644 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Eryngium synchaetum (Gray) Coult. & Rose, Contr. Nat. Herb. 7:44. 1900. 
Eryngium yuccaefolium synchaetum Gray ; Coult. & Rose, Rev. N. A. Umb. 94. 1888, 
Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 176. ; ; 
Perennial from aslender rootstock; stem slender, 1 to 2 feet tall; leaves linear with 
numerous soft bristles in clusters of 2 to 4; styles slender, elongated, imparting to 
the round head a bristly appearance. : 
Louisianian area. Florida to Louisiana. . 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine belt and Coast plain. Low damp pine barrens. Mobile 
County, Bayou Sara, Springhill. Flowers June to August; common. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Florida (Chapman, Curtiss, Palmer), Louisiana, near New Orleans 
¢Dr. Ingalls, in 1835).” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Eryngium integrifolium Walt, Fl. Car.112. 1788. BLUE-FLOWERED ERYNGO. 
Eryngium virgatum Lam. Encycl. 4: 757. 1797. 
E. americanum Spreng. in Roem. & Schult. Syst. 6:337. 1820. 
Eryngium ovalifolium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1: 163. 1803. 
Eli. Sk.1:343. Chap. F1.160. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 144. 
Carolinian and Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to eastern 
Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Low wet pine woods. Cullman 
County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa County (G. &, Vasey). Chilton County, Verbena Sta- 
tion (HB. A. Smith). Autauga, Clarke, Washington, and Mobile counties. Flowers 
pale blue; July, August. Frequent. Perennial. othe ; 
Infrequent in the interior, abundant in the Lower Pine region and Coast plain. 
Type locality: Described from specimens in Jussieu’s herbarium, ‘‘ou elle se trouve 
sans indication de lieu natal”. . 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Eryngium prostratum Nutt.; DC. Prodr. 4:92. 1825. CREEPING ERYNGO. 
Eryngium baldwinii var. 8 Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1:605. 1838. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,212, Chap. Fl.ed.3,177. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 144. 
Carclinian and Louisianian areas. Kentucky and Tennessee to Georgia and 
Florida, west to Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and southeastern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Shady damp banks of streams. 
Autauga County, Prattville. Mobile County, wet borders of ponds. Flowers pule 
blue; June to August; stems numerous, prostrate, rooting at the internodes; not 
frequent. ‘ 
Type locality: ‘(In Americae borealis territorio Arkansano detexit cl. Nuttall.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SANICULA L. Sp. Pl. 1:235. 1753.1 
Thirteen species, temperate Europe, Asia. North America, 10. 
Sanicula marilandica L. Sp. Pl. 1: 235. 1753. MARYLAND SANICLE. 
Ell. Sk. 1:348, in part. Gray, Man.ed. 6,212. Chap. Fl. 159. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia to 
the Pacific coast; New England west to Nebraska, the Rocky Mountains, and Mon- 
tana; south along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Rich woodlands, 
copses. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa County (J. .4. Smith). Lee County, Auburn 
(Baker § Earle). Flowers yellowish; May. Scattered, not frequent; rootstock 
stout; perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Marilandia, Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Sanicula gregaria Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club, 22: 354. 1895. GnreGARIOUS SANICLE. 
Britt. & Br. TM. Fl. 2: 524 
Carolinian and Louisianian area. New York, Virginia west to Wisconsin, eastern 
Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Woods. Tuscaloosa and Bibb counties. May. 
Perennial. There can be but little doubt that with future search the species will 
turn up in the mountain region. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Described from specimens collected in Van Cortlandt Park, N. Y.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
1Eugene P. Bicknell, The genus Sanicula in the Eastern United States, Bull. Torr, 
Club, vol. 22, pp. 351 to 361. 1895, 
