THISTLE FAMILY. 797 



MELANTHERA Rohr. Skriv. Nat. Selsk. Kjob. 2 : 213. 1792. 



About 8 species in warmer Africa and America. North America, 3. South Atlantic. 



Melanthera hastata (Walt.) Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 107. 1803. 



HALBEKD-LEAF MELANTHERA. 



Atliannsla liastata Walt. Fl. Car. 201. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 314. Chap. Fl. 225. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. pt. 1, 2 : 257. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO. 



Louisianiau area. Coast of South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp thickets and borders of woods. Mobile County, 

 muddy banks. Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SPILANTHES Jacq. Stirp. Am. t. 214. 1763. 



About 40 species, perennials, tropical zones both hemispheres, largely American, 

 West Indies to Brazil. North America, 1. 



Spilanthes repeiis (Walt. ) Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 131. 1803. 



CREEPING SPILANTHES. 



Anthemis repena Walt. Fl. Car. 211. 1788. 



Acmella repens Ell. Sk. 2 : 406. 1824. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 237. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 258. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2:214. 



Louisianiau area. South Carolina to Florida, Texas, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Low damp places, damp thickets, and cultivated ground. 

 Baldwin and Mobile counties. Flowers deep yellow ; August to October. Common. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



RUDBECKIA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 906. 1753. 



About 30 species, chiefly perennials, Mexico, North America. Atlantic, 19. 

 Rudbeckia triloba L. Sp. PI. 2 : 907. 1753. MANY-FLOWERED CONE-FLOWER. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 452. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 276. Chap. Fl. 227. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:259. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Pennsylvania and Ohio to Missouri and Michi- 

 gan, south along the mountains to Georgia and middle Florida, west to Louisiana 

 and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Central Prairie region. Thickets, fence rows. 

 Talladega and Montgomery counties. Rays golden yellow, disk purplish black; 

 August, September. Not infrequent. Biennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rudbeckia hirta L. Sp. PL 2 : 907. 1753. ROUGH-STEMMED CONE-FLOWER. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 457. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 276. Chap. Fl. 227. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 260. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 215. 



Allegheuiau, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Southern Ontario and north- 

 western New York to the Ohio Valley and Missouri; south from New Jersey to 

 Florida, west to Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. In dry light soil, open woods. 

 Rays yellow, frequently orange at base, disk purplish black; June to September. 

 Common ; abundant throughout the pine woods. Biennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rudbeckia monticola Small, Torreya, 1: 1901. 



Britt. &, Br.Ill.F1.3:416. 1898. 



Carolinian area. Mountains of North Carolina to Georgia, Alabama, etc. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Copses and woods. Dekalb County, Lookout 

 Mountain, near Men tone, 1,800 to 2,000 feet altitude. Flowers golden yellow ; Sep- 

 tember. Rare. 



Type locality: "Georgia: Estotoah Falls, August 11-12, 1893, Small (type)." 



