814 PLANT LIKE oK ALAHAMA. 



Chrysanthemum segetiim L. sp. I'l. 2 : H.s!i. ll'^'A. Cokn .Makmjold. 



(iray, Syii. 1"1. N. A. 1. pt. l'::{i;i. 



EiKon:. 



Adv<'nti\ (• with liallast on tlit- Cauadian coast aiitl Atlantic |»oitH. 



Ai.ahama: Fngitivc on ballaHt. Mobile C'onnty, witli tlic last. I'lowers ^roidcn 

 yellow. Animal. 



Tyi)e locality: '' llali. in Scaniac, (iermaniae, Heljiii, An^'liac, (iajliae agris." 



Herb. Ueol. 8nr\ . Herb. Mohr. 



ARTEMISIA Iv. Sp. PI. 2 : 84."). 17."):i Wokmwood. 



About l.")0 species considerod valid, Northern lleinisplit re, i^inope, Awia. North 

 America, 10; mostly on the Western table-lands. 



Artemisia vulgaris L. Sp. PI. 2 : 848. 17i53. Mucwokt. 



Gray, ALan. cd. 6, 291. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. _' : :M2. 

 Euhoim;. 



Boreal region. Canada to the arctic circle indigenons; .southward introduced. 

 Ai-aha.ma: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County ; .July, 1894 and 1895. I'ereuuial. 

 Type locality: ''Ilab. iu Europae cultis, ruderati.s. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 



ERECHTITES Kaf. Fl. Ludov. (w. 1817. 



.About 12 species, annuals, Australia, Eastern America. 

 Erechtites hieracifolia (L.). Kaf. ; DC. Prodr. 6: 294. 1837. Fikicwkkd. 



Sener.io hicracifolius L. Sp. PI. 2 : 8t)6. 1753. 



ElLSk. 2:328. Gray, Man. ed. tJ, 294. Chap. Fl. 244. Gray, Svn. Fl.N. A. 1, j.t. 

 2 : 39B. 



Alleghenian to Loiiisianiau area. Nova Scotia and Canada to Saskatchewan, south 

 to the Gulf, from Florida to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



Ai.aka.ma: Over the State. Rich woodlands. Throughout the suiunier; common. 

 Annual. 



Type locality : " llab. in America septentrional!. " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



SENECIO L. Sj,. I'l. 2:8t)(i. 17.53. Gkol'ndsel. Kagwoht. 



About 1,200 species, cosmopolitan, shrubs and herbs. North America, 75; largely 

 Western, interior, and Pacific. Atlantic, 10. 



Senecio earlei Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 25 : 147. 1898. 



Perennial, densely cottony below, sparingly so or ghilirate above. Stem mostly 

 simple, 12 to 20 inches high, with numerous l>asal leaves, which are oval or oblong, 

 obtuse or retuse, serrate; petioles longer than the blades; stem-leaves pinnatilid, 

 linear- lanceolate or oblong, the lower petioled, the upper sessile; pedicels slender. 



Carolinian area. Tennessee. 



Alabama : Mountain region. Lee County, Auburn, Septeml.ter {KarhiS- I'nderwood). 



Differs from the closely related Senecio tomentosua by its almost wholly glabrous 

 foliage, shorter petioles, more rounded and more finely toothed leaves, more open 

 inflorescence, and more numerous heads. 



Type locality: "Alal)ama: .\uburn, Lee County, 1896, Karle li Underwood. Ten- 

 nessee: KnoxvilJe, Knox County, 1897, /i'k</i.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Senecio smallii Brittou, Mem. Torr. Club. 4 : 132. 1893. 



Senvcio aureus anffustifolius Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 2 : 39. 1890. Not S. anfinstifo- 

 Hu8 VVill.l. 1804. 



Carolinian area. Mountains of Virginia, North (Carolina, and eastern Tennessee. 



Alaha.ma: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Dry open woods, pastures, old 

 fiehls. Randolph County, Wedowee. Lee County, Auburn (Earle ct- I'nderwood). 

 Never met with iu the low country. Flowers gohlen yellow; May. Perennial. 



Type locality: Near the "Peaks of Otter," in the Blue Ridge, Va. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Senecio obovatus Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3: 1999. 1804. ovate-lkaf Ragwdkt. 



Senecio aui-eus vslt. ohorutun Torr. A Grav, Fl. N. A. 2 : 442. 1843. 

 S. elliottii Torr. &. Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 443." 1843. 



