816 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Canada; western New York and Michigan to 

 Minnesota, south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, and Arkansas, and along the moun- 

 tains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower hills. Rich woodlands. Tallapoosa and 

 Tuscaloosa counties. Flowers white; June. Four to 5 feet. Not frequent. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Mesadenia ovata (Walt. ) Raf. New Fl. 4 : 79. 1836. OVATE-LEAF INDIAN PLANTAIN. 



Cacalia orata Walt Fl. Car. 196. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 310. Chap. Fl. 244. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 395. 



Louisianian area. Georgia to western Florida and west to Lonisiana. 



ALABAMA: Central prairies. Damp thickets, open 'woods. Montgomery County. 

 Lee County, Auburn (.EarJe). Flowers white; .July to September. Rare. " Local. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 

 Herb. Geol. Sui 



Herb. Mohr. 



Mesadenia tuberosa (Nutt.) Britton in Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 3 : 474. 



TUBEROU8-HOOTKD INDIAN PLANTAIN. 



Cacalia tuberosa Nutt. Gen. 2 : 138. 1818. 



Mesadenia planta'/inea Raf. New Fl. 4:79. 1836. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 294. Chap. Fl. 244. Gray, Svn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 396. Coulter, 

 Cent/. Nat. Herb. 2 : 242. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario and Ohio to Missouri, Michigan, and 

 Minnesota, south along the mountains to Georgia and Florida, west to Texas and 

 Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie belt. Low banks and fields. Hale County, Gallion. 

 Dallas County, Uniontown (E. A. Smith). Flowers white; July, August. Not 

 frequent. 



Type locality: "On shady hills near Natchez on the banks of the Mississippi, and 

 also around St. Louis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Mesadenia lanceolata (Nutt.) Raf. New Fl. 4:79. 1836. 



LANCE-LEAF INDIAN PLANTAIN. 



Cacalia lanceolata Nutt. Gen. 2 : 138. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 311. Chap. Fl. 245. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 396. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida to Lonisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Swampy banks along pine-barren streams, grassy river 

 marshes. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers white; August, September. 

 Three to 6 feet high. Frequent; abundant in the submaritime marshes, fresh or 

 slightly brackish. 



Type locality: "In Georgia and Florida. Dr. Baldwyn." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



ARCTIUM L. Sp. PI. 2 : 816. 175s! 



Six species, perennial herbs, temperate Europe, Asia. 

 Arctium minus Schk. Bot. Handb. 3 : 49. 1803. SMALLER BURDOCK. 



Lappa minor DC. Fl. Fr. 4 : 77. 1805. 



EUROPE. 



Naturalized, Canada and eastern United States. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Waste places. Marshall County, Guuthersville. 

 Decatur. July, August. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



CARDUUS L. Sp. PI. 2 : 820. 1753. THISTLE. 



About 250 species, perennials, temperate regions. Europe, Asia. North America. 

 37; Atlantic, 12. 



Carduus spinosissimus Walt. Fl. Car. 194. 1788. YELLOW THISTLE. 



Cirsium horridulum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 90. 1803. 



Cnicus horridutus Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 :507. 1814. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 295. Chap. Fl. 248. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 400. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 243. 



Vide Edward L. Green, Pittonia, vol. 3, p. 180. 1897. 



