778 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. Gen. 2 : 162. 1818. LANCE-LEAF EUTHAMIA. 



Chrysocoma graminifolia L. Sp. PI. 2 : 841. 1753. 



Solidago lancvolata L. Maiit. 1 : 114. 1767. 



S. fframinifolia Ell. Sk. 2 : 391. 1824. 



Eli. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 252. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 160. Chap. Fl. 214. 



Boreal zone to Louisianian area. Canada to north latitude 64. Maine (Mount 

 Desert Island) to Nebraska, Montana, and the Rocky Mountains, south from New 

 York to Florida, west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Moist grassy places, borders of fields. 

 Mobile County. Less common than the last. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Canada. Kalm." 



Herb. Mohr. 



BRACHYCHAETA Ton. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 194. 1842. 



One species, Atlantic North America. 



Brachychaeta sphacelata (Raf.) Britton ; Kearney, Bull. Torr. Club, 20 : 484. 1893. 



CORDATE-LEAF GOLDEN-ROD. 



Solidago sphacelata Raf. Ann. Nat. 14. 1820. 



Brachychaeta cordata Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 195. 1842. 



Solidago cordata Short, Trans. Jonrn. Med. 7 : 599. 1834. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 253. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 233. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 161. 



Carolinian area. Kentucky and Tennessee and along the mountains from North 

 Carolina to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Dry rich woods and hills. Lan- 

 derdale County, Florence (M. C. Wilson). Calhoun County, Annistou, 800 feet. 

 Talladega County, Riddell's Mill. Not infrequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: " It grows on the hills of Kentucky and Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BELLIS L. Sp. PI. 2: 886. 1753. DAISY. 



Ten species, Europe; mostly Mediterranean. North America, 1. 

 BellisintesrifoliaMichx.Fl.Bor. Am. 2: 131. 1803. WESTERN DAISY. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 253. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 627 ; ed. 3, 227. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 

 163. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 191. 



Carolinian area. Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley. Shaded rich banks, calcareous soil. Jackson 

 County, Scottsboro. Ray flowers pale violet; May. Not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. ad ripas rivulorum et in collibus umbrosis Tennasse'e." 



Herb. Gcol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BOLTONIA L'Her.Sert.Angl.27. 1788. 



Seven species, perennial herbs, Atlantic North America. 

 Boltonia diffusa Ell. Sk. 2 : 400. 1821-24. SPREADING BOLTONIA. 



Ell.Sk. I.e. Gray, Man.ed.6, 254. Chap. Fl. 207. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. l,pt.2: 

 166. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 193. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Illinois and Tennessee to Georgia 

 and Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie belt to Coast plain. Damp soil, borders of low fields 

 and marshes. Perry County (John Donnell Smith). Mobile County, river marshes. 

 Rays white. August, September; frequent. 



Type locality : "Grows in damp rich soils between the Chattahouchie and Ala- 

 bama." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SERICOCARPUS Nees, Gen.& Sp.Ast.148. 1833. WFIITE-TOPPED ASTER. 



Four species, chiefly Atlantic North America. Pacific, 1. Perennials. 

 Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 26. 1X8. 



NARROW-LEAP WHITE-TOPPED ASTER. 

 Conyza linifolia L. Sp. PL 2 : 861. 1753. 

 Aster solidagineits Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 108. 1803. 

 Sericocarpus solidagineus Nees, Gen. & Sp. Ast. 149. 1833. 



