SOO PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA 
Stemmodontia asperrima (Spreng.). 
Buphthalmum asperrimum Spreng. Neu. Entdeck. 2:140. 1821. Not Wollastonia 
asperrima Deesne, Nouy. Ann. Mus, Par, 3: 414. 1834. Nor Wedelia asperrima Benth. 
Fl, Austral, 3:539. 1866. 
Anomostephinm buphthalmoides DC, Prodr, 51560. 1836. 
Wedelia buphthalmoides Griseb. Goett. Abh. 7: 235, 1857. 
Seruneum buphthalmoides Kuntze, Rev, Gen, Pl. 1:365, 1891. 
West INbIEs. 
ALABAMA: Adventive with ballast. Mobile County. Flowers golden yellow; 
August, September. Persistent on the ballast heaps and adjoining waste places. 
July. First observed 1884. Perennial. 
Type locality not ascertained, Locality of Anomostephium buphthalmoides: “Guada- 
lupa (Bertero! Krauss!), loco dicto Pointe-a-Pitre (Perotte!).” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr, 
BORRICHIA Aduans. Fam. Pl. 2:130. 1763. 
Six species, tropical America, Shrubby or suffruticose. South Atlantie North 
America, 2. 
Borrichia frutescens (L.) DC. Prodr. 5:489, 1836. 
Buphthalmum frutescens L. Sp. Pl. 2:903. 1753. 
Ell. Sk. 2:408. Gray, Man. ed. 6,277. Chap. Fl. 224.) Gray, Syn. FLN. A. 1, pt. 
2:265. Coulter, Contr, Nat. Herb, 2: 216. 
MEXICO, WeEsT INDIEs. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Seashore of Virginia to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region, Salt marshes. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flow- 
ers yellow; August, October. Frequent. Shrubby at the base. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Jamaica, Virginia.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
HELIANTHUS L. Sp. Pl. 2:904. 17538, 
About 60 species, perennials, chiefly American. Mexico, Central and South 
America, North America, 40; Atlantic, 23; interior, 8; Pacific, 10. 
Helianthus debilis Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. ser, 2,7:367. 1841. 
EARLY SUNFLOWER. 
Chap. Fl. 229. Gray, Syn, Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2:273. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 217. 
Louisianian area. Florida to western Louisiana and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Adventive in cultivated tields. May, 1888; not observed 
since, Annual. 
Type locality: “The sea-coast of East Florida. (Dr. Baldwin.)” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Helianthus angustifolius L.Sp. Pl. 2: 906. 1753. NARROW-LEAF SUNFLOWER. 
Ell. Sk. 2:415. Gray, Man. ed. 6,278. Chap. F1. 229. 3ray, Syn. FL IN. A. 1, pt.2: 
273, Coulter, Contr. Nat, Herb. 2: 218. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas, Arkan- 
sas, southern Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Damp and dry sandy soil, bor- 
ders of thickets, woods, and fields. Morgan County. Cullman County, 800 feet, 
Autauga, Clarke, and Mobile counties, etc. Rays golden yellow; disk brownish. 
Common; most abundant throughout the Coast Pine belt. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Helianthus angustifolius nemorosus var. nov. 
Radical and lower cauline leaves from roundish-ovate to broadly lanceolate and 
acute. Very variable, in one extreme closely approaching H. Jloridanus Gray,! and 
in the other connected with the type by intergrading forms, and hence of doubtful 
varietal value. 
ALABAMA: Shaded, springy banks. Mobile County,Springhill. October,November. 
! Syn, FIN. A. 2, pt. 2: 273. 
