HERBACEOUS FLORA OF ROLLING PINE UPLANDS. 
Stylosanthes biflora hispidissima. 
Galactia erecta (G. sessilifolia) . 
Euphorbia humistrata.) 
Rhynchosia simplicifolia. 
Chrysobalanus obtusifolius. 
Rhynchosia galactioides. 
Croton punctatum. 
Cracca smallit. 
Cracca hispidula.? 
Cracca spicata flexuosa. 
Cracca chrysophylla. 
Psoralea canescens. 
Galactia volubilis.t 
Galactia volubilis mississippiensis. 
Galactia floridana. 
Lespedeza repens.} 
Lespedeza virginica. 
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IMibiscus aculeatus. 
Koellia albescens. 
Ceranthera linearifolia. 
Dasystoma pedicularia. 
Ruellia ciliosa humilis. 
Ruellia pedunculata. 
Verbena carolina. 
Vernonia graminifolia. 
Chrysopsis graminifolia.* 
Chrysopsis hyssopifolia. 
Coreopsis major. 
Solidago odora.) 
Sericocarpus bifoliatus.' 
Silphium asteriscus angustatum. 
Meibomia rotundifolia. 
Meibomia stricta.+ 
Of the above Huphorbiu jloridana ranges from western Florida to 
the Escambia River; Ceranthera linearifolia from lower Georgia 
westward to the Tensas River, Baldwin County; Ruclia pedunculata 
from western Louisiana to the western edge of Alabama; Chrysopsis 
hyssopifolia from the arid sand hills of western Florida to the eastern 
shore of Mobile Bay. In the autumn the dry pine barrens are adorned 
with their richest floral display, the forests being then brilliant with 
the purple spikes of the blazing stars (Zac‘naria), the blue of asters 
and salvia, the scarlet of Clinopodium coccineum, and the gold of 
Chrysopsis and Solidago, not to mention others. 
the prevailing species: 
Lacinaria gracilis. 
Lacinaria elegans.* 
Lacinaria scariosa.* 
Aster concolor.? 
Tonactis linariifolius.? 
Aster adnatus. 
Aster patens tenuiculmis. 
Trilisa odoratissima. 
Salvia azurea. 
Clinopodium coccineum (Calamintha 
coccinea Gray) . 
Chrysopsis trichophylla. 
Solidago petiolaris.1 
The following are 
Solidago puberula pulverulenta. 
Afzelia cassinoides (Seymeria tenuifolia) . 
Afzelia pectinata. 
Kuhnistera pinnata. 
Eupatorium aromaticum.+ 
Eupatorium coronopifolium. 
Eupatorium leptophyllum. 
Kuhnia kuhnia. 
Helianthus radula. 
Lechea minor.* 
Lechea tenuifolia.? 
Lechea villosa.? 
Lechea leggettii.1 
Clinopodium coceineum, the scarlet basil, is a low undershrub with 
dazzling flame-colored flowers, ranging from the sandy ridges of west- 
ern Florida to the dry hills which front the eastern shore of the 
Mobile Bay and the coast plain near Mobile; also found in Mississippi. 
Helianthus radula is a truly characteristic plant of these pine uplands. 
The pinweeds (Lechea) are the homely representatives of the Cistus 
family. 
! Also in Carolinian area. * Also in Carolinian area and northward. 
