786 PLANT" LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low swampy banks of Mobile Kiver. August. The sole 

 locality. 



Typo locality : " llab. in maritiuiis palndosis Pennsylvania*- et Carolinae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



More material is needed to define witb absolute accuracy tbe species enumerated 

 above of tbis extensive and difficult genus, particularly of the willow-leaf group 

 ( Vulgares i, which is but scantily represented in our collections Of the 101 species 

 and varieties, confined to tbe region east of tbe Mississippi Kiver and the adjacent 

 territory to the verge of tbe treeless plains, 26 species witb 11 well marked varieties 

 have been recognized in Alabama. Three species are peculiar to the Louisianian 

 area and most frequent in tbe Coast plain and Maritime Pine belt, extending from 

 Texas to North Carolina and scarcely straying northward beyond the southern 

 border of eastern Virginia. These are Aster pitrpnralus, A. exilis, A. adnatus, the last 

 not extending west of the Mississippi River. Confined to the same area are the 

 varieties Aster patens tenuicaulls, A. dumosus coridifolius, and A. <lmno*n* nlitht<-J'olni8. 



ERIGERON L. Sp. PI. 2 : 863. 1753. 



Fully 150 species of Loth hemispheres, chiefly American, a small number of South 

 Africa. Australia, ami the Old World. North America, 70 to 75; Atlantic, is. 



Erigeron aiimms (L.) Pers. Syn. 2 :431. 1807. DAISY. SWEET SCABIOUS. 



Aster annum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 875. 1753. 



Er'mcroH Itetcrophyllus Mtihl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1956. 1804. 



Gray. Man. ed. 6, 265. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 627; ed. 3, 226. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. pt, 

 2:218.' 



CENTRAL EUROPE, INTRODUCED. 



Alleghenian to Louisianiau area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec; New 

 England west to Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, California, south to the Gulf, from 

 Florida to Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Over tbe State. Scattered. Most frequent in the Central Prairie 

 region in pastures and old fields. Mobile County, in damp ground, waste places. 

 borders of ditches, waysides. Flowers white, often tinged with purple : ,J une. J nly ; 

 appearing on the coast, as if introduced. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Erigeron ramosus (Walt, ) 13. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 27. 1888. DAISY FLEAP.AXE. 



Doronicum ramosum Walt. Fl. Car. 205. 1788. 



Erigeron stngosas Mnbl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1956. 1804. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :394. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 265. Chap. Fl. 206. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt, 2 : 

 219. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 199. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 331. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Ontario to Manitoba; south to tbe Gulf of 

 Mexico, from Florida to Texas; west from tbe Atlantic to Minnesota, Nebraska, 

 Montana, and the Pacific. 



ALABAMA: Over tbe State. Dry, exposed ground. Abundant in fields, worn-out 

 grass lauds, pastures. Flowers white; May, July. Biennial. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Erigeron ramosus beyrichii (Fiscb. & Mey.) Smitb & Pounds, Bot, Surv. Nebr. 2 : 

 11. 1893. 



Erigeron strif/osus leyrichii Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 219. 1884. 



Stenactis beyrichii Fi'sch. & Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 5 : 27. 1838. 



dray, Syn. Fl. N.A.I, c. 



Nebraska, Arkansas, Texas, and Carolina, 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Wooded bills on limestone benches. Lee County, 

 Auburn (Baker <f Earle, 254). Franklin County, Kussellville. Cedar woods of 

 Locust Dell farm. Copious. Flowers white; June. Biennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



Erigeron pulchellus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 124. 1803. 



LILAC-FLOWERED DAISY FLEABAXE. 



Eriqeron beUidifolius Mubl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1958. 1804. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 266. Chap. Fl. 206. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. pt. 2 : 216. 



Canadian zone to Louisiauian area. Ontario to Hudson Bay and Manitoba: New 

 England west to Minnesota: south from New Jersey to South Carolina, Tennessee, 

 western Louisiana, and Texas. 



