676 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region; ranges of greatest elevation. Dry rocky hillsides 

 and open woods. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 1,400 to 1,600 feet. Flowers 

 pale pink; May, June. Kare. 



Type locality : "Crescit in Virginia, unde speciinina Clayton niisit." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Asclepias perennis Walt. Fl. Car. 107. 1788. SMALL-FLOWERED MILKWEED. 



Asclepias parviflora Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, 1 : 307. 1789. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 323. Gray, Man. ed. 6,342. Chap. Fl. 365. Gray, Syn. F1.N. A. 2,pt.l:96. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Indiana to Arkansas and Texas, and 

 from South Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast Pine belt. Muddy alluvial banks. Bibb, 

 Montgomery, and Washington counties. Mobile County, banks of Alabama River 

 (Chastangs). Flowers white; June, July. Not rare. Lower part of stem and roots 

 woody. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Asclepias verticillata L. Sp. PL 1 : 217. 1753. WHORLED MILKWEED. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 324. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 342. Chap. Fl. 365. Gray, Svn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 97. 



Alleghenian to Louisianiau area. Ontario to Manitoba; New England west to 

 Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Rocky or sandy 

 ridges, dry or damp soil. Lauderdale County, in the barrens. Clay County, on 

 Che-aw-ha Mountain, 2,200 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa and Clarke counties. Flowers 

 greenish; June, July. Frequent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Asclepias verticillata linearis (Scheele) Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club 24 : 156. 1897. 



Asclepias linearis Scheele, Liunaea, 21 : 758. 1848. 



A. verticillata snbrerticillata Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 12 : 71. 1876. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 97. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 267. 



NORTHERN MEXICO. 



Louisianian area. Mississippi, western Texas, and New Mexico. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Damp woods. Autauga County, Prattville. 

 Flowers greenish ; July. Rare; most probably ad ventive from Texas. 



Type locality : "Bei Neubraunfels [Texas] : "Lindheimer." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Asclepias michauxii Decsne. in DC. Prodr. 8 : 569. 1844. MICHAUX'S MILKWEED. 



Asclepias anrjustifolia Ell. Sk. 1 : 325. 1817. Not Schweig. 1812. 



Chap. Fl. 365. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 97. 



Louisiauian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to eastern Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region and Coast plain. Flat or rolling sandy pine bar- 

 rens. Flowers pale purple and greenish not orange, as stated by Elliott; April, 

 May. Not rare. Many ascending stems from a stout woody root. 



Type locality: "America septentrionalis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ACERATES Ell. Sk. 1 : 316. 1817. 



Seven species, perennial herbs, eastern North America. 



Acerates floridana (Lam.) A. S. Hitchcock, Trans. St. Louis Acad. 5 : 508. 1891. 



FLORIDA GREEN MILKWEED. 



Asclepias floridana Lam. Encycl. 1 : 284. 1783. 



J. 7on//i/oH Michx. Fl. Bor. Am 1:116. 1803. 



Acerates longifolia Ell. Sk. 1 : 317. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 343 ; Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 1 : 99. Chap. Fl. 366. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 268. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ohio to Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, and 

 Texas; and from Tennessee to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. In wet grassy places. Autauga 

 County (E. A. Smith). Montgomery and Mobile counties. Flowers greenish white, 

 April, May; not infrequent. One to 1 feet hih. 



Type locality : "Cette plante crolt dans la Floride & au Mississipi." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



