SOS PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA, 
Bidens coronata leptophylla (Nutt. ) PINE-BARREN CORKOPSIS, 
Diodonta leptophylla Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soe. ser. 2, 72360. 1841. 
Corcopsis aurea var, leptophylla Vorv, & Gray, FL IN, A. 22339. 1842. 7 
Among the forms of this polymorphous type this is the only one with per- 
manent characters and deserving of varietal rank. It is recognized by its more 
rigid habit of growth, the leaves pinnately 3 to5 divided, with the terminal divisions 
linear, elongated, sparingly toothed and the lateral shorter-lobed or incised, Annual. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Open pine barrens. Mobile County. Flowers bright 
yellow; October. 
Type locality: “Georgia, (Dr. Baldwyn.)” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Bidens involucrata (Nutt.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 281. 1893. 
WESTERN BuR MARIGOLD. 
Coreopsis involucrata Nutt. Journ, Acad, Phila. 7:74. 1834, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 284. Gray, Syn. PLN. A. 1, pt.2: 205. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2: 225. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southwestern Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, 
south to Texas and western Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Damp open places, pastures, open woodlands. Cull- 
man County. Flowers August. Rare. Aunual. 
Type locality: ‘In Arkansas. Collected by myself and Dr. Pitcher.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
Bidens discoidea (Torr. & Gray) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 20:281, 1893. 
Low Swamp MARIGoLp, 
Coreopsis discoidea ‘Torr, & Gray, Fl. N. A. 22339. 1842, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,281. Chap, FL 233. Gray, Syn. BION. AL 1, pt. 22295. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 223, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Connecticut, Ohio, western Iinois, Virginia, 
eastern Louisiana to Texas, 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Coast plain. Wet thickets. Montgomery County, 
Cypress pond. Mobile County, wooded swamps along the old telegraph road, 
October 18, One to 3 feet high, densely branched. Not common. Annual, 
Type locality: Wet places and swamps, Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Sullivant! Feliei- 
ana, Louisiana, Dr. Carpenter! Western Louisiana, Dr. Hale! Texas, Drummond! 
Virginia, Mr. Rugel!” 
Herb, Geol, Surv, Herb. Mohr, 
GALINSOGA Ruiz & Pav. Prodr. I'l. Peru, 110, 4. 24. 1794, 
About 5 species, annual herbs, warmer temperate and tropical America, 
Galinsoga parviflora Cav. Icon. 3:41, ¢. 28/, 1749. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,286. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 2: 3038. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Eastern Massachusetts to Oregon, North Caro- 
lina, and Missouri. Naturalized from tropical America. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Cultivated and waste places. Mobile Co:unty ; becoming 
a troublesume weed. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Peruvia.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
ACTINOSPERMUM Hill. Sk. 2:44. 1821-24. 
(BALDUINA Nutt. Gen. 2:175, LXIX. Not saldwinia Raf. 1818.) 
Actinospermum uniflorum (Nutt.) Barnhart, Bull. Torr. Club, 24:411, 1897. 
ONE-HEADED ACTINOSPERMUM. 
Balduina uniflora Nutt. Gen. 2:175, 1818. 
; Ell. Sk. 2:447. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 286, Chap. Fl, 240. Gray, Syn. FIN, A. 1, pt. 
2:302, 
Louisianian area. Coast of southern Virginia to Florida and eastern Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Flat, damp pine barrens. Baldwin and Mobile counties. 
Flowers deep yellow; August, September, Frequent. Perennial, 
Type locality: ‘In open grassy swamps from the maritime parts of Virginia to 
Florida,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Molir, 
