766 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



KUHNIA L. Sp. PI. e<l. 2, 2 : 1662. 



Four species, perennial herbs. Mexico and Arizona, 1; Atlantic United States, 3. 

 Kuhnia eupatorioides L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 1662. 1763. FALSE BONESET. 



Eupatorium alterni folium Ard. Sp. Bot. 2 : 40. 1764. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 241. Chap. Fl. 193, in part. Gray, Syii. Fl. 1, pt. 2 : 103. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 180. 



Carolinian area. New Jersey to Georgia, west to West Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, 

 and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Dry open woods. Lee County, 

 Auburn; September, October ( Baker j- Karle). 



Type locality: "Hab. in Pensylvania, unde vivain attulit Adam Kuhn." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Kuhnia glutinosa Ell. Sk. 2 : 292. 1821-24. PRAIKIK FALSK BONESET. 



Kuhnia suaveolens Fresen. Enum. Sem. Hort. Francof. 1838. 



K. eupatorioides var. corifmbuloaa Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 78. 1841. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 241. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1, pt. 2 : 103. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 180. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauian area. Kentucky (Dr. Short) to Illinois, Missouri, Min- 

 nesota, and South Dakota, and south to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Dry open places. Montgomery. September. 

 Not frequent. 



Type locality: " Grows in the prairies of the Alabama.*' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Kuhnia kuhnia (Gaert.) Mohr, Bull. Torr. Club, 24 : 28. 1897. 



SOUTHERN FALSE BONESET. 



Critonia kuhnia Gaert. Fruct. 2 : 411. 1791. 



Kithnia critonia Willd. Sp. PL 3 : 1773. 1804. 



K.paniculata Cuss. Diet. 24 : 516. 1821. 



K. eupatorioides var. gracilia Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 78. 1841. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 291. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1, pt. 2 : 103. 



Louisiaaian area. Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Dry pine barrens. Mobile County, Springhill. 

 September, October. Frequent. 



Type locality not given. Of Kuhnia critonia: "Hab. in Pensylvania, Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



COLEOSANTHUS Cass. Bull. Soc. Philo. 1817 : 67. 1817. 

 (BRICKELLIA Ell. Sk. 2 : 290. 1821-24.) 



About 40 species. Perennial herbs and undershrubs, chiefly of Mexico and the 

 adjacent parts of the United States. North America, 30. Eastern United States, 1. 



Coleosaiithus cordifolius (Ell.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1:328. 1891. 



HEART-LEAF BRICKELLIA. 



firickellia cordifolia Ell. Sk. 2 : 290. 1821-24. 



Chap. Fl. 193. Gray, Syn. Kl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 105. 



Louisianian area. Georgia* md Florida. 



ALABAMA : Upper division Coast Pine belt. Hilly woods. Lee County, Auburn 

 (Kaker $ Earle). Dale County, August 21 (1880) (E. A. Smith). Flowers pale 

 purplish; local. Rare. 



Type locality: "Grows on the sides of hills in the western districts of Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LACINARIA Hill.Veg.Syst.4:49, t.46. 1762. 

 (LiATRis Schreber, Gen. PL 542. 1791.) 



About 16 species. Perennial herbs. Eastern North America. 

 Lacinaria elegans (Walt.) Kuutze, Rev. Gen.P1.349. 1891. BLAZING STAR. 



Staehelina elegans Walt. 1<1 Car. 202. 1788. 



Liatris elegans Willd. PL 1635. 1804. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :279. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 242. Chap. Fl. 191. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 109. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to Florida, west to Arkansas 

 and southwestern Missouri. 



