THISTLE FAMILY. 769 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Damp pine barrens. Mobile Connt t y, Dog River. Flowers 

 purple red; September, October. Not rare. Perennial. 



Type locality not given. " Ce genre * * a pour type une plante de 



FHerbier de M. de Jussieu." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AMPHIACHYRIS Nutt. Trans. Phil. Soc. 7 : 313. 1841. 



Two species, perennial herbs. North America, Western. 

 Amphiachyris dracunculoides(DC.)Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. n. ser. 7:313. 1841. 



Brachyris dracunculoides DC. Me"m. Soc. Phys. Geuev. 7, pt. 2 : 265, 1. 1. 1836. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 244. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 116. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 184. 



Carolinian area. Kansas to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Open grassy places. Colbert County (E. A. Smith). 

 Flowers yellow. Local and rare. 



Type locality (DC. Prodr.) : "In territorio Arkansauo seinina legit cl. de Pourtales. 



Herb. Mohr. 



GRINDELIA Willd. Gesell. Nat. Fr. Berl. Mag. 1 : 260. 1807. 



Twenty-five species, perennial herbs or undershrubs, Mexico, South America. 

 North America, chiefly Western, 12. 



Grindelia lanceolata Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phil. 7 : 73. 1834. 



LANCE-LEAF GRINDELIA OR GUM PLANT. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 244. Chap. Fl. Sappl. 627 ; ed. 3, 237. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 

 118. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 184. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and 

 Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Lower hills. .Jefferson County, Joneshoro. Flowers yellow; August. 

 Local and rare. 



Type locality : " In Arkansas. T. Nuttall and Dr. Pitcher. " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



HETEROTHECA Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1817: 137. 1817. 



Five or six species, perennial herbs, Mexico. Atlantic North America, 2. 



Heterotheca subaxillaris (Lam.) Britton & Rusby, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 7:10. 

 1087. SEASIDE HETEROTHECA. 



Inula subaxillaris Lam. Encycl. 3 : 259. 1789. 



/. scabra Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 532. 1814. 



Heterotheca lamarkii Cass. Diet. Sci. Nat. 21:131. 1821. 



Chrysopsis scabra Nutt. Gen. 2 : 151. 1818. 



Heterotheca scabra Torr. &. Gray, Fl. 2 : 251. 1841. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 339. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 244. Chap. Fl. 215. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 120. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 184. 



NORTHERN MEXICO. 



Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, southern Arizona, Arkansas, 

 and southeastern Kansas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Submaritime and Littoral region. Drifting sands. Bald- 

 win County, eastern shore Mobile Bay. Mobile County, Dauphin Island. Flowers 

 golden yellow; August to October. Common. 



Type locality: "Cette Inule crolt dans la Caroline, le Maryland, * * *." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CHRYSOPSIS Nutt. Gen. PL 2 : 150. 1818. GOLDEN ASTKR. 

 About 20 species, perennials. Flowers yellow. Atlantic North America, 11. 



Chrysopsis graminifolia (Michx.) Nutt. Gen. PI. 2:151. 1818. 



SILVER-LEAF GOLDEN ASTER. 



Inula graminifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 122. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 334. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 244. Chap. Fl. 216. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 121. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 185. 



MEXICO. 



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



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