7(W') VLANT I.IKK <»!■• ALAIiAMA. 



KUHNIA 1/. >|). 1'1..m1.L'. 2: ltHi-_'. '.1>VA. 



Four specify, )ier<iiiii:il IktIis. .Nhixicu ;m(l Aii/oiia, 1: Atlaiitii' liiitcd StiitcH. :>. 

 Kuhnia eupatoiioides L. Sp. l'l.»'d.L'. 2: KJtiL'. ITt!:}. 1'ai.sk IWinkskt. 



l!iq>iitoiiiiiit iilti rnil'olhtiit Aid. Sp. Txit. 2 : l<». 17()l. 



Giav. -Mim.cd.ti, L'il. Clinp. Kl. !!•:{. in piirt. (Jraj'. Syii. Kl. 1. j»t.L':l(>:;. ('dultci, 

 CoHtr'.Niit. Herb. 2: ISO. 



C'aroliniau area. New .lersry t<> (Jcorjjia. wt-st to WchI, \'ir;;iiii:i, < )lii(), Missouri, 

 and Texas. 



Ai..mi.\.ma: Mountain region. .Metaniori)liif hills. ])ry o|u'u woods. Loo County, 

 Anl>nrn: Sr])tenilifr, Octolier (/>'«/.()• .V l'.(trlv). 



Type locality: ''Hal), in I'ensyh ania, node vivaiu attulit Adam Kuhn." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. llerlt. Mobr. 



Kuhnia glutinosa Kll. .Sk. 2 : Iilti'. ISl.'l-21. Pu.miuk V\i.iiv. Honk.skt. 



Kiihiiia .siiarcdUns Frescn. Enuni. Seiu. Hort. Franeof. 1838. 



h'. ('iijialorioideK var. conimhiilosa Torr. it f^^ray, Fl. \. A. 2 : 78. 1X41. 



(Jray, Man.ed.G, LMl. (Jray, Syn. Fl. 1, pt. 2:"l();5. Conlter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:1X0. 



Alleglienian to Louisianian area. Kentucky (Jlr. iihort) to Illinois. Missouri, Min- 

 nesota, and South Dakota, and south to Texas. 



Alabama: Central I'rairie region. Dry ojjen places. Montgomery. September. 

 Not frequent. 



Type locality : " (irows in the prairies of tlie Alabama.' 



llcrl(. (ieol. Surv. Herb. ^lohr. 



Kuhnia kuhnia (Gaert.) Mohr, F.nll. Torr. Club. 24 : L'8. 1897. 



Southern False Ko.neset. 



Crifonia kuhnia Gaert. Fruct. 2 : 411. 1791. 



Kuhnia critonia Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1773. 1801. 



K.paniciilata Cass. Diet. 24 : alfi. 1821. 



A'. eii))t(loiioi<l(x var. i/racilis Torr. iV: Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : ~x. ixll. 



Kll. Sk. 2 : 291. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1, pt. 2 : 103. 



Louisiauiau area. Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



Alabama: Lower Piue region. Dry piue barrens. Mobile County, Springbill. 

 September, October. Freciueut. 



Tyi»e locality not given. Of Kuhnia critonia: "Hab. in Pousylvania, Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



COLEOSANTHUS Cass. Bull. Soc. I'hilo. 1817 : 67. 1817. 



(BuiCKKLLiA Ell. Sk. 2: 290. 1821-24.) 



.\ bout 40 species. Perennial herbs and undershrub.s, chiefly of Mexico aud the 

 adjacent parts of the United States. North America, 30. Eastern United States, 1. 



Coleosanthus cordifolius (Ell.) Kuntze, Rev. Geu. PI. 1 : 328. 1891. 



Heart-leak Bkickelha. 



BrirkiUia cordi folia Ell. Sk. 2 : 290. 1821-24. 



Chap. Fl. 193. Gray, Syn. 11. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 10.5. 



Loiusianiau area, (ieorgia^.md Florida. 



Alabama: Upjjcr division Coast Pine belt. Hilly woods. Lee County, Auburn 

 (liaker <!■ Earic). Dale County, August 21 (1880) (K. A. Smith). Flowers pale 

 purplish; local. Rare. 



Type locality : " Grows on the sides of hills in the western districts of Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LACINARIA Hill. Veg.Syst. 4:49, <. 46'. 1762. 

 (LiATKLs Schreber, Gen. PI. 542. 1791.) 



About 16 82)ecies. Perennial herbs. Eastern North America. 

 Laciuariaelegans (Walt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 349. 1891. Blazing Star. 



Staeheliua eJegans Walt. ll. Car. 202. 1788. 



Liatris ele<iaiis Willd. PI. 163.5. 1804. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 279. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 242. Chap. Fl. 191. Gray, Svn. Fl. N. A, 1, pt. 

 2 : 109. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern \'irginia to Florida, west to Arkansas 

 and southwestern Missouri. 



