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Stylosanthes bijlora liispidissima. Hibiscus aculcatus. 



Galactia erecta (G. sess'difoUa). Koellia albescens. 



Euphorbia humistrata. 1 Ceranthera linearifolia. 



Rhynchosia simplicifolia.' 1 Dasystoma pedicularia. 



Chrysobalanus obtusifolius. Ruellia ciliosa humilis. 



Rhynchosia galactioides. Ruellia pedunculata. 



Croton punctatum. Verbena Carolina. 



Cracca smallii. Vernonia graminifolia. 



Cracca hispidula. 1 Chrysopsis graminifolia. l 



Cracca spicata flexuosa. Chrysopsis hyssopifolia. 



Cracca chrysophylla. Coreopsis major. 



Psoralea canescens. Solidago odora. 1 



Galactia volubilis. 1 Sericocarpus bifoliatus. 1 , 



Galactia volubilis mis&issippiensis. Silphium asteriscus angustatum. 



Galactia floridana. Meibomia rotundifolia. 1 



Lespedeza repens. 1 Meibomia stricta. 1 

 Lespedeza virginica. 



Of the above Euplwrbiu, floridana, ranges from western Florida to 

 the Escambia River; Ceranthera linearifolia from lower Georgia 

 westward to the Tensas River, Baldwin County; Ruellia pedunculata 

 from western Louisiana to the western edge of Alabama; Chrysopsis 

 hyssopifolia from the arid sand hills of western Florida to the eastern 

 shore of Mobile Bay. In the autumn the dry pine barrens are adorned 

 with their richest floral display, the forests being then brilliant with 

 the purple spikes of the blazing stars (Lacinaria), the blue of asters 

 and salvia, the scarlet of Clinopodium coccineum, and the gold of 

 Chrysopsis and Solidago, not to mention others. The following are 

 the prevailing species: 



Lacinaria gracilis. Solidago puberula pulverulenta. 



Lacinaria elegans. 1 Afzelia cassinoides (Seymeria tenuifolia) . 



Lacinaria scariosa. 1 Afzelia pectinata. 



Aster concolor. 2 Kuhnistera pinnata. 



lonactis linariifolius. 2 Eupatorium aromaticum. 1 



Aster adnatus. Eupatorium coronopifolium. 



Aster patens tenuiculmis. Eupatorium leptophyllum. 



Trilisa odoratissima. Kuhnia kuhnia. 



Salvia azurea. Helianthus radula. 



Clinopodium coccineum (Calamintha Lechea minor. 2 



cocdnea Gray) . Lechea tenuifolia. 2 



Chrysopsis trichophylla. Lechea viUosa. 2 



Solidago petiolaris. 1 Lechea leggettii. 1 



Clinopodium coccineum, the scarlet basil, is a low undershrub with 

 dazzling flame-colored flowers, ranging from the sandy ridges of west- 

 ern Florida to the dry hills which front the eastern shore of the 

 Mobile Bay and the coast plain near Mobile; also found in Mississippi. 

 Helianthus radula is a truly characteristic plant of these pine uplands. 

 The pinweeds (Lechea) are the homely representatives of the Cistus 

 family. 



1 Also in Carolinian area. 2 Also in Carolinian area and northward. 



