759 



purplish, pappus whitish ; August. nFTJTHTfHrieet high. Common throughout the 

 Coosa hills. 



Type locality : "Hab. in pratis Illinoensibus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Vernonia graminifolia (Walt.) NARROW-LEAF VKRNONIA. 



Chrysocoma graminifolia Walt. Fl. Car. 196. 1788. 



Vernonia augustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 94. 1803. 



V. scaberrima Nutt. Gen. 2 : 134. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 286, 287. Chap. Fl. 188. Gray, Syii. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 90. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. Herb. 2 : 175. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry pine forests. Autauga County 

 (E. A. Smith). Monroe, Washington, Escambia, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. 

 Flowers solferino-purple ; August, September. Frequent throughout the pine belts. 

 Two to 3 feet high. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



STOKESIA L'Her. Sert. Angl. 27, t. 38. 1788. 



One species, South Atlantic North America. 

 Stokesia laevis (Hill) Greene, Erythea, 1: 3. 1893. AZURE-FLOWERED STOKESIA. 



Carthamns laei-is Hill, Hort. Kew. 57. 1768. 



Stokesia cyanea L'Her. Sert. Angl. 27, t. 38. 1788. 



Cartesia cenlauroidea Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816 : 198. 1816. 



Chap. Fl. 188. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 88. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida and eastern Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Moist copses. Washington County. Mobile 

 County, Bayou Sara. Flowers cerulean; May, June. Not infrequent. Perennial; 

 H to 2 feet high. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ELEPHANTOPUS L. Sp. PI. 2:814. 1753.' 



About 14 species, perennials of subtropical and tropical regions. West Indies to 

 Brazil. North Aineripa, 3. 



Elephantopus caroliniamis Willd. Sp. PL 3 : 2390. 1804. 



CAROLINA KLEPHANT'S-FOOT. 



Elephantopus scaber Walt. Fl. Car. 217. 1788. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 480. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 237. Chap. Fl. 188. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 88. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 175. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania, Ohio Valley to Missouri, Kan- 

 sas, Arkansas, south to Florida, and the Gulf States to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State, except the higher mountain ranges. Open <lry woods, 

 borders of fields, pastures. Clay County, banks of Talladega Creek, 1,000 feet, 

 Ironaton. Calhoun County, Anniston. Cullmau County. Mobile County. Flow- 

 ers rose purple, July to September. Common. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Carolina, Florida, Jamaica." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Elephantopus tomentosus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 814. 1753. HOARY ELEPHANT'S-FOOT. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 237. Chap. Fl. 189. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 88. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Lower hills to Coast plain. Dry and open woods. Tuscaloosa, County 

 (K. A. Smith). Mobile County. Flowers September. Frequent. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Elephantopus iiudatus Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 15 : 47. 1880. 



BARE-STEMMED ELKPHANT'S-FOOT. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 2 : 88. 1884. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Delaware to Georgia, western Louisiana, and 

 Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Metamorphic hills. Low woods. Lee County, Auburn (C. F. liaker), 

 October, 1896. 



Type locality : " 'Oxford, Delaware, and thence common southward/ Canby ; near 

 Snow Hill, Maryland, Bebb." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



'C. F. Baker, Revision of North American Elephantopoideae, ined. 



