THISTLE FAMILY. 777 
Solidago canadensis L. Sp. Pl. 2: 878. 1753. COMMON GOLDEN-ROD, 
Solidago altissima LL. Sp. P1.2:878. 1758. 
EM. Sk. 2:369. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 251. Chap. Fl. 214.) Gray, Syn. I'l. N. A. 1, pt. 
2:157. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 190. 
Boreal region to the Gulf of Mexico, west to British Columbia; from Tlorida to 
Texas and the mountains of Arizona. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Open dry or damp places. Mobile County, borders of 
swamps, Mobile River, and of fields. October. Three to 4 feet high. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago canadensis scabriuscula Porter, Mem. Torr, Club, 5:318, 1894. 
Solidago canadensis var. scabra Torr, & Gray, FILN.A.2:224, 1841. Not 8. scabra 
Willd. 
Gray, Syn. FIN. A.1, pt. 2:157. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 190, 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Canadian northwest territory. Pennsylvania 
to Georgia, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry and damp open places, embankments, roadsides. 
Mobile County. October. Not infrequent in the low country. 
Type locality: “ Pennsylvania! to Georgia! and west to Saskatchawan ! Louisiana! 
and Texas!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Solidago nemoralis Ait. Hort. Kew. 3:213. 1789. 
Ell. Sk. 2:373. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 251. Chap. FL 214.) Gray, Syn. Pl. N. A. 1, pt. 
2:158. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 190. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas, Canada from Anticosti to the 
Rocky Mountains; throughout the Eastern United States, south to Georgia and 
Florida, ? west to Texas, Arizona, and Utah. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Lower hills. Dry open places. ‘Talladega County. 
Shelby County, Montevallo, September, October; common; not seen in the low 
country. 
Type locality: ‘‘Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CHRYSOMA Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7:67, 1834, 
Thirteen species. West Indies, 1. North America, Pacitic slope, 11; Atlantic, 1. 
Chrysoma pauciflosculosa (ireene, Erythea, 3:8. 1895, 
FEW-FLOWERED GOLDEN-ROD., 
Solidago pauciflosculosa Michx. F1. Bor, Am. 2: 116, 1803, 
Chrysoma. solidaginoides Nutt. Journ. Acad, Phila, 7:67, 1834. 
EIL Sk. 2:382. Chap. Fl 214.) Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt.2: 161, 
Louisianian area. Seashore of South Carolina to Florida, Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Littoral belt. Loose sands. Baldwin County, eastern shore of Mobile 
Bay; Point Clear; Fish River Bay. Mobile County, Dauphin Island, Frequent. 
Shrubby evergreen, 2 to 3 feet high. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in sabulosis aridis Carolinae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BUTHAMIA Nutt. Gen. 2:162. 1818. 
Four species, perennials, Atlantic North America. 
Euthamia caroliniana (l.) Greene, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 321. 1894, 
NARROW-LEAF EUTHAMIA. 
Erigeron carolinianum L. Sp, Pl. 2: 863. 1753. 
Solidago tenuifolia Pursh, F]. Am. Sept. 2:540, 1816. 
Euthamia tenuifolia Nutt.Gen. 2: 162, 1818. 
Ell. Sk. 2:392. Gray, Man. ed.6,252. Chap. F1.214. Gray, Syn. FIN. A.1, pt. 
2:161, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:191. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of New England and New York to 
Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Close gravelly or sandy soil, borders 
of ditches, low pastures. Mobile and Baldwin counties, September to November. 
Abundant. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Carolina,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Iferb, Mohr. 
