84fi ri-ANT F.II'K IN M.M'.AMA. 



L<MiiHi:iiiiaii arc;!. W'osliTii I .oiiiHiaiia ; Ti-xas. 



Alaiia.nja: Coast plain. Sandy pinr woiids. .Mciliili' Connly, May, lltUl {Muht). 

 Local. .July, rcronnial. 



Clearly distinct. 



1 I<tI>. ( iool. Snrv. 

 Rudbeckia chapinani Hoynton iV iScadlc, Hiltinore Hot. Stuil. 1 : 14. litOl. 



Ciiai'Ma.n's ( 'oM.i'i.ow i;i;. 



IV'rcnnial, lA to H Icct liij^h; radicial leaves S to ItJ in< lu!« loii;^ ( infliidiiij; jxdiolo), 

 broadly ovatf-laurcolati', 2^ to 4 inches wide, harshly but incon.sj)icuonHiy ])iilio8- 

 cent, ."> or 7 ncrvod, truncrato or cordate at the base, <U'ntatc. or coarsely crenulato- 

 dentate; canliiie leaves ovate-lanceolate, ronmlcd or narrowed at tin; base, snb- 

 dentato or nearly entire, ])etiole,d; Bteins conspicuously an{jle«l, striate, sparingly 

 pubescent or glabrous, branched near the sunnnit; involucre foliaceous, iuibiicatcd, 

 glabrate, or with lines of soft hairs on the margin and nerves; rays 12 to 16, about 

 an inch long, 2 or 'A tootheil at the apo.\; disk lieniis])herical, dark jmrple; <diaHof 

 the receptacle abruptly pointed at the apex and ciliato with a few short hairs; 

 pap))us a shallow coroniforni border. 



Carolinian area. 



Alaha.ma: Mountain region. Nortii Alabama (G. R. J'asei/), 1878; no specific 

 locality given. 



Type loiality : " Mountains of Georgia (Dr. A. W. Chapman, no locality ; Dr. D. P. 

 Cieaveland, Dalton, Ga. ) and Alal)ania (Dr. G. Vasey [(i. K. Vasey f], 1878)." 

 P. 753. After J'JIcpluintojiiiit ciiroliiiiani(s insert: 

 Elephantopus violaceus 8<hult/. Hip. Linnaea, 20 : ")17. 1847. 



Identification on the authority of C. F. Haker. 



Carolinian area. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Mobile. October. 



