CHICORY FAMILY. 751 



Lobelia nuttallii Roem. & Schult. Syst. 5 : 39. 1819. NUTTALL'S LOBELIA. 



Lobelia gracilis Nutt. GOD. 2 : 77. 1818. Not Aiidr. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 307. Chap. Fl. 255 ; ed. 3, 276 ; Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 7. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Low damp banks. Cullmau County, 800 feet. Clay 

 County, Talladega Creek, 1,000 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers pale purplish blue ; July, August. Frequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Ad margines siccas paludum sabulosorum a nova Caesarea ad 

 Carolinam." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lobelia iiiflata L. Sp. PI. 2 : 931. 1753. INDIAN TOBACCO. LOBELIA. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 266. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 307. Chap. Fl. 254. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 7. 



Alleghenian to Carolinian area. Maritime provinces of Canada to Hudson Bay 

 and Saskatchewan. New England west to Minnesota, south to the Ohio Valley, 

 Missouri, and Arkansas, and from New York to upper Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Clay County, Elders, 1,000 feet altitude. Talladega 

 County, Riddell's Mill, 1,000 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. Blount County, 

 Blonnt Springs, on the hills, 800 feet. Not rare. Coarse. Annual. 



Economic uses: The herb (leaves and tops) forms the " Lobelia "of the United 

 States Pharmacopoeia, and the seeds are also recognized. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CICHORIACEAE. Chicory Family. 

 CICHOR1UM L. Sp. PL 2 : 813. 1753. 



Three species, temperate Europe, Asia. 

 Cichorium intybus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 813. 1753. COMMON CHICORY. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 298. Gray, Syn, Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 412. 



Allegheuian and Carolinian areas. Naturalized in Canada and the United States, 

 west to Arkansas. More rarely south of the Ohio River. 



ALABAMA: Mobile County . A rare ballast weed. Flowers azure; July. Perennial 



Type locality: " Hab. in Europa ad margines agrorum viarumque." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ADOPOGON Neck. Eleiu. 1 : 55. 1790. 

 (KRIGIA Schreb. Gen. PI. 532. 1791.) 



Five species, herbs. North America. 

 Adopogon carolinianum (Walt.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 346. 1894. 



CAROLINA DWARF DANDELION. 



Hyoseris virginica L. Sp. PI. 2 : 809. 1753. Not 'Tragopogon virginicum L. 



H. caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 194. 1788. 



Krigia rirginica Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1618. 1804. 



K. caroliniana Nutt. Gen. 2 : 126. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 264, 265. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 298. Chap. Fl. 249. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 411. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 246. 



Allegheuian to Louisianian area. Western Ontario to New York, Ohio Valley to 

 Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Exposed dry light soil. Flowers orange ; March, May. 

 Common. Annual. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Adopogon virginicum (L. ) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : 304. 1891. 



VIRGINIA DWARF DANDELION. 



Tragopogon virginicum L. Sp. PL 2 : 789. 1753. 



Krigia dmplexicaulis Nutt. Gen. 2 : 127. 1818. 



Cynthia virginica Don, Edinb. Phil. Journ. 12 : 309. 1829. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 266. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 298. Chap. FJ . 249. 



Carolinian area. Southern Ontario to Lake Winnipeg, Ohio to Arkansas and south 

 to Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region to Lower hills. Openings in the woods, borders of 

 thickets and fields. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith]. Flowers 

 orange; June. Frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia, Canada. Kalm." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



