768 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Summits of the higher ridges on bare rocks. Cal- 

 houn County, highest ridges near Annistou. Talladega County, Chandler Springs, 

 1,200 to 1,500 feet. Alpine Mountain Signal Station, 1,800 feet. Clay County, 

 rocky banks Talladega Creek, 1,000 feet; near Pulpit Rock, 2,200 feet altitude. 

 Cullmaii County, 800 feet. Flowers pale rose; September. One to 1 feet high; 

 not rare. In tufts from the confluent irregularly shaped rootstocks. Not observed 

 outside of the mountainous region. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Lacinaria graminifolia pilosa (Ait.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 314. 1894. 



Serratula pilosa Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 : 138. 1789. 



Liatris graminifolia var. dubia Gray. Man. ed. 2, 185. 185H. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 243. Gray, Syn."Fla. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 111. 



Carolinian to Louisianian area. Coast of New Jersey to Florida and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Damp gravelly or sandy soil. 

 Autauga County, near Prattville. Chilton County, Verbena. Mobile County. 

 Flowers, September, October ; frequent. One and one-half to 3i feet high. Common 

 in the low pine barrens of the coast, where it is found from 2 to 3 feet high. 

 Glabrous, with larger heads and inflorescence often panicled. 



Type locality : " Native of North America." 



Lacinaria tenuifolia (Nutt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1 : 349. 1891. 



SLENDER-LEAVED BLAZING STAR. 



Lacinaria tenuifolia Nutt. Gen. PI. 2 : 131. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :275. Chap. PI. 191. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 112. 1884. 



Carolinian area. Carolina to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry woods. Walker County (E. A. Smith). Flow- 

 ers August; local and rare. 



Type locality: "In the sandy forests of North and South Carolina." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Iiacmaria gracilis Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 508. 1814. SLENDER BLAZING STAR. 



Liatris pauciflosculosa Nutt. Jouru. Acad. Phila. 7 : 71. 1834. Chap. Fl. 191. Gray, 

 Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 111. 

 Louisiauian area. Georgia and Florida to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine barrens. Baldwin and Mobile 

 counties. Flowers purple; September, October. Frequent. One and one-half to 

 3 feet high. Frequently more or less panicled. 



Economic uses: Highly ornamental. 



Type locality : " In Georgia. liartram." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



TRILISA Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1818 : 140. 1818. 



Two species, perennials ; South Atlantic North America. 



Trilisa odoratissima (Walt.) Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1818 : 140. 1818. 



VANILLA PLANT. SWEET-SCENTED DEERTONGUE. 



Anonymos odoratissima Walt. Fl. Car. 198. 1788. 



Liatris odoratissima Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 93. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :283. Gray, Man. ed/6, 243. Chap. Fl. 192. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:113. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia, along the coast to Florida 

 and eastern Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt and Coast plain. Clark, Butler, Choctaw, Monroe, Wash- 

 ington, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers August, October. Abundant in the 

 flat pine barrens of the coast plain. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



C ARPHEPHORUS Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816 : 198. 1816. 



Three species, perennials, southeastern North America. 

 Carphephorus pseudo-liatris Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816 : 198. 1816. 

 Louisianian area. Florida to Mississippi. 



