754 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



SITILI AS Raf. New Fl. N. A. 4 : 85. 1836. 

 (PYRRHOPAPPUS DC. Prodr. 7 : 144. 1838.) 



Six species. Mexico. North America, 4. Atlantic, 2. 

 Sitilias caroliniana (Walt. )Raf. New Fl. N. A. 4 : 85. FALSE DANDELION. 



Leontodon carolinianum Walt. Fl. Car. 192. 1788. 



Scorzonera pinnatifida Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 89. 1803. 



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



Pyrrhopappus carolinianus DC. Prodr. 7: 144. 1838. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 251. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 303. Chap. Fl. 252. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 441. Coulter, Contr. Nt Herb. 2 : 249. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Maryland to Florida, west to Texas.. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coastplain. Light damp soil, grassy banks. Lee 

 County, Auburn ( Baker $ Earle). Morgan County, Decatur. Cullman, Tnscaloosa, 

 Clarke, and Mobile counties. Flowers pale yellow; April to June. Common. Per- 

 ennial. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LACTUCA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 795. 1753. 



About 90 species, temperate regions, Europe, Asia, Africa. Atlantic North America 

 (endemic), 9. 



Lactuca canadensis L. Sp. PL 2 : 796. 1753. WILD LETTUCE. 



Lactuca elongata Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1525. 1804. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 252. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 304. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 274. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, 

 pt.2:442. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario to Saskatchewan, New England west 

 to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to Arkansas, and from southern New England to 

 Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Central Pine belt. Borders of fields and copses. 

 Lawrence and Tuscaloosa counties. Lee County, Auburn (Baker J- Earle, 268). 

 Flowers yellow; August, September. Not frequent. Annual. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lactuca sagittifolia Ell. Sk. 2 : 253. 1821-24. DEVIL'S IKONWEEI,. 



Lactuca iniegrifolia Bigel. Fl. Bost. ed. 2, 287. 1824. Not Nutt. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 304. Chap. Fl. 252; ed. 3, 274. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, 

 pt. 2 : 442. 



Alleghenian to Louisianiau area. New England west to Michigan, south to the 

 Ohio Valley, Missouri, and along the coast from New York to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Low rich lands. Damp banks. Clay County, Shin- 

 bone Valley, 1,000 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa County. MobileCounty, 

 margin of river swamps. Flowers yellow. Not common. Six to 8 feet high. Bien- 

 nial or perennial. 



Type locality: "Along the margin of a creek, in the neighborhood of Columbia," 

 S.C. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lactuca graminifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 85. 1803. 



NARROW-LEAF WILD LETTUCE. 



Lactuca elongata var. graminifolia Chap. Fl. 252. I860. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 253. Chap. Fl. 1. c. ; ed. 3, 274. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 442. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 249. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry or damp 

 places, borders of woods, copses. Lee County, Auburn (Baker <f Earle, 269). Mobile 

 County. Flowers sordid white or straw yellow. Two to 3 feet high. Frequent in 

 the Coast plain. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina inferiore." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lactuca hirsuta Muhl. Cat. 69. 1813. REDDISH-FLOWERED LETTUCE. 



Lactuca sanyninea Bigel. Fl. Bost. ed. 2, 287. 1824. 

 L. elongata var. sanguined Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 496. 1843. 



