670 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
GENTIANACEAE. Gentian Family. 
SABBATIA Adans. Fam. Pl. 2:503. 1763. 
Thirteen species, Atlantic North America, chiefly southeastern. 
Sabbatia macrophylla Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag.1:171. 1835. 
LARGE-LEAF SABBATIA, 
Chap. Fl. 353. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt.1:114. oe 
Louisianian area. Georgia, Florida, west to eastern Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region, Coast plain. Open grassy pine-barren swamps. 
Washington County, Yellowpine. Clarke County (Dr. Denny). Monroe and Bald- 
win counties. Flowers white; May, June. Frequent. One and one-half to 24 feet 
high; perennial, from a long cylindrical rootstock. 
Type locality: ‘Covington,” La. (Drummond). 
Herb. Mohr. 
Sabbatia angustifolia (Michx.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:259. 1894. 
WHITE-FLOWERED AMERICAN CENTAURY,. 
Chironia angularis var. angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:147. 1803. 
Sabbatia brachiata F.11. Sk. 1: 284. 1817. ; 
Ell. Sk.l.c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 348. Chap. F1.353. Gray, Syn. FLN. A. 2, pt.1: 114, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Indiana; North Carolina to Florida, west to 
eastern Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt. Coast plain. Dry grassy pine barrens. Clarke 
County (Dr. Denny). Washington County, Yellowpine. Mobile and Baldwin coun- 
ties. Flowers, pale rose to white, with yellow eye; May, June. Ten to 12 inches 
high. Annual or biennial. Roe 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in uliginosis sabulosis Carolinae inferioris.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Sabbatia angularis (L.) Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept.1: 137. 1814. | AMERICAN CENTAURY. 
Chironia angularis L. Sp. Pl. 1:190. 1753. 
Ell. Sk. 1:285. Gray, Man. ed.6, 348. Chap. Fl. 353. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1:114. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England to Michigan; southern 
Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas to the Gulf, from Florida to Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Rich woodlands. Clay County, Shinbone Valley, 1,000 
feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa County. Choctaw County, Bladen. 
Mobile County. Flowers pink; June. Not common; scattered. Annual. 
Economic uses: The herb, ‘‘American centaury,” ‘‘Sabbatia,” is an obsolete 
medicine, 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia. Kalm.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Sabbatia calycina (Lam.) Heller, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:24. 1894. 
CALYCINE SABBATIA. 
Gentiana calycina Lam. Encycl. 2: 638. 1786. 
Chironia calycosa Michx. F). Bor. Am. 1:147. 1803. 
Sabbatia calycosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 138. 1814. 
Ell. Sk. 1:285. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 348. Chap. Fl. 354. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:274, Gray, Syn. F).N.'A. 2, pt. 1:114. 
CuBa. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia, North Carolina along the coast to 
Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Swampy alluvial forests. Bibb 
County (L£. A. Smith). Autauga County, Prattville (2.4. Smith). Baldwin County. 
Alluvial forest on Tensaw River. Flowers pink; August. Not frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Cette plante croit A la Louisiane.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Sabbatia stellaris Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1:187. 1814. Seasipr SABBATIA. 
Sabbatia gracilis Ell. Sk. 1: 284. 1817. Not Salisb. 
ELL Sk.1.c, Gray, Man. ed. 6,348. Chap. F1.354, Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt. 1: 115. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Seashore of southern New England to Florida, 
west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Saline flats occasionally overflowed by the tide. 
Mobile County, West Fowl River, Dauphin Island. Baldwin County, Bon Secour. 
peep pale rose to white, yellow star in center; July, August. Not infrequent. 
nual, 
