814 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Chrysanthemum segetum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 889. 1753. CORN MARIGOLD. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 364. 



EUROPE. 



Adventive with ballast on the Canadian coast and Atlantic ports. 



ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County, with the last. Flowers golden 

 yellow. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Scauiae, Germauiae, Belgii, Angliae, Galliae agris/' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ARTEMISIA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 845. 1753. WORMWOOD. 



About 150 species considered valid, Northern Hemisphere, Europe, Asia. North 

 America, 40; mostly on the Western table-lands. 



Artemisia vulgaris L. Sp. PI. 2 : 848. 1753. MUGWORT. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 291. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 372. 

 EUROPE. 



Boreal region. Canada to the arctic circle indigenous ; southward introduced. 

 ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile County ; July, 1894 and 1895. Perennial. 

 Type locality : "Hab. in Europae cultis, ruderatis. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ERECHTITBS Raf. Fl. Ludov. 65. 1817. 



About 12 species, annuals, Australia, Eastern America. 

 Erechtites hieracifolia (L.). Raf. ; DC. Prodr. 6 : 294. 1837. FIREWEED. 



Senecio hieracifolius L. Sp. PI. 2 : 866. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 328. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 294. Chap. Fl. 244. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2: 396. 



Allegbenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Canada to Saskatchewan, south 

 to the Gulf, from Florida to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Rich woodlands. Throughout the summer; common. 

 Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



SENECIO L. S-p. PI. 2 : 866. 1753. GROUNDSEL. RAGWORT. 



About 1,200 species, cosmopolitan, shrubs and herbs. North America, 75; largely 

 Western, interior, and Pacific. Atlantic, 10. 



Senecio earlei Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 25 : 147. 1898. 



Perennial, densely cottony below, sparingly so or glabrate above. Stem mostly 

 simple, 12 to 20 inches high, with numerous basal leaves, which are oval or oblong, 

 obtuse or retuse, serrate; petioles longer than the blades; stem-leaves pinnatifid, 

 linear-lanceolate or oblong, the lower petioled, the upper sessile; pedicels slender. 



Carolinian area. Tennessee. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Lee County, Auburn, September (Earle 4- Underwood). 



Differs from the closely related Senecio tomentosus by its almost wholly glabrous 

 foliage, shorter petioles, more rounded and more finely toothed leaves, more open 

 inflorescence, and more numerous heads. 



Type locality: " Alabama: Auburn, Lee County, 1896, Earle $ Underwood. Ten- 

 nessee : Knoxville, Knox County, 1897, Ruth." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Senecio smallii Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 4 : 132. 1893. 



Senecio aureus angustifolius Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 2 : 39. 1890. Not N. aminnfifo- 

 lius Willd. 1804. 



Carolinian area. Mountains of Virginia, North Carolina, and eastern Tennessee. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Dry open woods, pastures, old 

 fields. Randolph County, Wedowee. Lee County, Auburn (Earle .}' Underwood). 

 Never met with in the low country. Flowers golden yellow; May. Perennial. 



Type locality: Near the "Peaks of Otter," in the Blue Ridge, Va. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Senecio obovatus Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 3 : 1999. 1804. ( ) VATIC-LEAF RAGWORT. 



Senecio aureus var. oboratm Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 442. 1843. 

 S. elliottii Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 443. 1843. 



