fiiir'n^liii. 



[' (from 

 bristly 

 ; lit'uds 

 liioslly 

 !• ln'iift- 

 (t'S, iliul 



Trxiis: 



tliis ('(1111- 



-tatKtn, 



114. ISSS. 



simple; 

 : li(>:uls 



-oiivillo; 



u>, .V. ^'. 

 lulv, is»»:5 



and July, 



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COl'LTEK AND KOSK — NOKTIl AMKIIICAN r.MHKLMKKKAK. 45 



;!. Eryngium sparganophyllum licinsl. in IlooU. icon. I\'. 6: ]>\. •2^)i>H. 

 IS!) 7. I'Ki- <">. 



/-;. liDiijifotium <iriiy, I'l. Wri^'lit. 2: •>•">. IS."),'!, not Cav. Ann. 2: l.;:;. 171t;{. 



Stem tall, (licliotoinously hniiichiiij;; hasiil leaves (soinetiiiies it to 12 

 dm. loriii) lineur. taperinn- to a point, entire (rai'ely with 1 or 'J Itristle 

 lectli). strongly involute wlierj di'y: heads oval. I'J to '1\ mm. lon«j^, 

 w ilh short ovatedaneeolate bracts and similar braetlets; fruit 4 nun. 

 hdiii'. with lar<4'e scales at the angles, and smaller ones l)et\veen. 



4'ype locality, " ]..as JMayas Spi-ines. near the Sit>ri'a de los Animos,"' 

 New Mexico; collected by H'/vV////, no. ilo;}, in l.S,")l, and not niiicc 

 discoM-red; type in V. S. Nat. Herb. 



Sjii ciiiiciiK i'.i'itm'niril: 



Nkw MivMco: .Vs citcil iniilcr type locality. 



4. Eryngium baldwinii Sprent^', Syst. 1; sTo, 1S25. 



Prostrate, often i-<)otiii<;' at the joints, ditfusely Iti'anched; loW(>r 

 leaves oblong-, usually loni»-petioled, from entire to laciniatcdy toothed; 

 u|)|)ei' leaves nuich smaller, /'-parted (rarcdy entire^ or lobed). the 

 divisions from laiu >late to tiliform. toothed or entir«'; heads usually 

 iiiUTowly oblon<i' al .iturity (altout (5 mm. lon_<i-). with involucre of 

 suhidate bi'acts. and , ludlar braetlets; llowei's lioht blue; fruit 1 nmi. 

 lon*i', with vei-y promincMit tubei'cdes, ovate calyx-lobes shoi'tei- than 

 the fruit, and styles 2 uun. h^io-; oil tubes medium sized; siM'd face 

 plane. 



TyiM' locality. "Carolina, Florida." 



Sandy soil, from (ieor^ia and Floi'ida to Louisiana and Missouri; 

 although all the material we have seen is from Florida. 



Sjit ciiiii iix I .idiiinicil: 



Fi.okiha: .Vpalachii la, ('hupiiKtn ; Hiscaync Bay, I'ulnur KM, in 1.S74; St. 

 .\niiustinc, Marii ' '. /iCiiiiohls, in IS?."); Lakt- Monroe, (inrhrr, March, IS7<); 

 Indian Kivcr, Cnrliss 1()()2, Juiu', 1879; Mo.><(iiii(o \n\v\, CuiliHx 1002, May, 

 1SS2; Vi'titrrhtiKl, inlSSil; Vascy, in lSi»2; near I'liistis, bake County, Xanli r.4."), 

 April UVIJO, 1S04, and May "JS to .lunt- IT), hSO."); near .Tacksonvillc, L'nvl'tx^ 

 r)4l4 .lunc (), I 

 IvKlrcinciy variable in I'olia^e. 



."). Eryngium prostratum Nutt. DC. Prodr. 4: \^'2.. \S'M\ 



Prostrate, rootino- at the joints, ditl'usely branched; lower leaves 

 lono-p(>tiolcd, oblono-. entire. few-toothe(l. or lobed at base; upper 

 leaves smaller. (4ustered at the rootin*;- joints, ovate, few-toothed or 

 ( iilice. with some additional tritid ones; heads luirrowly ol)lon*i' (about 

 ti mm. lonu). with involucre Of reliexed lanceolate bracts longer than 

 the heads, and very smjill braetlets; fruit with scattered tubercles 1 

 mm. lonu-. 



Type locality, "in Auiericae bor. territorio Arkansano;" collected 

 by JS\ittaU, 



