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THISTLE FAMILY. 807 
ALABAMA! Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Damp thickets. — Lawrence 
County, Moulton. Lauderdale County, Clay County, bottoms of Talladega Creek, 
1,000 feet. Cullman and Coosa counties. Lee County, Auburn. Frequent. Peren- 
nial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BIDENS L. Sp. PI.2:831. 1753. Bur MARIGOLD. 
About 65 species, temperate and warmer regions, chiefly American. North Amer- 
ica, 12 or more. (Including Coreopsis, section Diodonta, Torr. & Gray. ) 
Bidens frondosa L. Sp. Pl. 2:882. 1755. STICK-TIGHT. COMMON BEGGAR TICK. 
Ell. Sk.2:431. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 281, Chap. FL 236, Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 1, pt. 
2:296, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 225. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area, Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan, south to the 
Gulf from Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Low rich soil, borders of fields. Common pernicious 
weed. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Bidens laevis (L.) B.S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y.29.  L&88. 
LARGE-FLOWERED BUR MARIGOLD. 
Helianthus laevis L. Sp. P1. 2: 906, 1753. 
Bidens chrysanthemoides Michx. Fl. Bor, Am, 2: 136, 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 2:429, Gray, Man. ed. 6,285. Chap. Fl. 287, Gray, Syn, FIN. A. 1, pt. 
9-296. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 223. 
MEXICO, SOUTH AMERICA. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario to Manitoba, west to 
California, and south to Florida and western Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Muddy places, ditches, marshes. Flowers golden 
yellow; October, November, Most abundant in the Coast plain, Annual. 
‘Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Bidens leucantha Willd. Sp. P13: 1719, 1804. 
WILUTE-FLOWERED SPANISH NEEDLES. 
Chap. F1. 237. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 297, Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 373. 
MExiIco, West INDIES TO CHILE AND NEARLY ALL TROPICAL COUNTRIES. 
Louisianian area, Southern Florida. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County, observed from [889 
to 1892. Rays white, disk yellow. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in America calidiore.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Bidens bipinnata L. Sp. Pl. 2: 832, 1753. SPANISH NEEDLES. 
Ell. Sk. 2:432. Gray, Man. ed. 6,285, Chap. FL. 237. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 
2:297, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 225. 
Carolinian and Lonuisianian areas. Southern New England, west to Ohio, Mis- 
souri, and Arkansas, south from New York to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Borders of fields, waste places. September, October. 
Common in bottom lands; a troublesome weed. Annual, : 
Type locality: ‘+ Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Bidens coronata (L.) Fisch.; Steud, Nom. Bot. ed. 2, 202. 1840. 
GOLDEN-FLOWERED COREOPSIS. 
Coreopsis coronata L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2,2: 1281. 1763. 
C. aurea Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 252. 1789. 
C. mitis Michx. F]. Bor. Aim. 140. 1803, 
EIL Sk. 2:440. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 283. Chap. Fl. 233, Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 
2: 294. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Florida, west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region, Coast plain. Shaded wet swamps. Mobile and 
Baldwin counties. September, October; common. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘“ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
