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- Alleghenian to Louisianiau area. Coast of Maine, along the seashore to Florida, 

 west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Sail marshes. Baldwin and Mobile counties. Flowers 

 pink; June, July. Frequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Found in the islands of Egg-Harbour, in New- Jersey." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia plukenetii Ell. Sk. 2 : 114. 1817. PLUKENET'S GERARDIA. 



Gerardia setacea Chap. Fl. 300. Not Walt., Ell., Pursh, or Nutt. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 114. Chap. Fl. 300. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 293. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Georgia and Florida to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower Pine region. Dry gravelly or sandy woods. 

 Lee County, Auburn, 800 feet altitude (Earle). Talladega County, Reufroe, rocky 

 hillsides, 700 feet. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers rose-pink; September, 

 October. Common. Abundant in dry open pine barrens of the Lower Pine region. 

 Annual. 



Plants with white flowers not rare about Mobile. 



Type locality : "Grows in wet spungy soils, very common between the Oakmulgee 

 and Chatahouchie rivers." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia setacea Walt. Fl. Car. 170. 1788. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 294. 



Louisianian area. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry sandy pine woods. Mobile County. October; 

 infrequent. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia filifolia Nutt. Gen. PI. 2 : 48. 1818. FILIFORM-LEAVED GERARDIA. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 116. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 319. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 293. 

 Louisianian area. Southern Georgia to Louisiana. 

 ALABAMA: Coast plain. Alabama (fide Gray). Annual. 

 Type locality : " In West Florida. Dr. Baldwyn." 



Gerardia tenuifolia Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3 : 79. 1794. THIN-LEAVED GERARDIA. 



Anonymos erecta Walt. Fl. Car. 170. 1788 ( ?) 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 117. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 390. Chap. Fl. 300. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 294. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Ontario and New England west 

 to Minnesota; Ohio Valley to Missouri; south along the mountains to Tennessee, 

 Georgia, and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry open woods. Cullman County. Flowers pale 

 rose; August. Annual. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia tenuifolia asperula Gray, Bot. Gaz. 4 : 153. 1879, 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 390. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. ed. 2, 2, pt. 1 : 452. 



Carolinian area. Michigan to Indiana, Missouri, western Louisiana, and Ten- 

 nessee. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Dry rocky hillsides. Talladega County, Chandler 

 Spring, 1,000 feet. Flowers pale purple; September, October. Annual. 



Type locality : " Collected at St Croix, Wisconsin, and in Fillmore Co., Minne- 

 sota ;; ; also received from Michigan and St. Louis. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia skinneriaiia Wood, Classbook, 408. 1847. SMALL-LEAVED GERARDIA. 



Gerardia parvifolia Chap. Fl. 300. 1860. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 390. Chap. 1. c. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 294. 



Carolinian area. Southern Massachusetts, along the coast to North Carolina and 

 Florida, west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. In damp sandy pine woods. Mobile and Baldwin coun- 

 ties. Flowers pale pink; October. Frequent. Low spreading. Annual. 



Type locality: "I detected this delicate species in July, 1846, in Greene, Co., la." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Gerardia aphylla Nutt. Gen. 2 : 47. 1818. LEAFLESS GERARDIA. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 114. Chap. Fl. 299. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 295. 

 Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 



