THISTLE FAMILY. 769 



Alabama: Coast plain. Damp pine barrens. Mobile County, Dog River. Flowers 

 purple red; Sei)tcmber, October. Not rare. Perennial. 



Type locality not given. "Ce genre ^ " * a pour type uue plante de 

 I'Herbier de ]\I. de .lussieu." 



Herb. Geol. Siirv. Herb. Mohr. 



AMPHIACHYRIS Nutt. Trans. Phil. Soc 7 : aiS. 1841. 



Two species, perennial herbs. North America, Western. 

 Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt. Trans. Am. i'hil. Soc. n. ser. 7:313. 1841. 



Brachjiris dracunculoides DC. Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. 7, ])t. 2 : 265, 1. 1. 1836. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 244. Gray, Syn. Fj. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : IIH. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 184. 



Carolinian area. Kansas to Texas. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Open grassy places. Colbert County {E. A. Smith). 

 Flowers yellow. Local and rare. 



Tyi)e locality (DC. Prodr.) : "In territorio Arkausauo semina legit cl. de Pourtales. 

 Herb. Mohr. 



GRINDELIA Willd. Gesell. Nat. Fr. Berl. Mag. 1 : 260. 1807. 



Twenty-five species, ])erennia] herbs or undershrulis. Mexico, South Aujerica. 

 North America, chieHy Western, 12. 



Grindelia lauceolata Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phil. 7 : 73. 1834. 



Lance-leaf Grindklia or Gum Plant. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6. 244. Chap. Fl. Sappl. 627 ; ed. 3, 237. Gray, Svu. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 

 118. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:184. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and 

 Tennessee. 



Alabama: Lower hills, .lefferson County, .(onesboro. Flowers yellov/; August. 

 Local and rare. 



Type locality : " In Arkansas. T. Nuttall and Dr. Pitcher. " 



Herb. Geol. 8urv. Herb. Mohr. 



HETEROTHECA Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1817: 137. 1817. 



Five or six species, })erennial herbs, Mexico. Atlantic North America, 2. 



Heterotheca subaxillaris (Lam.) Brittou & Kusbj^, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 7:10. 

 1087. Seaside Hetekotheca. 



Inula subaxillaris Lam. Encycl. 3 : 2.59. 1780. 



/. scabra Pursh, Kl. Am. Sept. 2: 532. 1814. 



Heterotheca lamarkii Cass. Diet. Sci. Nat. 21:131. 1821. 



Chrysopsis scabra Nutt. (jen. 2: 151. 1818. 



Heterotheca scabra Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2 : 251. 1841. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :339. Gray, xMan. ed". 6, 244. Chap. Fl. 215. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 120. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 184. 



NoKTHEUN Mexico. 



Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, southern Arizona, Arkansas, 

 and southeastern Kansas. 



Alabama : Coast pl.iin. Submaritime and Littoral region. Dritting sands. Bald- 

 win County, eastern shore Mobile Bay. Mobile County, l>auphin Island. Flowers 

 golden yellow; Aut-ust to October. Conmion. 



Ty))e locality: "Cette Inule croH dans la Caroline, le Maryland, ' ' *." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CHRYSOPSIS Nutt. Gen. PI. 2:1.50. 1818. Golden Astek. 

 About 20 .species, perennials. Flowers yellow. Atlantic North America, 11. 



Chrysopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Nutt. Gen. PI. 2:151. 1818. 



Silver-leaf Golden Aster. 



Inula qraminifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:122. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 33'4. ( ;rav, Man. ed. 6, 244. Chap. Fl. 216. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2: 121. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 185. 



Mexico. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware,VirginiatoFlorida,wc8t to Arkansas. 



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