HERBACEOUS FLORA OF ROLLING PINE UPLANDS. 



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Stylosanthes biflora Jiisj^idissima. 

 Galactia crecta {G. sessiUfolia) . 

 Euphorbia humistrata.^ 

 Rhynchosia simjdicifolia. ^ 

 Chrysobalanus obtusifolius. 

 Rhynchosia galactioides. 

 Croton jnmdatum. 

 Cracca S))iaIUi. 

 Cracca hif<j>iditlii.^ 

 Cracca sj)lcafa Jieaiosa. 

 Cracca chrymphylla. 

 Psoralea canescens. 

 Galactia volubilis} 

 Galactia volubilis missisdppiensL'i. 

 Galactia floridana. 

 Lespedeza rcpens.^ 

 Lespcdeza virginica. 



Of the above Euphorhla fiorldana ranges from western Florida to 

 the Escambia River; Ceranthera linear [folia from lower Georgia 

 westward to the Tensas River, Baldwin Count}'; Bvdlia j>eduneuiata 

 from western Louisiana to the western edge of Alabama; Ckrysojysis 

 Ityssoplfolla from the arid sand hills of western Florida to the eastern 

 shore of Mobile Bay. In the autumn the dry pine barrens are adorned 

 with their richest floral displav, the forests being then brilliant with 

 the purple spikes of the blazing stars {Ladnarla)^ the Ijlue of asters 

 and salvia, the scarlet of Cllnopodiuvi coccineuni^ and the gold of 

 Chrysopsis and Solidago, not to mention others. The following are 

 the prevailing species: 



Hibiscus actdeatus. 

 Koellia albescens. 

 Ceranthera linearifolia. 

 Dasystoma pedicularia. 

 Ruellia ciliosa humilis. 

 Ruellia 2>edunculata. 

 Verbena Carolina. 

 Vernonia graminifolia. 

 Chrysopsis graminifolia. ^ 

 Chrysopsis hyssopifolia. 

 Coreopsis major. 

 Solidago odor a. ^ 

 Sericocarpus bifoliatu.^. ^ 

 Silphium asteriscus angustatuni. 

 Meibomia rotimdifolia. ^ 

 Meihomia stricta.^ 



Ladnaria gracilis. 

 Lacinaria elegans.^ 

 Ladnaria scariosa.^ 

 Aster con color. ^ 

 lonactis linariifolius. ^ 

 Aster adnatus. 

 Aster patens tenuiculmis. 

 Trilisa odorutissbna. 

 Salvia azurea. 

 Clinopodium coccineum 



cocdnea Gray) . 

 Chrysopsis trich oph ylla . 

 Solidago petiolaris.^ 



{Calamintha 



Solidago pvberula jndrerulenta. 



Afzelia cassinoides {Seymeria tenuifolia) . 



Afzelia pectinata. 



Kuhnistera pinnata. 



Eupcdorium aromaticum . ' 



Eupatoriiun coronopifoUum . 



Eupatorium leptox>hyllum. 



Kuhnia kuhnia. 



Helianlhus radula. 



Lechea minor.^ 



Lechea tenuifolia.'^ 



Lechea villosa.^ 



Lechea leggettii.^ 



Clinopodium coccineiim, the scarlet basil, is a low undershrul) with 

 dazzling flame-colored flowers, ranging from the sandy ridges of west- 

 ern Florida to the dry hills which front the eastern shore of the 

 Mobile Bay and the coast plain near Mobile; also found in Mississippi. 

 Helianthuti radida is a truh' characteristic plant of these pine uplands. 

 The pinweeds {Lechea) are the homely n^presentatives of the Cistus 

 family. 



^Also in Carolinian area. 



■■'Also in Carolinian area and iiorthwani. 



