44 CONTIUBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HKKHAHIUM. 



Ilracts not iit all H('ari()n.x-iiiarj.'iiii'(l. 



ISractU'ts s|iin(tHt'-tt>(itlic(l L'S. /■.'. niin'tii. 



Hmctit'ts fiitirc or nearly so L'!l. /,'. iiurixliii. 



1. Eryngium yuccifolium Michx. Fl. Wov. Am. 1: 1('»4. 1S(»;!. 



/','. iniitdliciiiii L. S|(. ri. fil. :.'. .'lot). ITti'J ill part, iml cil. 1 ( jiilr iJrittfii iV IJakcr, 

 .Ii.iir. r..it. 38: lM;'.. I!I(M)). 



From ;? to IS dm. liiti'li. l)riiii('irm<>"iil)()V(>: Icuvcs l)roii(lly linear (from 

 4 to 'Ji') mm. wide or more), tiiju'riiij^ to si point, with remotely Itristly 

 miU'uins. the lowei' ones sometimes l)eeomino" •'• to !• dm. ionu'; heads 

 ])e(liin('ulate. ovate-;il()l)ose ( js mm. lonu). with ovate-laiiceolale mostly 

 (Mitire euspidate-tipix'd l)racts shortei' than the head, and similar hi'aet- 

 h'ts; fruit scaly, about 2 mm. lon<>\ with shoi't ovate calyx lohes. ami 

 lont^' rioid styles. 



'lype locality, "in ])aludosis Viroiniic." 



From Connecticut to Florida, west to .Minnesota. Kansas, and Texas: 

 also sparingly naturalized in C'onnecticut (near liridn'cpoi't). 



Siiirlnii'iix i.nimhtcd: \V«' cite luit few (if the mtv iiuiiicniiis spcriiiu'iis of this coin- 



iiion Hpccics. 

 ViKdiMA: IMttsylvaiiia County, llclhr 1104, .Inly I'O, lS!i:{. 

 NoiJTii ("auoi.ina: Catawba County. Siimll d- llrlhr ('•>{), .IniH' L'n-i't), 1S!)1. 

 (iKokcia: Ijiokoiit .Mountain, liiilli 4L'4, .July, ISllS. 

 Illinois: Cliani])aifrn Comity, Hosr X- ('lliilnii, Aujrnst L'S, 1S!).'>. 

 Iowa: l-ayettc ('ounty, Finl ISH, .hily iit, 1S!»4. 

 Kansas: I-awrcncc, Slcri'iix, .Inly. 

 Alaha.ma: Anhnrn, Lee County, /v(o7<' il^- liaLrr, .Iniu' 1!>, 18517; .•jainc station, 



l',,ll<ir<l A- MK.roii 7S, .Inly 10, lltOO. 

 TicxAs: Industry, \Viir:/ini\ in 1S!».'). 



2. Eryngium synchaetum ((Jray) (". i*c K, 



K. i/Kcriti'fiiliiiiii si/iirhiii'liiiii (iray in C. A I\. Kcv. N. Am. rnilx'll. 1*4. ISS.S. 



llosembrmf^- K i/iicclfnllHm. hut smtUler and usually more simple; 

 leaves more l>ristly maro'ined. and bristles in clusters of 2 to -1; lu^ads 

 more «(l()l)()se, (t to 15 mm. in diameter. 



Type locality, "" Floridii" in dry pine btirrens near rlacksonville; 

 collected by 6V/'//,s-.v, no. UlMi; type in Herb. (Ji'ay. 



From (roorjifia and Florida to Arkansas and eastern Texas. 



fSperiiiiois c.riim'ni((l: 



Georgia: LeoHhurfr, Karif, .Tunc L'O, 189."). 



Flokida: Near .lacksoiiville, ('iiiiis.-< !)!)(>*, .Inly, 187.">; St. Aiiy:n.''tiiu>, .^f. ('. 

 Jin/iiulilx, May 20, 188(1; near .lack.-onvilk', riirllxs 4XW, .")(t;{4, .Iiily, iSi);{^ 

 1894; near Kustis, Lake Comity, Niush 1216, 1487, .Inly i»-;!l, 1894. 



Alabama: Spring Hill, Bmh 85:!, Angiist 20, 1897. 



Mississippi: Ocean Sjiriiigs, 7 Vac//, August 8, 1889; Biloxi, '/Vac//, .luue and .Iiily, 

 1891 and 1898; Ocean Springs, I><>//(if<1 1071, July 27, 189(j. 



Arkansas: Fort Smith, Bi(jcloir, in 1853-54. 



Texas: Eastern Texas, lUldebramL 



