806 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Central Prairie belt. Rich banks, borders of 

 woods. Laudenlale County, Florence (.17. (1. /r/',sv>). Clay County, Talladega 

 Creek, 1,000 feet. Cullniau Coimty. Blount County, banks of Mulberry Fork. 

 Hale County, Gallion. Wilcox County (liucklvii^. Flowers yellow; .June, Inly. 

 Perennial from a stout root 2 or 3 feet high. Frequent in the valleys of the Warrior 

 table-land, the Coosa Valley, and the upper part of the Prairie belt. Perennial. 



Type locality: " Grows in the western districts of Georgia/ 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Coreopsis auriculata L. Sp. PI. 2 : 908. 1753. MEADOW COREOPSIS. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 436. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 282. Chap. Fl. 235; Suppl.630; ed. 3, 257. Gray, 

 Syn.Fl. N.A.I, pt.2:293. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Virginia to Ohio, south along the mountains 

 to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region co Central Pine belt. Openings in rich woods, grassy 

 banks. Winston County, Collier Creek, 1,500 feet. Dekalb County, Mentone, 1,600 

 feet altitude. Cullman and Tuscaloosa counties. Flowers deep yellow; April, 

 May. Perennial from a stoloniferous rootstock. Not rare in tbe mountain region. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Coreopsis verticillata L. Sp. PL 2 : 907. 1753. WHORLKD TICKSEED. 



Coreopsis tenuifolia Ehrh. Beitr. 7: 168. 1792. > 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 439. Gray, Man ed. 6, 283. Chap. Fl. 234. Gray, Syu. Fl. X. A. 1, pt. 2:293. 



Carolinian area. Ontario, Maryland, and Virginia, along the mountains to North 

 Carolina and Georgia, west to Missouri and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region; rocky woods. Dekalb County, Desoto Falls on 

 Lookout Mountain. Lee County, Auburn (Karle). 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Coreopsis delphinifolia Lam. Encycl. 2 : 108. 1786. LARKSPUR TICKSEED. 



Coreopsis rerticillata var. linearis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 139. 1803. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 438. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 283. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 293. 

 Carolinian area. Virginia? and North Carolina along the mountains to Georgia. 

 ALABAMA: Reported by Torrey and Gray; not collected lately. 

 Type locality: "Cette plante croit dans la Virginie." 



Coreopsis major Walt. Fl. Car. 214. 1788. 

 Coreopsis senifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 138. 1803. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 438. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 283. Chap. Fl. 235. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to the Coast plain. Dry sandy or rocky woods. Clay 

 County, Che-aw-ha Mountain, 2,400 feet. Mobile County, little above sea level. 

 Flowers July, August. Common. Abundant in the dry pine barrens. Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Coreopsis major oemleri (Ell.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 4 : 131. 1893. 



OEMLKK'S TICKSEED. 

 Coreopsis oemleri Ell. Sk. 2 : 435. 1821-24. 

 C. sttllata Nutt. Jouru. Acad. Phila. 7 : 76. 1834. 

 C. senifolia stellala Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 342. 1842. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 283. Chap. Fl. 236. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1 pt.2: 294. 

 Carolinian area. Virginia and Kentucky to Tennessee and Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Lee County, Auburn (Baktv .V 

 Earle). Perennial. 



Type locality: ''Collected near the junction of the Broad and Saluda rivers by 

 Mr. Oemler." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Coreopsis tripteris L. Sp. PI. 2 : 908. 1753. TALL COREOPSIS. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 442. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 283. Chap. Fl. 234. Gray, Syn. Fl. N r . A. 1, pt. 

 2:294. 



( 'arolinian area. Southern Pennsylvania and Virginia, west to Michigan and Wis- 

 consin; Ohio Valley to Missouri and Arkansas, south along the mountains to Georgia 

 and middle Florida, and west to western Louisiana. 



