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SCLEROLEPIS Cass., Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816:198. 1816. 

 S. uniflora (Walt.) B. S. P., Prel. Cat. N. Y. 25. 1888; Porter, 



Mem. Torrey Club 5:311. 1894. 

 Cypress and other ponds, mostly near the inland edge of the 



region, wilcox, colquitt, decatur. Fl. May-July. 



Commoner in the Lower Oligocene region. 

 New Jersey to Florida and Alabama, in the coastal plain. 



STOKESIA L'Her., Sert. Angl. 27, pi. 38. 1788. 

 S. laevis (Hill) Greene, Erythea 1: 3. 1893. (Figured in Meehan's 

 Native Flowers and Ferns, 2:49-52. pi. 13, 1879.) 

 dodge: Moist pine-barrens near Suomi, Sept. 9, 1903 (iq8o)\ 



past flowering. Not known elsewhere in Georgia. 

 South Carolina to Louisiana, in the pine-barrens. 



ELEPHANTOPUS L., Sp. PI. 814. 1753. 

 E. nudatus Grac, Proc. Am. Acad. 15:47. 1880. 



telfair: Rather dry pine-barrens near Lumber City, Sept. 11, 

 1903. berrien: Low woods southwest of Tifton, Sept. 29, 

 1902. (See p. in.) Also in Camden and Clinch Counties, 

 in the flat country. 

 Delaware to Florida and Arkansas, in the coastal plain. 



VERNONIA Schreb., Gen. PI. 2:541. 1791. 

 V. oligophylla Mx., Fl. 2: 94. 1803. 



tattnall: Flat pine-barrens near Collins (1002); sandy west 

 bank of Ohoopee River west of Reidsville, June 24, 1903. FL 

 June- July. Seen once in Chatham County, once in Laurens, 

 and once in Sumter. Rare. 

 North Carolina to Florida, in the pine-barrens. 



V. angustifolia Mx., Fl. 2:94. 1803. 



Dry pine-barrens and sand-hills ; common in all the pine-barren 

 region of Georgia. Also on the Pine Mountains of western 

 Middle Georgia (see Bull. Torrey Club 30: 294. 1903). 



North Carolina to Florida, Arkansas, and Texas, mostly in the 

 coastal plain. 



V. sp. (related to V. Noveboracensis, but probably undescribed). 

 coffee: Damp shady woods near Douglas (72 3, 1424). Fl. 

 July-Sept. 



