814 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Chrysanthemum segetum L. Sp. P12: 889. 1753. CORN MARIGOLD, 
Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 2:364, 
EUROPE. 
Adventive with ballast on the Canadian coast and Atlantic ports, 
ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County, with the last. Flowers golden 
yellow. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Seaniae, Germaniae, Belgii, Angliae, Galliae agris,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ARTEMISIA L. Sp. Pl. 2:845. 1753. WormMwoop. 
About 150 species considered valid, Northern Hemisphere, Europe, Asia. North 
America, 40; mostly on the Western table-lands, 
Artemisia vulgaris L. Sp. Pl.2: 848. 1753. MuGwonrt. 
Gray, Man. ed.6, 291.) Gray, Syn, Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 22372. 
EUROPE. 
Boreal region. Canada to the arctic circle indigenous; southward introduced, 
ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County; July, 1894 and 1895, Perennial, 
Type locality: “Hab. in Europae cultis, ruderatis. 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
EBRECHTITES Raf. Fl. Ludov. 65, 1817. 
About 12 species, annuals, Australia, Hastern America, 
Erechtites hieracifolia (l..). Raf.; DC. Prodr.6: 294. 1837, FIREWEED. 
Senecio hieracifoliug L. Sp. Pl. 2: 866. 1753, 
Ell. Sk, 2: 328. Gray, Man. ed. 6,294. Chap. FL 244. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 
2: 396. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Canada to Saskatchewan, south 
to the Gulf, from Florida to Louisiana and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Rich woodlands. Throughout the summer; common. 
Annual, 
Type locality: ‘“ Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, 
SENECIO L.. Sp. Pl. 2:866. 1753. GROUNDSEL, RAGWorT. 
About 1,200 species, cosmopolitan, shrubs and herbs. North America, 75; largely 
Western, interior, and Pacific. Atlantic, 10. 
Senecio earlei Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 25: 147. 1898. 
Perennial, densely cottony below, sparingly so or glabrate above, Stem mostly 
simple, 12 to 20 inches high, with numerous basal leaves, which are oval or oblong, 
obtuse or retuse, serrate; petioles longer than the blades; stem-leaves pinnatifid, 
linear-lanceolate or oblong, the lower petioled, the upper sessile; pedicels slender. 
Carolinian area, Tennessee, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lee County, Auburn, September (Larle §: Underwood). 
Differs from the closely related Senecio tomentosus by its almost wholly glabrous 
foliage, shorter petioles, more rounded and more finely toothed leaves, more open 
inflorescence, and more numerous heads. 
Type locality: ‘Alabama: Auburn, Lee County, 1896, Marle 4; Underwood. ‘Ven- 
nessee: Knoxville, Knox County, 1897, Ruth.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Senecio smallii Britton, Mem. Torr, Club, 4: 132, 1895, 
Senecio aureus angustifolins Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 2:39. 1890. Not 8, anqustifo- 
lius Willd. 1804. 
Carolinian area. Mountains of Virginia, North Carolina, and eastern Tennessec. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Metamorphic hills. Dry open woods, pastures, old 
fields. Randolph County, Wedowee. Lee County, Auburn (Farle §° Underwood), 
Never met with in the low country. Flowers golden yellow, May, Perennial. 
Type locality: Near the ‘‘Peaks of Otter,” in the Blue Ridge, Va. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Senecio obovatus Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1999. 1804. OVATE-LEAK RAGWORYT. 
Senecio aureus var. obovatus Torr. & Gray, F1N. A. 2: 442. 1843, 
S. elliottit Torr, & Gray, P1.N.A.2:443. 1843, 
