THISTLE FAMILY. 769 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp pine barrens. Mobile County, Dog River. Flowers 
purple red; September, October. Not rare. Porennial, 
Type locality not given, “Ce genre * * * a pour type une plante de 
Herbier de M, de Jussieu.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
AMPHIACHYRIS Nutt. Trans. Phil. Soc. '7:313. 1841. 
Two species, perennial herbs. North America, Western, 
Amphiachyris dracunculoides (IU.) Nutt. Trans. Am, Phil. Soc. n. ser. 72313. L841. 
Brachyris dracunculoides DC, Mém., Soc. Phys. Genev. 7, pt.2: 265, 1.7. 1836. 
Gray, Man.ed.6, 244. Gray, Syn. FN. A. 1, pt.2:116. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 184. 
Carolinian area. Kansas to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Open grassy places. Colbert County (/2. A. Smith). 
Flowers yellow. Local and rare. 
Type locality (DC, Prodr.): “In territorio Arkansano semina levit cl. de Pourtalés. 
Herb. Mohr. 
GRINDELIA Willd. Gesell. Nat. Fr. Berl. Mag. 1:260. L807, 
Twenty-tive species, perennial herbs or undershrubs, Mexico, South America. 
North America, chietly Western, 12. 
Grindelia lanceolata Nutt. Journ, Acad. Phil. 7:73. 1834. 
LANCE-LEAF GRINDELIA OR GUM PLANT. 
(Garay, Man. ed. 6,244. Chap. FL. Suppl. 627; ed. 3, 237. Gray, Syn. PIN. A. 1, pt.2: 
118. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 184, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and 
Tennessee, 
ALABAMA: Lower hills. Jetierson County, Jonesboro. Flowers yellow; August. 
Local and rare. 
Type locality: ‘*In Arkansas. ‘I’. Nuttall and Dr. Pitcher, ” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Ilerb. Mohr. 
HETEROTHECA Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1817: 137, 1817. 
Five or six species, perennial herbs, Mexico. Atlantic North America, 2. 
Heterotheca subaxillaris (Lam.) Britton & Rusby, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sei. 7:10. 
1087. SEASIDE LLETEROTHECA, 
Inula subaxillaris Lam, Eneyel., 32259. 1789. 
!, scabra Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2: 532. 1814, 
Heterotheca lamarkit Cass. Dict. Sci, Nat. 212131. 1821, 
Chrysopsis scabra Nutt. Gen, 2:151. 1818, 
Heterotheca scabra Vorr, & Gray, Fl. 22251. 1841. 
EM. Sk. 2:339. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 244. Chap. FL. 215. Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A.1, pt. 
2:120. Coulter, Contr, Nat. Herb. 2: 184. 
NORTHERN MEXICO, 
Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, southern Arizona, Arkansas, 
and southeastern Kansas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain, Submaritime and Littoral region. Drifting sands. Bald- 
win County, eastern shore Mobile Bay. Mobile County, Dauphin Island. Flowers 
golden yellow; August to October, Common. 
Type locality: ‘Cette Inule croit dans la Caroline, le Maryland, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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CHRYSOPSIS Nutt. Gen. Pl. 2:150. 1818. GoLpEN ASTER. 
About 20 species, perennials. Flowers yellow. Atlantic North America, 11. 
Chrysopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Nutt. Gen. Pl. 2:151. 1818. 
SILVER-LEAF GOLDEN ASTER. 
Inula graminifolia Michx. Fl, Bor. Am. 2:122. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 2:354. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 244. Chap, Fl. 216. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 
2:121. Coulter, Contr, Nat. Herb. 2: 185. 
MExIco, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware, Virginia to Florida, west to Arkansas. 
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