THISTLE FAMILY. 819 



Alabama: Metamorphic hills and Central Prairie region. Pastures, waste placts. 

 Moutgomerv County, copious. Lee County, Auburn, perfectly naturalized. Flowers 

 white; April. Annual? 



Type locality: "Hab. in Chio, Lemno, Hispania ad versuraa agrorum." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



CENTAUREA L. Sp. P1.2: 90!). 1753. Ckntaukka. 



About 350 sjjeciL'S, Old World, European Asia. 

 Centaurea calcitrapa L. Sp. PI. 2 : 917. 1753. Star Thistle. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 297. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 406. 

 EUHOFE. 



Adventive in seaports from New York southward. 



Alabama: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County. Flowers red; August. Annual. 

 Type locality: " Hab. in Helvetia, Auglia, et Europa australiori secus vias." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Centaurea melitensis L. Sp. PI. 2 : 917. 1753. Lombakuy Star Thistle. 



Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 420. 

 Mediterranean Europe. 

 Adventive in California. 



Alabama: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County. Flowers yellowish ; June. 

 Tyiie locality : " Hab. in Melita." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



THYRSANTHEMA Neck. Elem. 1: 6. 1790. 

 (CiiAPTALiA Vent. Jard. Cels. /. Gl. 1800.) 



Eight species, warmer America. South Atlantic North America, 1. 



Thyrsanthema semiflosculare (Walt.) Kiintze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : 369. 1891. 



Vernal Chaptalia. 



Ferdiciiim semijiosrulare Walt. Fl. Car. 204. 1788. 



Tussilafio inietir [folia Michx. V\. Bor. Am. 2 : 121. 1803. 



Chaptalia tomenfosa Vent. .Jard. Cels. t. 61. 1800. 



C. inlegrifoUa Nutt. Gen. 182. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 459. Chap. Fl. 248. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 408. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 245. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Flat danij) pine barrens. Mobile 

 and Baldwin counties. Flowers white, purple tinged; February, March. Common. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



