: "On shady hills near Natchez ou the banks of the Mis8i8sii)pi, and 

 also around St. Louis." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Mesadenia lanceolata (Nutt.) Kaf. New Fl. 4:79. 1836. 



Lance-lkaf Indian Tlanialn. 



Cacalia lanceolata Nutt. (ien. 2 : 138. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 311. Chap. Fl. 245. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 396. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Swampy banks along pine-barren streams, grassy river 

 marshes. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers white; August, September. 

 Three to ti feet high. Frecjuent; abundant in the submaritime marshes, fresh or 

 slightly brackish. 



Type locality : "In Georgia and Florida. — Dr. lialdwyu." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. 



ARCTIUM L. Sp. PI. 2 : 816. 1753. 



Six species, perennial herbs, temperate Euroj)C, Asia. 

 Arctium minus Schk. Bot. Handb. 3: 49. 1803. Smallkk Burdock. 



Lappa minor DC. Fl. Fr. 4 : 77. 180."). 



EUHOI'E. 



Naturalized, Canada an<l eastern United States. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Waste places. Marshall County, Gunthersville. 

 Decatur. .July, August. 

 Type locality not ascertained. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



CARDUUS L. Sp. PI. 2 : 820. 17.53. Thistle. 



About 250 species, perennials, temperate regions. Europe, Asia. North America, 

 37; Atlantic, 12. 

 Carduus spiuosissimus Walt. Fl. Car. 194. 1788. Yellow Thistle. 



Cirsitim horridiihim Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 90. 1803. 



Cnicu.s honidiihis Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 :.507. 1814. 



Gray, Man. ed. (J, 295. Chap. FL 248. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 400. Conlt.-r, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 243. 



' Vide Edward L. Green, Pittonia, voL 3, p. 180. 1897. 



