776 PLANT LIFE OK ALABAMA. 



Alabama: Mnuntiun icjiion to Co.ast ]>laiu. Dry o])(mi {j^rassy pine barrens. Leo 

 County, Auburn, M(Kt feet alt itiulo (iirt/-/';)- Escambia Conuty, ntMir Wilson's Sta- 

 tion. Mobibi Count V, liay slu'll road. October; not ir('<|ueiit. 



Type locality: "Slidtllf I'lorida, iu fertile soil, Dr. Chapnuni! Ih: Alcxitndvr! 

 Geoifjia iV Alaliama, HaUhviu! Lv fJonte." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago pallescens Molir, sp. nov. 



Stem from a stout erect rootstock, sl(>nder. 2^ toSifeet higli, simple orpaniculately 

 branched above, sjjarsely i)nl)escent ; radical leaves 'A to :?.i inches ionj,', ovatc-oblon;,', 

 narrowed at the liase into a winged petiole; lower eauliiie leaves ovate, attenuate 

 iwto Itroadly margined jietioles, acuminate, niucrnnnhite, irrcyiiiarly dentate toward 

 the apex, the ujip.'r o\ate to oblon^^ sessile, rather olituse; rameal leaves gradually 

 reduced to small bracts subtending tlu^ flowering heads, all of a lirui texture, jiale- 

 glauce8cent,i)articularly on the lower surface, ciliate,withi>roiiiinent midrib; racemes 

 slender, erect or spreading, secund ; lloweriug heads small, iuvolucral bracts obtuse, 

 glabrous, except on the slightly hairy margin ; achenes silky-pubescent, Avith a rigid 

 scabrous pa]t|)UH. 



Resembles SoUdcKjo hrurhyphnUa, but is abundantly distinct by the pale glances- 

 cence, etc. 



Carolinian area. 



Alabama: Metamorphic hills. Lee County. Anbnrn, October. \X\M\{Balcer 4- Earle). 

 Type locality as just given. 



Solidago arguta Ait. Hort.Kew. 3: 21:). 17X9. SiiAiU'-sfntKATK (ioLOKN-itoD. 



Solidaf/o nnihlniherf/ii Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 :214. 1812. 



Ell. Wk. 2 :a74. Gray, Man. ed. ti, 2.50. Chap. Fl. 212. (Jray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, ])t. 

 2 : 154. 



AUegheniau and Carolinian areas. Ontario and New England, west and south to 

 Indiana. Minnesota, south western Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and along the 

 mountains to Georgia. 



Alabama : Mountain regit)n. Damp grassy openings. Clay County, waterfall 

 near Puli)it Kock, 2,_'00 fetit, grassy swale. .Inly, August; rare. 

 Typo locality: "Native of North America." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago vaseyi nom. nov. 



Solidar/o arf/uta caroUniana Gray, Syji. V\. N. A. 1. ]>t. 2: l.^o. 1884. Not ErUjeron 

 Carolinian HH L. 



Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 231. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1 c. 



Over 2 feet high; stem glaltrous below, branches and inliorescence pubescent; 

 leaves smooth, the radical and lower cauline am))le, from li to 2 inches wide and IJi 

 to 4 inches long, ovate-lanceolate, slnirply serrate, the upjier lanceolate, acuminate, 

 entire, all on short-winged petioles, acut<' ; llow<'ring heads large, 14 or 15 llowered, 

 numerous, racemose in the axils of the leaves in short ]ianiculate clusters; involru're 

 pnberulent; achenes densely silky-hairy. This ]dant has little in common with 

 S. argnta. and is strikingly distinct by the characters not(Ml. 



Carolinian area. Mountains of North Carolina (K'oan Mountain. .5,000 feet), Ten- 

 nessee, and northwestern Georgia. 



Alaba.ala : Mountain region to Coosa Hills. Wooded siunmits and slopes of hills. 

 Cullman County, Holmes (Jap, 1,200 feet altitude. Clay County, Che aw-ha Moun- 

 tain. St. Cbiir C<uinty, near Ashville ( ^'. /i'. Trt.sc)/). August; very rare. 



Typo locality (Cray) : " Mountains of North Carolina and of adjacent South (Caro- 

 lina and {jeorgia, G. It. Vasetj,-!. PohikII Smith." 



Herb. Geol. Sui'v. Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago serotina gigantea (Ait.) ( iray, Proc. Am. Acad. 17 : 180. 1882. 



Larc.r Latk-klowering Goldkn-uoi). 



Solidcujo iiigaiitca Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 : 211. 178!t. 

 S. gbidutea Willd. 3 : 205(5. 1804. Not Ait. 



Gray. Man. ed. 6, 251. Chap. Fl. 21 1. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 15G. 

 Boreal region to Carolinian area. Newfoundland through Canada to north latitude 

 50^ to the Pacific, south to ( Jeorgia, west to Texas, ami across the plains to Nevada. 



Alaijama: Mountain region? A single specimen collected by (J. K. Vasey, in 

 "North Alabama," 1878. 

 Type locality : "Native of North .\meri(!a.'" 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



