670 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



GENTIANACEAE. Gentian Family. 



SABBATIA Adans. Fam. PL 2 : 503. 1763. 

 Thirteen species, Atlantic North America, chiefly southeastern. 



Sabbatia macrophylla Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 1 : 171. 1835. 



LARGE-LKAF SABBATIA. 



Chap. Fl. 353. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 114. 



Louisiauian area. Georgia, Florida, west to eastern Louisiana 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region, Coast plain. Open grassy pine-barren swamps. 

 Washington County, Yellowpine. Clarke County (Dr. Denny). Monroe and Bald- 

 win counties. Flowers white; May, June. Frequent. One and one-halt to 2 feet 

 high ; perennial, from a long cylindrical rootstock. 



Type locality : "Covington," La. (Drummond). 



Herb. Mohr. 



Sabbatia angustifolia (Michx.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 259. 1894. 



WHITE-FLOWERED AMERICAN CENTAUUY. 



Chironia angularis var. angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 147. 1803. 



Sabbatia brachiata Ell. Sk. 1 : 284. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 348. Chap. Fl. 353. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 114. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Indiana: North Carolina to Florida, west to 

 eastern Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt. Coast plain. Dry grassy pine barrens. Clarke 

 County (Dr. Denny). Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile and Baldwin coun- 

 ties. Flowers, pale rose to white, with yellow eye; May, June. Ten to 12 inches 

 high. Annual or biennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in uliginosis sabulosis Carolinae inferioris." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sabbatia angularis (L.) Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 137. 1814. AMERICAN CENTAURY. 

 Chironia angularis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 190. 1753. 

 Ell. Sk. 1:285. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 348. Chap. Fl. 353. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England to Michigan ; southern 

 Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas to the Gulf, from Florida to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Rich woodlands. Clay County, Shinboue Valley, 1,000 

 feet. Cullmau County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa County. Choctaw County, Bladen. 

 Mobile County. Flowers pink; June. Not common; scattered. Annual. 



Economic uses: The herb, "American centaury," "Sabbatia," is an obsolete 

 medicine. 



Typo locality : "Hab. in Virginia. Ealm." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sabbatia calycina (Lam.) Heller, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 24. 1894. 



CALYCINE SABBATIA. 



Gentiana calycina Lam. Encycl. 2 : 638. 1786. 



Chironia calycosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 147. 1803. 



Sabbatia calycosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 138. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 285. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 348. Chap. Fl. 354. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 274. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 114. 



CUBA. 



Carolinian and Louisiauiau areas. Virginia, North Carolina along the coast to 

 Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Swampy alluvial forests. Bibb 

 County (E. A. Smith). Autauga County, Pratt vi lie (E. A. Smith). Baldwin County. 

 Alluvial forest on Tensaw River. Flowers pink; August. Not frequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Cette plante croit a la Louisiane." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Sabbatia stellaris Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 137. 1814. SEASIDE SABBATIA. 



Sabbatia gracilis Ell. Sk. 1 : 284. 1817. Not Salisb. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 348. Chap. Fl. 354. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 115. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Seashore of southern New England to Florida, 

 west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Saline flats occasionally overflowed by the tide. 

 Mobile County, West Fowl River, Dauphin Island. Baldwin County, Bon Secour. 

 Flowers pale rose to white, yellow star in center; July, August. Not infrequent. 

 Annual. 



