THISTLE FAMILY. 759 



purplish, pappus whitish; August. Four to (5 feet high. Coiimiou throughout the 

 Coosa hills. 



Type locality : "Hah. in pratis Illinoensibus.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Vernonia graminifolia (Walt.) Narrow-lkaf Ykrnonia. 



Chrysocotna graminifolia Walt. Fl. Car. 196. 1788. 



Ftrnonia aiigtistifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 94. 1803. 



F. scaberrinia Nutt. Gen. 2 : 134. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 286, 287. Chap. Fl. 188. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 90. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 175. 



Louisiauiau area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry pine forests. Autauga Couuty 

 (E. A. Smith). Monroe, Washington, Escambia, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers solferino-purple; Augnst, September. Freqneut throughout the pine belts. 

 Two to 3 feet high. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



STOKESIA I/Her. Sert. Angl. 27, /. 3S. 1788. 



One species, South Atlantic North America. 

 Stokesia laevis (Hill) Greene, Erythea, 1: 3. 1893. Aztiuw-i f.owKHKD Stokesia. 



Carthamns laeris Hill, Hort. Kew. 57. 1768. 



Stokesia cijanea L'Her. Sert. Angl. 27, t. SS. 1788. 



Cartesia centauroides Cass. Bull. Soc. Philoni. 1816 : 198. 181(5. 



Chap. Fl. 188. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 1, j.t. 2 : 88. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida and eaatern Louisiana. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Moist copses. Washington County. Mobile 

 County, Bayou Sara. Flowers cerulean; May, .June. Not infrequent. Perennial; 

 U to 2 feet high. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Su*v. Herb. Mohr. 



ELEPHANTOPUS L. Sp. PI. 2:814. 1753.' 



About 14 species, perennials of subtro}>ical and tropical regions. West Indies to 

 Brazil. North America, 3. 



Elephantopus carolinianus Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 2390. 1804, 



Carolina Elkpiiant'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. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 88. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 175. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania, Ohio Valley to ^lissonri, Kan- 

 sas, Arkansas, south to Florida, and the (Julf States to Texas. 



Alabama: Over the State, except the higher mountain ranges. <_)pen dry woods, 

 borders of iields, pastures. Clay County, banks of Talladega, Creek, 1,000 feet, 

 Irouatou. Calhoun County, Anniston. Cnllmau Couuty. Mobile Couuty. Flow- 

 ers ro.se purple, July to September. Common. 



Typo locality : "Hab. in Carolina, Florida, Jamaica." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Elephantopus tomentosus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 814. 1753. Hoary Elephant's-Foot. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 237. Chap. Fl. 189. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 88. 



Caroliniau and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. 



Alabama: Lower hills to Coast plain. Dry and open woods. Tuscaloosa County 

 {li. A. Smitli). Mobile County. Flowers September. Freciuent. 



Type locality : "Hab. in \ irginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Elephantopus nudatus Gray, I'roc. Auk Acad. 15 :47. 1880. 



BARK-.STi<:MMEn Elephant's-Foot. 



(iray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 2 : 88. 1884. 



Carolinian and Louisiauiau areas. Delaware to Georgia, western Louisiana, and 

 Arkansas. 



Alabama: Metamorphic hills. Low woods. Lee County, Auburn (C /''. Baker), 

 October, 1896. . 



Type locality: " 'Oxford, Delaware, and thence common southward,' Canby ; near 

 Snow Hill, Maryland, Bebb." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herl). Mohr. 



'C.F.Baker, Revision of North American Elephantopoideae, ined. 



