CuC) PLANT LIFK <>K ALAl^AMA. 



Alabama: Mountain in^ion; rari^jos of {^reatcHl di-vjition. Dry rocky hillsides 

 nn<l o|»cn woods. Koiialb County, Lookout Mountain. 1, "W) to l,t)00 feet. Flowers 

 pall' pink; May.Jnuf. K'arc. 



Typ"' locality : ''Cn'scit in Nirj^inia, unde H])ecinuua Clayton niisit." 



lli-rl). (ioul. Surv. Ilcrli. Moiir. 



Asclepias perenuis ^^■alt. Fl. Car. 107. 1788. S.mam.-i i.owf.iu'.I) Mii,kwi:ki>. 



.lxcUpi(i8 par ri flora Ait. liort. Kew. ed. 1, 1::{()7. 1789. 



Kll. Sk. 1 : :i'SA.' (iiay. Man. ed. G. :U2. Chap. Fl. :itir>. (Jray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt.l :!«>. 



Carolinian and Loui.sianian areas. .Soutlu'rn Indiana to Arkansas and Tex.is, and 

 from South Carolina ti> Florida and Mississippi. 



Ai.auama: Central riiic belt to Coast Pine belt. Muddy alluvial h.anks. Mibb, 

 Montfjoniery, and \\ asiiinjitou counties. Mobile County, banks of Alabama River 

 (Chastangs). Flowers white; .lune,.July. Notrare. Lower part of stem and roots 

 woody. 



Tyi)e locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. (Jeol Surv. Herb. Molir. 



Asclepias vertlcillata L. Sp. I'l. 1 : 217. 1753. Wiiorlkd Milkweed. 



Kll. Sk. 1 : :>21. (;ray, Man. ed. (!, 342. Chap. Fl. 365. Gray. S\ n. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : It?. 



.Mlijihenian to Louisianian area. Ontario to Manitoba; New England west to 

 Minnesota, south to F^lorida and Texas. 



Alabama : Tennessee ^'alley to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Kocky or sandy 

 ridges, dry or damp soil. Lauderdale County, in tin; bairens. Clay County, on 

 Che-aw-ha Mountain, 2,200 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa and (Jlarke counties. Flowers 

 greenish; June, .Inly. Frecpient. 



Typo locality : "'Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Asclepias vertlcillata linearis (Scheele) Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club 24:15(5. 1897. 



Asclepias linearis Scheele. Linnaea, 21 : 758. 1848. 



J. verticillata snbrerticillata Gray, Pioc. Am. Acad. 12 : 71. 1876. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 97. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 267. 



Northern Mexico. 



Louisianian area. Mississippi, western Texas, and New Mexico. 



Alabama: Central Prairie region. Damp woods. Autauga County, Prattvillo. 

 Flowers greenish; July. Kare; most probal)ly adventive from Texas. 



Type locality : "Bei Nenbrauufels [Texas] : Lindheinier." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Asclepias michauxii Decsne. in DC. Prodr. 8:569. 1844. Michaux's Milkweed. 



Asclepias anqustilolia YA\. Sk. 1 : 325. 1817. Not Schweig. 1812. 



Chap. Fl. 365. (iray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 97. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to eastern Louisiana. 



Al.\bama: Lower Pine region and Coast plain. Flat or rolling sandy pine bar- 

 rens. Flowers pale ])urple and greenish — not orange, as stated by Elliott; April, 

 May. Not rare. Many ascending stems from a stout woody root. 



Type locality : "Anierita 8e])tentrionalis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Heib. Mohr. 



ACERATES Kll. Sk. 1 :316. 1817. 



Seven species, perennial herbs, eastern North America. 



Acerates floridaua (Lam.) A. S. Hitchcock, Trans. St. Louis Acad. 5 : .508. 1891. 



Florida Green Milkweed. 



Asclepias floridaua Lam. Encvcl. 1 : 284. 1783. 



J. lonijifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am 1 : 116. 1803. 



Acerates longi/olia Kll. Sk. 1 : 317. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 1. e. (irav. Man. ed. 6, 343;- Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 1 : 99. Chap. Fl. 366. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 2t)8. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ohio to Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, and 

 Texas; and from Tennessee to Florida and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. In wet grassy places. Autauga 

 County (i,'. J. .Smi<//). Montgomery and Mobile counties. Flowers greenish white, 

 April, May; not infrequent. One to li feet hiyh. 



Type locality : "Cette plante croit dans la Floride A: au Mississipi." 



Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



