THISTLE FAMILY. 797 



MELANTHERA Robr. Skiiv. >'at. SeJsk. KjTib. 2 : 213. 1792. 



About 8 species iu warmer Africa aud America. North America, 3. South Atlantic. 



Melanthera hastata (Walt.) Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 107. 1803. 



Halbeud-leaf Melaxthera. 



Athanasia hastata Walt. Fl. Car. 201. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 314. Chap. Fl. 22.5. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. ])t. 1, 2 : 257. 



West Indies, Mexico. 



Loaisianiau area. Coast of South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 



Alabama : Coast plain. Damp thickets aud borders of woods. Mobile County, 

 muddy banks. Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SPILANTHES Jac(i.Stirp. Am. /. i/^. 1763. 



About 40 species, perennials, tropical zones both hemispheres, largelj- American, 

 West Indies to Brazil. North America, 1. 



Spilanthes repeiis (Walt. ) Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 131. 1803. 



Creeping Spilaxtiies. 



Anthtmis repena Walt. Fl. Car. 211. 1788. 



AcmeUa repena Ell. Sk. 2 : 106. 1824. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 237. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 258. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2:214. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, Texas, and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Low damp i)laces, damp thickets, and cultivated ground. 

 Baldwin and Mobile counties. Flowers deep yellow; August to October. Common. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



RUDBECKIA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 906. 1753. 



About 30 species, chiefly perennials, Mexico, North America. Atlantic, 19. 

 Rudbeckia triloba L. Sp. PI. 2 : 907. 1753. Maxy-flowered Cone-elower. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :452. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 276. Chap. Fl. 227. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:259. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania aud Ohio to Missouri aud Michi- 

 gan, south along the mountains to Georgia and middle Florida, west to Louisiana 

 aud Arkansas. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Central Prairie region. Thickets, fence rows. 

 Talladega aud Montgomery counties. Rays golden yellow, disk purplish black; 

 August, September. Not infreiiuent. Biennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. iu Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rudbeckia hirta L. Sp. PI. 2 : 907. 1753. Rough-stemmed Cone-flower. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 4:17. Grav, Man. ed. 6, 276. Chap. Fl. 227. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 260. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 215. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, aud Louisianian areas. Southern Ontario aud north- 

 western New York to the Ohio Valley and Missouri; south from New Jersey to 

 Florida, west to Texas aud Arkansas. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. In dry light soil, open woods. 

 Rays yellow, frequently orange at base, disk purplish black; June to September. 

 Common; abundant throughout the pine woods. Biennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. iu Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rudbeckia niouticola Small, Torreya, 1 : 1901. 



Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 3:416. 1898. 



Carolinian area. Mountains of North Carolina to Georgia, Alabama, etc. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Copses and woods. Dekalb County. Lookout 

 Mountain, near Mentoue, 1,800 to 2,000 feet altitude. Flowers golden yellow ; Sep- 

 tember. Rare. 



Type locality: "Georgia: Estotoah Falls. August 11-12, 1893, Small (type)." 



