78<) I'l^ANT I-Il'K ('K ALAHAMA. 



Ai.AHAMA : Coast idaiii. l^dw 8\v;nii])y Imnks i>l' Molnlc 1,'ivi r. Aii^^iist. The sole 

 locality. 



Typt' locality: " liali. in iiiaritiiiiiH iialiitlosis reiiii.sylvaiiiac et C'aioliiiaf." 



liVrb. (Jeol. Sniv. llcrh. Moiu. 



More iiialcrial is ni-cilcil lo <iclim' with a1)soliil(> accuracy tlio species ciiuincrateu 

 al><>\(> of tills exieiisive and dillicnlt ;ifnns, ])ai ticnlarl.\<)(" t in' willow-leal ;;ron]» 

 ( Viil;iaresi, which is Inil scantily re]iresented in onr <ollccti<Mis <tlthe KU spc.t ies 

 ami \arieties, conlined to llic re<!;ioii east ol' the Mississi))pi lii\er aiui tiie adjacent 

 territory to tlu^ verge of the treeless jilains, 20 species Mith 11 ^vcll marked varieties 

 liave been recognized in Alabanni. Three species are pecnliar to the i>r)Misianian 

 area and most freijuent in the Coast ])lain and Maritime Pine belt, extending from 

 Texas to North Carolina anil scarcely straying northward beyond the sonthern 

 border of eastern \'irginia. 'l'he>e are .Inter j)nrjiiir(iliis, .1. criJiK, .1. ndiKitus, the last 

 not extending ■west of the Mississipi)i Kiver. Conlined to the same aiea arc the 

 varieties — Aster patens teniiicaulix, A. (himosns coridil'oliiiH, and .(. diinio^^ny milmlat I'nlins. 



ERIGERON L. Sp. I'l. 2 :S(i3. 1753. 



Fully 150 species of both hemispheres, diiefly American, a small nnmber of Sonth 

 Africa. Anstralia, and the Old World. Sortli America, 70 to 7"); Atlantic, is. 



Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. Syn. 2 : 131. 1S07. Daisy. .Swi;kt StAiuors. 



Js/ec flMJiM«« L. S]). PI. 2 :87ri. 17.5S. 



EvUierov hetciophyllns Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : V.m. 1804. 



Grav. Man. ed. 6, 2a".. Chap. I'l. Sni)i)l. (i27 ; ed. 3. 226. Grav, Svn. Fl. N. A. 1. ]>t. 

 2:218." 



Ckntral Europe, inthoditei). 



Allcghenian to Lonisianiau area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec; New 

 England west to Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, Caliioruia, south to the (iulf. from 

 Florida to Arkansas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Scattered. Most freciuent in the Central Prairie 

 region in pastures and old liclds. JMobile County, in damj) ground, waste places, 

 l)or<lers of ditches, waysides. Flowers white, often tinged with purple ; .Inne. July ; 

 ajijiearing on thi' coast, as if introduced. 



Tyiie locality : " Hab. in Canada.'' 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Erigeron ramosus (Walt.) 13. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 27. 1888. Dai-y Fi.kai-.axk. 



Doromcnm ramosum Walt. Fl. Car. 20.5. 1788. 



Eriqeyon strigosiis Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1956. 1804. 



EIL Sk. 2 :3!)4. Gray. Man. ed. (>, 265. Chap. Fl. 206. Gray. Svn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 

 219. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 199. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 331. 



Canadian zone to Louisianiau area. Ontario to Manitoba; south to the Gulf of 

 Mexico, from Florida to Texas; west from the Atlantic to Minnesota, Nebraska, 

 Montana, and the Pacific. 



Alabama: Over the State. Dry, exposed ground. Abundant in liclds, worn-out 

 grass lauds, pastures. Flowers white; May. July. Biennial. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Erigeron ramosus beyrichii (Fisch. A: Me v.) Smith & Pounds, Bot. Surv. Nebr. 2 : 

 11. 1893. 



Erigeron strigosns hcjjrichii Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 219. 1884. 



Steudctis beiiriclni Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 5 :27. 1838. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A.I, c. 



Nebraska, Arkansas, Texas, and Carolina. 



Alabama: Tennessee ^'alley. Wooded hills on limestone benches. Lee County, 

 Auburn ( Haker ci'- Earle, 254). Franklin County, Kussellville. Cedar woods of 

 I^ocust Dell farm. Copious. Flowers white; June. Biennial. 



Tvpe locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 124. 1803. 



Lilac-flowered Dalsy Fleabaxe. 



Erigeron hcllidifoUiis Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1958. 1804. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 266. Chap. Fl. 206. (iray. Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. pt. 2 : 216. 



Canadian zone to Louisianiau area. Ontario to Hudson Bay and Manitoba: New 

 England west to Minnesota : south from New .Jersey to South Carolina. Tennessee, 

 western Louisiana, and Texas. 



