THISTLE FAMILY. T59 
purplish, pappus whitish; August, Four to 6 feet high. Common throughout the 
Coosa hills, 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in pratis Illinoensibus.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb, Mohr. 
Vernonia graminifolia (Walt.) NARROW-LEAF VERNONIA, 
Chrysocoma graminifolia Walt. FL. Car. 196. 1788. 
Vernonia angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:94, 1803, 
V. scaberrima Nutt. Gen. 2: 134, 1818. 
ELL Sk. 2: 286,287. Chap. FIL188. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 2: 90, Coulter, Contr. 
Nat. Herb. 2:175. 
Louisianian area, North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry pine forests. Autauga County 
(EB. A. Smith). Monroe, Washington, Escambia, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. 
Flowers solferino-purple; August, September, Frequent throughout the pine belts. 
Two to 3 feet high. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
STOKESIA [,’Ier. Sert. Angl. 27, ¢. 38, 1788, 
One species, South Atlantic North America. 
Stokesia laevis (Ilill) Greene, Erythea, 1:3. 1895. AZURE-FLOWERED STOKESIA, 
Carthamus laevis Hill, Hort. Kew. 57. 1768. 
Stokesia cyanea L’ Her. Sert. Ang]. 27, 1.58. 1788. 
Cartesia centauroides Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom, 1816: 198. 1816, 
Chap. FI. 188. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 2:88. 
Louisianian area, South Carolina to Florida and eastern Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Moist copses. Washington County. Mobile 
County, Bayou Sara. Flowers cerulean; May, June, Not infrequent, Perennial; 
14 to 2 feet high. 
Type locality not ascertained, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ELEPHANTOPUS IL. Sp. Pl. 2:814. 1753,! 
About 14 species, perennials of subtropical and tropical regions. West Indies to 
Brazil. North America, 3. 
Elephantopus carolinianus Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 2390, 1804, 
CAROLINA I}LEPIHLANT’S-FOOT, 
Elephantopus scaber Walt. Fl. Car. 217. 1788. Not L. 
Ell. Sk. 2:480. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 237. Chap. Fl. 188. Gray, Syn. Il. N. A. 1, pt. 
2:88, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 175, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania, Ohio Valley to Missouri, Kan- 
sas, Arkansas, south to Florida, and the Gulf States to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State, except the higher mountain ranges. Open dry woods, 
borders of fields, pastures. Clay County, banks of Talladega Creek, 1,000 feet, 
Ironaton. Calhoun County, Anniston. Cullman County. Mobile County. Flow- 
ers rose purple, July to September, Common. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab, in Carolina, Florida, Jamaica.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Blephantopus tomentosus L. Sp. Pl.2:814, 1753. Hoary ELEPItANT’s-Foort, 
Gray, Man. ed.6, 237. Chap. F1.189. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 1, pt. 2:88, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Florida and Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Lower hills to Coast plain. Dry and open woods. Tuscaloosa County 
(fA. Smith). Mobile County. Flowers September, Frequent. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Elephantopus nudatus Gray, l’roc, Am, Acad. 15:47, 1880. 
3ARE-STEMMED ELEPHANT’S-FOoT. 
Gray, Syn. PLN. A. 2, pt. 2:88. 1884. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware to Georgia, western Louisiana, and 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Metamorphic hills. Low woods. Lee County, Auburn (C. F. Baker), 
October, 1896. 
Type locality: “ ‘Oxford, Delaware, and thence common southward,’ Canby; near 
Snow Hill, Maryland, Bebb.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
IC. F. Baker, Revision of North American Elephantopoideae, ined. 
