818 PLANT LIFE OF ALAIiAMA. 



Ernori:. 



Canadian /out) to Car()liiii:ui arci. NcwtniniillaiMl l<> S.iHUatilicwaii.jiiid inNurtli- 

 eiii and Middle States. 



Ai.AHA.MA : Adventivc Croni Kniopc on ))alla8t heaps. Moliilr ( (ninly, Angiist, IHU'A. 

 Observed through several seasons; uot spreadinjj;. 



Tv])e locality : " Halt, in Knropae cnltis agris." 



llerli. (Jcol. Siirv. Herb. Molir. 



Carduus lauceolatus L. S)). 1*1. 2 : 821. 1753. Ckm.mo.n Tiiim i.k. 



Cirsiiiiii hinccolatidii Scoj). Fl. Carn. ed. 2, 2 : 130. 1772. 

 Cniciix lain-colatiis Willd. Prodr. Fl. IJcr. 259. 17S7. 



EUI{(>1'K. 



Natnraliz<d llui)ni;lioMt Canada to X'anconxtr Island, and in the Eastern Cnitcd 

 States. 



Ai.AnvMA: liiltnsed throngli tin' State. Waste jdac-es, roadsides. Clay County, 

 near Ironaton. Mobile County, near the shipping. .Inly; rare, 

 rvjie locality : "Ilab. in Enropae cnltis rnderatis." 



llerli. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 



Caiduus pycnocephalus L. Sp. PI. ed.2, 2: 1151. 17t!3. 



El'Kol'E. 



On ballast, Camden, N. J. {Martindale). 



.\i.ai5AMA: Mobile County. Adventive on ballast. Thre<; to I feet high; llowers 

 ]>ale red. Perennial. Ob.served bSNit. 



Type locality: "Ilab. iu Eurojia australi." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 



ONOPORDON L. Sp. PI. 2:)^27. 1753. Cotto.n Thi.stlk. 



Al)Out 12 species, natives of the Olil W'orlil. 

 Onopordoii acanthium L. Sp. PI. 2 : 827. 1753. 



Carolinian area. Adventivc! in southern New I'.nglaiid, other Atlantic States, and 

 the Ohio Valley. 



Ai^auama: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County, August, 18<S7. rerennial. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Europae ruderatis, cnltis." 



Herb. Geol Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



MARIANA Hill, Veg. Syst. 4: lit. 1762. Milk Tiiistij:. 

 (SiLYHUM Gaert. Fruct. 2 : 378, /. lOJ. 1791.) 



One species. Mediterranean region. 

 Mariana mariana (L.) Hill, Hort. Kew. (51. 17(58. 



Cardnits marianus L. Sp. PI. 2 :823. 1753. 



Silyhum mariannm Gaert. Fruct. 2 : 378, /. i6„'. 1791. .Milk Tiiisti.k. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 405. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 421. 

 MEI)ITEKI{ANKAX Eukopk. 

 Adventive in California. 



Alauama: I'ligitivf! on ballast. Mobile County. Flowers jjurjile; May. Three 

 to 4 feet high. Annual. 

 Type locality : " Hab in Angliae, Galliae, Italiae ageribus rnderatis." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herl). Mohr. 



CNICUS L. Sp. PI. 2:82t;. 1753. 



One species, Mediterranean countries. 

 Cnicus benedictus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 826. 17.53. Blkssed Thistle. 



Ceittaiirca beuedicfa L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 1296. 1763. 



(irav, Man. ed. 6, 297. Gray, Svn. Fl. N. A. 1. pt. 2 : 40(5. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 244. 



Southern Eukopk. 



Carolinian art-a. Naturalized iu southern xVtlautie seaports, in tiie interior of 

 Texas, and iu California. 



