PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Type locality: "Northern and western slopes of Stoue Mountain Dekalb 

 County, Ga." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PAROSELA Cav. Desc. 185. 1803. 

 (DALEA Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1336. 1801. Not P. Brown nor Gaert. ) 



Farosela dalea (L.) Brittou, Mem. Torr. Club, 196. 1894. 



Psoralea dalea L. Sp. PI. 2 : 764. 1753. 



Dalea alopecuroides Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1336. 1803. 



D. linnaea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 57. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 195. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 132. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 77. 



MEXICO. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Minnesota, Dakota, and Nebraska to the TCorky 

 Mountains; Colorado, Illinois, and Missouri south to Arkansas and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Fide Dr. Chapman. Has of late not been observed in the State. 

 Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



KUHNISTERA Lam. Encycl. 3 : 370. 1789.' 

 (PETA^LOSTEMON Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 48. 1803.) 



About 35 species, perennials, of temperate North America, eastern and continental, 

 mostly southern. 



Kuhiiistera Candida (Willd.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : 192. 1891. 



WHITE-FLOWERED PKAIRIK CLOVER. 



Dalea Candida Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1337. 1801. 



Petalostemon candidus Michx. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1337. 1801. As synonym. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 133. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 615; ed. 3, 101. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:79. 



MEXICO. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Prairie region throughout the Mississippi Valley 

 north to Saskatchewan, Minnesota, Nebraska, south to Texas, Louisiana, Kentucky, 

 and Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Dry prairies. Montgomery County, Pratt- 

 ville. Sumter and Pickens counties (E. A. Smith). Flowers white, June. Not 

 infrequent. 



Type locality: "In Tennessee et in regioue Illinoensi." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Kuhiiistera gracilis (Nutt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : 192. 1891. 



SLENDER PRAIRIE CLOVER. 



Petalostemon gracilis Nutt. Jonrn. Acad. Phila. 7 : 92. 1834. 



Chap. Kl. 93. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 79. 



Louisianian area. Western Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Grassy pine barrens. Mobile County (Oaten). 

 Baldwin County. Flowers white; September, October. Frequent. 



Type locality : " Lower part of Alabama and Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Kuhnistera carnea (Michx.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : 192. 1891. 



INCARNATE-FLOWERED PRAIRIE CLOVER. 



Petalostemon carneus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 49. 1803. 



P. roseus Nutt. Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 1, 5 : 298. 1822. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Sandy pine ridges. Henry County (E. A. Smith). 

 Flowers vhite. July. Not seen westward. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Georgia et Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Kuhnistera gattingeri Heller, Bull. Torr. Club, 23 : 121. 1896. 



GATTINGER'S PRAIRIE CLOVER. 



Carolinian area. Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Central Prairie region. Open grassy places on 

 rocky calcareous soil. Franklin County, Russellville. Hale County, Gallion, in the 



1 A. A. Heller, Notes on Knhnistera, Bull. Torr. Club, vol. 23, pp. 119 to 125. 1896. 



