TlM) I'l.AN'l" ]AIV. (IK ALA1?AMA. 



'I'ypo lociility : " It .<;ri>WH <>ii tin* Unnl> hills <il' KciilmK v, tlir ( 'iiiiiln rhmd iii<»iin- 

 taiiiH anil llif Alli<;li.iny." 



lliTli. (Jcol. Siiiv. II. rl>. M.)|ir. 



GERARDIA 1..S]). I'1.2:t;i(). IT.".:!. (!i:ii.\i;i.iA. 



About lUty sjiccios. ]ieieniii:il or aiimial )iiir]»ie lioweivd beiba. Mexi<o, South 

 Aiiioiica. Kra/il. WnimiT tiiiiipcnitc iNortii Aiii(iri(;a, 2'A, mostly llastern. 

 Gerardia auiiculata Miclix. I'l. Hor. Am. 2 : 20. ISOIi. 



Aruicri.ATi: Falsk Fi).\<;m»\ k. 



(Hi)j)h>iU(i miclKdixii Lieiith. ]>C. I'lodr. 10: 512. ISKi. 



( Jray.Mau. .d. (i, :!!^9. Chaj). Fl. 29.S. Gray, .Syii. Fl. 2, pt. 1 : 292. 



Alh'.ulii'iiian To l.oiiisiaiiiaii area. Western I'eunsylvauia to Missouri .iiid Min- 

 nesota, south troui New Jersey to North Carolina. 



Alahama: ( /.'Hc/.7e//, ISIO). Station not j;! van and ])lant not found siuee. Annual. 



TyiK' loialitv: " llah. in ]iratis re^ionis llliuoensis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia liuifolia Xutt. Gen. PI. 2 : 47. 1818. Flax-leaf Gkrakdia. 



Ell. Sk. 2: lis. Gray, ^lan. ed. fi, 389. Chap. Fl. 299. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 292. 



CruA. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware to Florida. 



Alabama: Central Pine btdt. Open pine forests. Elmore County (Ii. J. Smith). 

 Flowers Auj^ust, rare. Perennial. 



Tyi)e Icteality: "From Wilmington, North Carolina, to Florida." 



Herb. (iecd. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia purpurea L. Sp. PI. 2 : BIO. 1753. Pt'RPLK Geuardia. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 110. Gray, Man. ed. (5,390. Chap. Fl. 299. (Jray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1:293. Coulter, C<mtf. Nat. Herb. 2: 31 1. 



Alleiiheniau and tJ.irolinian areas. Southern Ontario and New England, west to 

 Minnesota and Nebraska, south to Arkansas, and from New York to Florida, and 

 west to Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Metamor])hie bills. Damp copses. Clay County 

 (A'. J. .S'>(m7/i). Cullman County. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in A'irginia, Canada.'* 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 



Gerardia fasciculata Ell. Sk. 2 : 115. 1817. F^'ascicled Gkrakdia. 



(Icrardia purpurea \'AT. fasciculata Chap. Fl. 300. 18(50. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 1. c. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 293. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 314. 



Alabama : (.'oaat plain. Low damj) i)ine barrens, borders of rivers, marshes, fresh 

 or braeki.sh. Flowers September, October. One and one-half to 2i feet high. 

 Fremieut. 



Gr.idnally i)as8e8 into forms with simpler stems, and leaves and (lowers much 

 reduced in size, ap]iro;iching (i. jxnrpcreuln. Annual. 



Tyjie locality: "On Edings Island nt^ar Hcaufort very common." 



Heib. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia paupercula (Gray) P.ritton, Mom. Toir. Club. 5 : 295. 1.S91. 



Detai pkuatk Gerardia. 



Gerardin purpurea XiW. paupercula Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, \>X. 1 : 293. 1878. 



Gray, Man. ed. (5,390. 



AUeghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Ontario to Saskatchewan; coast 

 of New England west to Pennsylvania, northern Hlinois, and Wi.sconsin. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Low pine barrens. Mobile County. The maritime form 

 the stem weak, slender, fully 2 feet high, branched from the base, the numerous 

 branches elongated, spreading. Flowers numerous, small, | to | inch long. Sep- 

 tember, Octol)ei ; not infre(|uenf. Annual. 



Type locality: "Lower Canada to Saskatchewan, .and southward from coast of 

 New England to Pennsylvania, northern Illinois, and Wisconsin." 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia maritima Raf.N. Y. Med. Kep. .ser. 2, 5:361. 180S, Sea.side Gerardia. 



Gerardia purpurea v.ar, crassi folia Pursh, VI. Am. Sept. 2 : 422, 1814. 



(Jray, Man. ed. (J, 390. Chap. Fl. 300. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:293- Conlter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 314. 



