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3. Aureolaria dispersa (Small) Pennell, comb. nov. 
Dasystoma quercifolia intermedia Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10: 520. 
1846. No type locality given, nor type specimen known to 
exist. Description would indicate this species. 
Dasystoma dispersa Small, Bull. Torrey Club 28: 452.  Igot. 
“Louisiana: Feliciana, Carpenter; type in the herbarium of 
Columbia University.’”’ Type seen in Herb. Columbia Uni- 
versity. 
Gerardia dispersa (Small) K. Schum. in Just’s Bot. Jahresber. 
29: 580. 1903. 
Flowers, August to September. Fruit not seen. 
DIsTRIBUTION: Sandy thickets and oakland, frequent in 
coastal pine belt near the Gulf, southern Alabama to eastern 
Louisiana, reaching Wilkinson Co., Mississippi. Restricted to 
the coastal plain. 
PLANTS AND SPECIMENS EXAMINED: : 
Alabama: Baldwin Co.; Crichton (4521); Hollander’s Island 
(4504). 
Mississippi: Ocean Springs; Biloxi (4384); Long Beach; Wilkinson 
Co. 
Louisiana: Abita Springs (4117, 4245); Covington; Feliciana. 
4. AUREOLARIA VILLosA (Muhl.) Raf. New Fl. Am. 2: 59. 1837 
Aureolaria villosa (Muhl.) Raf. No type locality given, nor type 
specimen known to exist. Gerardia villosa Muhl. Catal. 58, 
1813, and Gerardia heterophylla Muhl. 1. c. are treated as 
nomina subnuda. 
Dasystoma pubescens Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10: 520. 1846. “In 
Americae sept. civitatibus orientalibus frequens.” 
This species has been commonly identified as Gerardia flava, but 
appears not to be G. flava L. 
Flowers, late-May to mid-August. Fruit, late-July to October. 
DistriBuTION: Widely distributed in the eastern Unit 
States, more common above the fall line. Frequent or occasional 
in sandy soil in the coastal plain from New Jersey to Louisiana. 
Not seen from the Florida peninsula. In New Jersey frequent in 
middle and Cape May districts, less so in the pine barrens. 
