772 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Rich borders of woods and shady 

 copses. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Baldwin Comity, Point Clear. Flowers 

 white, purplish tinged; September, October. Not frequent. 



Type locality: " Grows very abundantly in the rich high lands between the Ala- 

 bama and Chatahouchie rivers." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SOLIDAGO L. Sp. PI. 2:878. 1753. 



Eighty species, perennial herbs, mostly with bright yellow flowers. Except 3 or 



4, all North American ; a lew Mexican. Atlantic, 42. 



Solidago petiolaris Ait. Hort. Kew. 3 :216. 1789. BUSHY GOLDEN-ROD. 



Solidafjo elata Ell. Sk. 2 : 389. 1821-24. (?) Not Pursh. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 246. Chap. Fl. 210. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2: 144. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Illinois, southwestern Missouri, and 

 Arkansas, south from North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Lower Pine region. Dry grassy 

 woods. Lee County, Auburn. Escambia County, in dry pine barrens. Flowers in 

 October; infrequent. Two to 3 feet high. 



Type locality: "Native of North America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago caesia L. Sp. PI. 2 : 879. 1753. .BLUE-STEM GOLDEN-ROD. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 385. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 247. Chap. Fl. 209. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; New England, west to Minnesota, 

 south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, Arkansas, and to the Gulf from Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Open damp woods. Clay County, waterfall near 

 Pulpit Rock, 2,200 feet altitude. Cullman County. Flowers, July, August. Fre- 

 quent in the mountains. 



Type locality: " Hab. in America septentrional!." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago caesia paniculata Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 17 : 189. 1882. 



SOUTHERN BLUE-STEM GOLDEN-ROD. 



Solidago gracilis Poir. Encycl. 8:476. 1808. Not Hill, Hort. Kew. 22. 1768. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 145. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Mountains to Coast plain. Open drv woods. Calhoun County, Annis- 

 ton. On dry cherty hills, 800 feet altitude. Talladega County, Renfroe, 800 feet. 

 Tuscaloosa County, Baldwin County, Stockton, at sea level, in dry sandy pine woods. 

 Frequent. 



Type locality (Gray, Syn. Fl.): "A form of drier and open grounds, commoner in 



5. States." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago flexicaulis L. Sp. PI. 2 : 879. 1753. BROAD-LEAF GOLDEN-ROD. 



Solidago latifolia L. Sp. PI. 2 : 879. 1753. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 247. Chap. Fl. 208. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 145. 



Allegheuian andCarolinian areas. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario; New 

 England, west to Minnesota; from New York south and west to West Virginia, the 

 Ohio Valley, and Missouri, and along the Allegheny Mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Lower hills in Coosa Valley. Rich hillsides, shaded 

 rooky banks. Lauderdale County, bluffs of the Tennessee River (M. C. irilxoti). 

 Talladega County, Alpine Mountains, 2,000 feet. Calhouu County, Anniston, 700 

 feet. St. Clair County, Springville, 450 feet altitude. Flowers, September, October. 

 Not infrequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Solidago curtisii Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 200. 1841. CURTIS'S GOLDEN-KOD. 



Gray, Man ed. 6, 247. Chap. Fl. 209. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 146 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia, along the mountains to Tennessee and 

 North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills, hilly woods. Cullman County, Holmes 

 Gap, 1,000 feet. Cullman County. Flowers. September, October. Local; not frequent. 



Type locality: " Mountains of North Carolina Mr. . A. Curtis!" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



