542 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ties. Flowers yellow; ripens its crimson fruit almost throughout the year. Com- 

 mon, abundant about Mobile. 



Type loealit^ not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



POTENTILLA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 495. 1753. 



About 200 species, herbaceous or shrubby perennials, more or less strictly defined, 

 boreal and temperate regions, Northern Hemisphere, a few in the Andes of South 

 America, Europe, Asia. North America about 50. 



Potentilla canadensis L. Sp. PI. 1 :498. 1753. CANADA CINQUKFOIL. 



Potentilla simplex Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 303. 1803. 



Ell. Sk 1 : 574. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 160. Chap. Fl. 124. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario; throughout the Atlantic 

 States from New England to Florida and from Minnesota to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Central Prairie region. Dry 

 open copses, pastures. Lawrence County, Moulton. Madison, Cullman, Tuscaloosa, 

 and Montgomery counties. Flowers yellow, April, May. Common. Perennial. 



The smooth forms with sarmentous stems (P. simplex Michx., Ell.) are most 

 prevalent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Canada. Kalm." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



GBUM L. Sp. PL 1 : 500. 1753. 



Forty-four species, perennials, mostly in colder and arctic regions. Few in the 

 Southern Hemisphere. 



Geum canadense Jacq. Hort. Vind. 2 : 82, 1. 175. 1772. WHITE AVENS. 



Geum carolinianum Walt. Fl. Car. 150. 1788. 



Geum album Gmel. Syat. Nat. 2 : 861. 1791. 



Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 301. Ell. Sk. 1 : 572. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 156. Chap. Fl. ed. 

 3, 134. 



Allegheuian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario; New 

 England west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to western Florida and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Central Pine belt. Borders of 

 woods, copses. Franklin County, Russellville. Cullman, Madison, Blount. and 

 Tuscaloosa counties. Flowers white. May, June; not frequent. Perennial. 



The various forms from different localities present not even varietal distinctions. 



Type locality given only as implied in the name. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AGRIMONIA L. Sp. PL 1:448. 1753. AGRIMONY.' 



Twelve or 14 species, northern temperate zone, Europe, Asia; few in Av-stern 

 South America. North America, 5. 



Agrimonia mollis (Torr. & Gray) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 19 : 221. 1892. 



SOFT HAIRY AGRIMONY. 



Agrimonia eupatoria var. molhs Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 431. 1838. 



A.pubescens Wallr. Beitr. 1 : 45, t. l,f. 7. 1842. 



Chap.Fl.ed.3,133. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New England, and Long Island, New York, to 

 North Carolina and Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Deeply shaded ravines. Cullman County, Holmes 

 Gap, 1,200 feet. Flowers yellow. July; rare. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Red River, Dr. Pitcher!" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Agrimonia striata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 287. 1803. 



SMALL-FLOWERED AGRIMONY. 



Agrimonia eupatoria var. parviflora Hook. Fl. Am. Bor. 1 : 196. 1832. 



A. eupatorium L. of most American authors. 



A. microcarpa Wallr. Beitr. Bot. 1 : 42. 1842. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Southeastern New York, Ohio, North Carolina 

 to western Louisiana (Hale). 



1 E. P. Bicknell, North American species of Agrimouia, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, vol. 23, 

 pp. 508 to 523. 1897. 



