676 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. — 
ALABAMA: Mountain region; ranges of greatest elevation. Dry rocky hillsides 
and open woods. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 1,400 to 1,600 feet. Flowers 
pale pink; May, June. Rare. ; oe 
Type locality: ‘‘Crescit in Virginia, unde specimina Clayton misit.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
. Asclepias perennis Walt. ll. Car. 107. 1788. SMALL-FLOWERED MILKWEED. 
Asclepias parviflora Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1,1: 307. 1789. 
Ell. Sk.1:323. Gray, Man. ed. 6,342. Chap. Fl. 365. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt.1:96. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Indiana to Arkansas and Texas, and 
from South Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast Pine belt. Muddy alluvial banks. Bibb, 
Montgomery, and Washington counties. Mobile County, banks of Alabama River 
(Chastangs). Flowers white; June, July. Notrare. Lower part of stem and roots 
woody. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Asclepias verticillata L. Sp. Pl.1:217. 1753. WHORLED MILK WEED. 
Ell. Sk. 1:324. Gray, Man. ed. 6,342. Chap. Fl. 365. Gray, Syn. F1.N. A. 2, pt.1:97. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario to Manitoba; New England west to 
Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Rocky or sandy 
ridges, dry or damp soil. Lauderdale County, in the barrens. Clay County, on 
Che-aw-ha Mountain, 2,200 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa and Clarke counties. Flowers 
greenish; June, July. Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘“‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Asclepias verticillata linearis (Scheele) Pollard, Bull. Torr. Club 24:156. 1897. 
Asclepias linearis Scheele, Linnaea, 21: 758. 1848. 
A. verticillata subverticillata Gray, Proc. Am. Acad.12:71. 1876. 
Gray, Syn. Fl.N. A. 2, pt.1:97. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 267. 
NorTHERN MEXICO. 
Louisianian area. Mississippi, western Texas, and New Mexico. ; 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Damp woods. Autauga County, Prattville. 
Flowers greenish; July. Rare; most probably adventive from Texas. 
Type locality: ‘‘Bei Neubraunfels [Texas]: Lindheimer.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Asclepias michauxii Decsne. in DC. Prodr. 8: 569, 1844. M1icHAux’s MILKWEED. 
Asclepias angustifolia ll. Sk.1:325. 1817. Not Schweig. 1812. 
Chap. F1.365. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt. 1:97. 
Lonisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to eastern Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region and Coast plain. Flat or rolling sandy pine bar- 
rens. Flowers pale purple and greenish—not orange, as stated by Elliott; April, 
May. Notrare. Many ascending stems from a stout woody root. : 
Type locality: “America septentrionalis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ACERATES Ell. 8k.1:316. 1817. 
Seven species, perennial herbs, eastern North America. 
Acerates floridana (Lam.) A.S. Hitchcock, Trans. St. Louis Acad. 5:508. 1891. 
FLORIDA GREEN MILKWEED. 
Asclepias floridana Lam. Encyel. 1: 284. 1783. 
A. longifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am 1:116. 1803. 
Acerates longifolia Ell. Sk. 1:317. 1817. : 
Ell. Sk. 1c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 343; Syn. FI.N.A.2,1:99. Chap. Fl. 366. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 268. ; 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ohio to Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, and 
Texas; and from Tennessee to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. In wet grassy places. Autanga 
Couuty (£. A. Smith). Montgumery and Mobile counties. Flowers greenish white, 
April, May; not infrequent. One to 1} fect high. 
Type locality: ‘‘Cette plante croit dans la Floride & au Mississipi.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
