THISTLE FAMILY. 809 



Actinospermum angustifolium (Pursh) Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 :389. 1842. 



Buphthalmitm any ustifolium Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 :564. 1814. 



Baldnina mnltijiora Nutt. Gen. 2 : 176. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2:447. Chap. Fl. 241. Gray, Syii. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2:302. ' 



Louisianiau area. Georgia to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Drifting sands. Baldwiu County, eastern shore Mobile 

 Bay, Point Clear. Flowers yellow; August, September. Kare. Annual or biennial. 



Type locality : " In Georgia and Florida. Bartram." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



MARSH ALLIA Schreb. Gen. PL 810. 1789.' 



Four species, perennial herbs, South Atlantic North America. 



Marshallia graminifolia (Walt.) Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 25 : 482. 1898. 



NARKOW-LEAF MARSHALLIA. 



Athanasia graminifoUa Walt. Fl. Car. 201. 1788. 



Marshallia angiisti/olia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 520. 1814. 



fill. Sk. 2: 316. Chap. Fl. 241. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2:303. Boynton & Beadle, 

 Biltmore Bot. Stud. 1:4,*. 9. 



Louisiauian area. North Carolina to Florida and western Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Flat damp pine barrens. Mobile County, Bayou La- 

 batre. Flowers pale lilac; August. Not frequent. Perennial. 



Typo locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Marshallia graminifolia cyaiianthera Ell. Sk. 2 : 316. 1821-24. 



LANCE-LEAF MARSHALLIA. 



Boyntou & Beadle, Biltmore Bot. Stud. 1 : 4, 1. 10. 



Louisianiau area. Florida, Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine belt. Damp pine woods. Escambia County, Flomaton 

 (Biltmore Herb.). Rare. 



Type locality: " Collected by Dr. Baldwin, near St. Marys, Georgia." 



Marshallia obovata (Walt.) Beadle <fc Boyuton, Biltmore Bot. Stud. 1 : 5, t. 5. 1901. 



Athanasia obovata Walt. Fl. Car. 201. 1788. 



Persoonia lanceolata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 105. 1803. 



Trattenickia lanceolata Pers. Syn. 2 : 403. 1807. 



Marshallia lanceolata Pursh, t 1. Am. Sept. 2 : 519. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 315. Chap. Fl. 241 ; ed. 3, 260. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 303. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region and Lower hills. Dry open woods. Cherokee County 

 (C.Mohr). Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle). Flowers pale pink; June. Not 

 frequent. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Marshallia trinervia (Walt.) Porter, Bull. Torr. Club, 5 : 337. 1894. 



TKIPLK-NERVED MARSHALLIA. 



Athanasia trinervia Walt. Fl. Car. 201. 1788. 



Marshallia latifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 519. 1814. 



Carolinian area. Virginia and North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills. Dry open woods. Cnllinan County. 

 Bibb County, limestone cliffs, banks of Little Cahaba River. Tuscaloosa County, 

 Windham Springs (E. A. Smith). Flowers pale pink; July. Infrequent. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Marshallia mohri Beadle & Boynton, Biltmore Bot. Stud. 1 : 8, t. 3. 1901. 



Perennial | foot to 2 feet tall; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 6 to 10 inches long, 

 including the petiole, f inch to 1 inches wide, the uppermost much reduced in 

 size, obtuse, gradually narrowed into the petiole, which is as long as the blade, 

 the uppermost acute or obtuse, sessile, prominently 3-nerved, glabrous, entire, of a 

 firm texture in age; stem angled, striate, glabrous to near the top, branched above 

 the middle; heads usually several, containing from 30 to 75 or more flowers; involu- 

 cral bracts thin at flowering time, ovate-lanceolate, acute at the apex, with conspic- 

 uous hyaline borders below the middle; corollas slender, pubescent, slightly if at all 



1 C. D. Beadle and F. E. Boynton, Revision of the Species of Marshallia, Biltmore 

 Bot anical Studies, vol. 1, p. 3. 1901. 



