72fi PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Type locality: "It grows on the knob hills of Kentucky, the Cmnlu'rland moun- 

 tains and the Alloghany.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



GERARDIA L. Sp. PL 2 : 610. 1753. GKRAKDIA. 



About fifty species, perennial or annual purple-flowered herbs. Mexico, South 

 America, Brazil. Warmer temperate North America, 23, mostly Eastern. 

 Gerardia auriculata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 20. 1803. 



AURICULATE FALSK FOX;LOVK. 



OtopUylla michcuixii Benth. DC. Prodr. 10 : 512. 1846. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 389. Chap. Fl. 298. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1 : 292. 



Allegheniau to Louisianian area. Western Pennsylvania to Missouri and Min- 

 nesota, south from New Jersey to North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: (Huckley, 1840). Station not given and plant not found since. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hal), in pratis regionis Illiuoensis." 



Herb. Geol . Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia liiiifolia Nutt. Gen. PI. 2 : 47. 1818. FLAX-LEAF GERARDIA. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 118. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 389. Chap. Fl. 299. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 292. 



CUBA. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Open pine forests. El more County (E. A. Smith). 

 Flowers August, rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : "From Wilmington, North Carolina, to Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia purpurea L. Sp. PI. 2 : 610. 1753. PURPLK GERARDIA. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :116. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 390. Chap. Fl. 299. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 293. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:314. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Southern Ontario and New England, west to 

 Minnesota and Nebraska, south to Arkansas, and from New York to Florida, and 

 west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Damp copses. Clay County 

 (E. A. Smith). Cullman County. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia fasciculata Ell. Sk. 2 : 115. 1817. FASCICLED GERARDIA. 



Gerardia purpurea var. fasciculaia Chap. Fl. 300. 1860. 



Ell. Sk. J. c. Chap. Fl. 1. c. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 293. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 314. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low damp pine barrens, borders of rivers, marshes, fresh 

 or brackish. Flowers September, October. One and one-half to 2 feet high. 

 Frequent. 



Gradually passes into forms with simpler stems, and leaves and flowers much 

 reduced in si/e, approaching G. panpercula. Annual. 



Type locality : " On Eding's Island near Beaufort very common." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia paupercula (Gray) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 295. 1894. 



DEPAUPERATE GERARDIA. 



Gerardia purpurea var. paujyercula Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1 : 293. 1878. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 390. 



Allegheniau, Carolinian, and Louisianiau areas. Ontario to Saskatchewan; coast 

 of New England west to Pennsylvania, northern Illinois, and Wisconsin. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low pine barrens. Mobile County. The maritime form 

 the stem weak, slender, fully 2 feet high, branched from the base, the numerous 

 branches elongated, spreading. Flowers numerous, small, i to inch long. Sep- 

 tember, October; not infrequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Lower Canada to Saskatchewan, and southward from coast of 

 New England to Pennsylvania, northern Illinois, and Wisconsin." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia maritima Raf. N. Y. Med. Rep. ser. 2, 5 : 361. 1808. SEASIDE GERARDIA. 



Gerardia purpurea var. craxHifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 422, 1814. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 390. Chap. Fl. 300. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 293. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 314. 



