644 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Eryngium synchaetum (Gray) Coult. & Rose, Contr. Nat. Herb. 7 : 44. 1900. 



Eryngium yuocaefolium aynrhaetum Gray ; Coult. & Rose, Rev. N. A. Umb. 94. 1888. 



Chap.Fl.ed.3,176. 



Perenuial from a slender rootstock ; stem slender, 1 to 2 feet tall ; leaves linear with 

 numerous soft bristles in clusters of 2 to 4 ; styles slender, elongated, imparting to 

 the round head a bristly appearance. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine belt and Coast plain. Low damp pine barrens. Mobile 

 County, Bayou Sara, Springhill. Flowers June to August; common. Perennial. 



Type locality: " Florida (Chairman, Curtiss, Palmer}. Louisiana, near New Orleans 

 (Dr. Ingalls, in 1835)." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eryngium integrifolium Walt. Fl. Car. 112. 1788. BLUE-FLOWERED ERYNGO. 



Eryngium virgalum Lam. Encycl. 4 : 757. 1797. 



E. americanum Spreng. in Roem. & Schult. Syst. 6:337. 1820. 



Eryngium ovalifolium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 163. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 343. Chap. Fl. 160. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 144. 



Carolinian and Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to eastern 

 Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Low wet pine woods. Cullman 

 County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa County (G. . Fasey). Chilton County, Verbena Sta- 

 tion (E, A. Smith}. Autauga, Clarke, Washington, and Mobile counties. Flowers 

 pale blue; July, August. Frequent. Perennial. 



Infrequent in the interior, abundant in the Lower Pine region and Coast plain. 



Type locality : Described from specimens in Jussieu's herbarium, " ou elle se trouve 

 sans indication de lieu natal". 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Eryngium prostratum Nutt. ; DC. Prodr. 4 : 92. 1825. CREEPING ERYNGO. 



Eryngium laldwinii var. ft Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 605. 1838. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 212. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 177. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 144. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Kentucky and Tennessee to Georgia and 

 Florida, west to Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and southeastern Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Shady damp banks of streams- 

 Autauga County, Prattville. Mobile County, wet borders of ponds. Flowers pale 

 blue; June to August; stems numerous, prostrate, rooting at the internodes; not 

 frequent. 



Type locality: "In Americae borealis territorio Arkansano detexit cl. Nuttall." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SANICULA L.Sp. PI. 1:235. 1753.1 



Thirteen species, temperate Europe, Asia. North America, 10. 

 Sanicula marilandica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 235. 1753. MARYLAND SANICLE. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 348, in part. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 212. Chap. Fl. 159. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia to 

 the Pacific coast; New England west to Nebraska, the Rocky Mountains, and Mon- 

 tana; south along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Rich woodlands, 

 copses. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Lee County, Auburn 

 (Baker $ Earle). Flowers yellowish; May. Scattered, not frequent; rootstock 

 stout; perennial. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sanicula gregaria Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club, 22 : 354. 1895. GREGARIOUS SANICLE. 



Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 2 : 524 



Carolinian and Louisianian area. New York, Virginia west to Wisconsin, eastern 

 Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Woods. Tuscaloosa and Bibb counties. May. 

 Perennial. There can be but little doubt that with future search the species will 

 turn up in the mountain region. 



Type locality : " Described from specimens collected in Van Cortlandt Park, N. Y." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



'Eugene P. Bicknell, The genus Sanicnla in the Eastern United States, Bull. Torr. 

 Club, vol. 22, pp. 351 to 361. 1895. 



