CHICORY FAMILY. 755 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 304. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 442. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 249*. 



Carolinian area. Southeastern Massachusetts, northwestern Virginia, Ohio to 

 Missouri, south along the mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry exposed places. Madison County, Montesano, 

 1,500 feet. Ciillinau County, in barren old holds, clearings. Flowers purplish; not 

 uncommon. Biennial. 



Type locality : "Pens." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaert. Frtict. 2 : 362. 1791. 



BLUE- FLOWERED FALL WILD LETTUCE. 



Sonchus floridanus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 794. 1753. 



Mi(l<iedi'umflori(Janui>i DC. Prodr. 7 : 249. 1838. 



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

 Ohio, Missouri, and Arkansas. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 255. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 304. Chap. Fl. 253. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 443. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 250. 



ALABAMA: All over the State. Rich damp banks, borders of ditches and thickets. 

 Madison County, near I untsville. Mobile County. Flowers deep blue; May, June. 

 Frequent. Annual or biennial. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lactuca villosa Jacq. Hort. Schoen. 3 : 62, t. 367. 1798. 



ACUMINATE-LEAF WILD LETTUCE. 



Sonchus acuminatus Willd. Sp. PL 3 : 152. 1804. 



Mulgedium acuminatum DC. Prodr. 7 : 250. 1838. 



Lactuca acuminata Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 19 : 73. 1883. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 255. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 304. Chap. Fl. 252. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:443. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England, west to Ohio and Mis- 

 souri, south from New Jersey to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Upper division Coast Pine belt. Thickets, shady copses. Clarke 

 County, Suggsville (Dr. Denny). Flowers blue ; August. Rare. Annual or biennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



NABALUS Cass. Diet. 34 : 94. 1826. 

 (PRENANTHKS L. Sp. PI. 2 : 797. 1753. In part.) 



About 20 species, perennial herbs, North America. Eastern North America, 9. 



Nabalus serpentaria (Pursh) Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 294. 1833. 



GALL OF THE EARTH. 



Prenantlies serpcutana Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 499, t. 24. 1814. 



Nabalus fraseri DC. Prodr. 7 : 241. 1838. 



Ell. Sk/2:261. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 301. Chap. Fl. 251. Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A.I, pt. 

 2: 434. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, .Quebec, and Ontario; New 

 York and Ohio, south from Tennessee to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Dry open woods in light soil. Cal- 

 houn County, Anniston. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith}. 

 Washington, Clarke, and Mobile counties. Flowers white; July, August. Most 

 frequent in the pine barrens. 



Economic uses: One of the reputed remedies for snake bites. 



Type locality : "On the mountains of Virginia and Carolina." 



I lerb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Nabalus serpentaria barbatus (Torr. & Gray). 



Xabalus fraxeri var. barbatus Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 481. 1843. 



I'renanthes crepidinea Ell. Sk. 2 : 259. 1821-24. Not Michx. 



I\ serpentaria barbata Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 434. 1884. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Chap. Fl. 251. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. c. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Mountainous North Carolina to Georgia up to 

 6,000 feet altitude. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Cullman County, 1,000 feet. Northern Alabama 

 (Buckley). 



Type locality of Prenanthes crepidinea Ell. : "Grows in the mountains of Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



