GADDY, L. L. (Consulting Biologist, Route 1, Box 223, Walhalla, S. C. 29691). Twelve new ant-dispersed species from the southern Appalachians. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 113:247-251. 1986-Through the use of cafeteria experiments with the diaspores of 17 herbaceous species and with 3 species of ants, 12 southern Appalachian herbs, unreported as myrmecochores, were found to be ant-dispersed. The 12 species included three species of the genus Carex and Scleria triglomerata (Cyperaceae), three species of Panicum (Poaceae), two species of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae), Chrysogonum virginianum var. au.strale (Asteraceae), Disporum lanuginosum (Lilaeaceae), and Galium circaezans (Rubiaceae). Here, myrmecochory is reported for the first time in the genera Galium and Panicum. The structure of the elaiosome in each species is also discussed. Galium circeazans and Disporum lanuginosum seem to have elaiosomes that are structurally different from any that have been heretofore described.
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