120 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Most frequent on the low swells: 



Sieglingia chapmani. Andropogon virginicus glaucus. 



Chrysopogon nutam linnaeanus. Andropogon inrg'micus dealbatus. 



Andropogon elliottri. Muhlenbergia trichopodes. 



Andropogon tener. Panicum longipedunculatum. 



After the ground has been once turned by the plow the glumaceoos 

 plants which formed the original sod disappear forever, the ground 

 being taken possession of by carpet grass (Paspalum compressum), a 

 West Indian species most probably introduced, and the creeping finger- 

 grass (Syntkerisma (Panicum) serotinum). Nearly all of the sundews, 

 sarracenias, gentians, and other species already mentioned among the 

 associations which inhabit the sphagnous bogs of the pine hills also 

 enter into the associations of this semi-paludial Rynchsopora formation. 



During the latter part of January the Cuban pine unfolds its 

 flowers, with BartOniq vema and Houstonia patens, and these are 

 succeeded by the following: 



Chaptalia semifloscularis. Euphorbia inundata. 



Pinguidda lutea. Helenium vernum. 



Pinguicula pumila. Helenium helenium. 



Lupinus vttlosus. Helenium integri/olium. 



Helianihemurn carolinianum. Poly gala lutea. 1 



Drosera capillaris. Polygala polygama. 1 



Drosera brevifolia. Limodorum muUiftorum. 

 Drosera filiformis. l 



The Pinguiculas mentioned are insectivorous plants common in the 

 pine flats from North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. Euphorbia 

 inundata is known only from the coast of western Florida and as far 

 west as the eastern shore of the Mobile Bay near Point Clear. 



Remarkable is the occurrence of Limodorum multiflorum in Mobile 

 County (Fowl River Station). This beautiful orchid is otherwise 

 known only from a few localities of peninsular and western Florida. 

 It was first described by Chapman from the southern part of Florida 

 and has been observed by the writer in the savannas near the upper 

 waters of the St. Johns River. During the summer months bloom 

 Linum floridanum, Polygala chapmani, Polygala hookeri, the latter 

 two extending from western Florida to eastern Mississippi, and Zyga- 

 denm gldberrimm, ranging from the pine flats of North Carolina to 

 Louisiana, together with the following: 

 Habenaria nivea. Centella stricta. 



Cracca hispidula. 1 Sabbatia gentianoides. 



Polygala crudata. 1 Pterocaulon undulatum (P. pycnostachyum 



iMdwigla hirtella. l Ell . ) . 



Ludungia linearis. l Dasystoma pedicularia. l 



Eryngium aquaticum. Gerardia paupercula. 



Eryngium synchaetum. Ascyrum stans. 



Eryngium ovalifolium. Ascyrum hypericoides. 



Hydrocotyle vertirillata. Hypericum spp. 



1 Found also in Carolinian area. 



