726 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Type locality: “It grows on the knob hills of Kentucky, the Cumberland moun- 
tains and the Alleghany.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
GERARDIA L. Sp. Pl. 2:610. 1753. GuRaRDIA. 
About fifty species, perennial or annual purple- flowered herbs. Mexico, South 
America, Brazil. Warmer temperate North America, 23, mostly Eastern. 
Gerardia auriculata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:20. 1803. 
AURICULATE FALsK FOXGLOVE. 
Otophylla michauxcti Benth. DC. Prodr. 10: 512. 1846. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 389. Chap. F1.298. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1: 292. ; ; 
Alleghenian to J.ouisianian area, Western Pennsylvania to Missouri and Min- 
nesota, south from New Jersey to North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: (Buckley, 1840). Station not given and plant not found since. Annual. 
Type lovality: “Hab. in pratis regionis Illinoensis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Gerardia linifolia Nutt. Gen. Pl. 2:47. 1818. FLAX-LEAP GERARDIA. 
EIL Sk. 2:118. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 389. Chap. Fl.299. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1: 292. 
CuBa. ; 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Open pine forests. Elmore County (2. A. Smith). 
Flowers August, rare. Perennial. ; : 
Type locality: “From Wilmington, North Carolina, to Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Gerardia purpurea L. Sp. Pl.2:610. 1753. PurrLe GERARDIA, 
Ell. Sk.2:116. Gray, Man. ed. 6,390. Chap. Fl. 299. Gray, Syn. FI]. N. A. 2, pt. 
1:293. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 314. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas, Southern Ontario and New England, west to 
Minnesota and Nebraska, south to Arkansas, and from New York to Florida, and 
west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Damp copses. Clay County 
(2.1. Smith), Cullman County. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Gerardia fasciculata Fll.Sk.2:115. 1817. FASCICLED GERARDIA. 
Gerardia purpurea var. fasciculata Chap. F1. 300. 1860. 
Ell. 8k.l.¢. Chap. Fl.l.c. Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A.2, pt.1:2938. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 
Herb. 2: 314. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low damp pine barrens, borders of rivers, marshes, fresh 
or brackish. Flowers September, October. One and one-half to 24 feet high. - 
Frequent. 
Gradually passes into forms with simpler stems, and leaves and flowers much 
reduced in size, approaching G. paupercula. Annual. 
Type locality: “On Eding’s Island near Beaufort very common.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Gerardia paupercula (Gray) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 295. 1894. 
DEPAUPERATE GERARDIA. 
Gerardia purpurea var. paupercula Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1: 293. 1878. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 390. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Ontario to Saskatchewan; coast 
of New England west to Pennsylvania, northern Illinois, and Wisconsin. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low pine barrens. Mobile County. Themaritime form 
the stem weak, slender, fully 2 feet high, branched from the base, the numerous 
branches elongated, spreading. Flowers numerous, small, + to % inch long. Sep- 
tember, October; not infrequent. Annnal. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Lower Canada to Saskatchewan, and southward from coast of 
New Ingland to Pennsylvania, northern Illinois, and Wisconsin.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Gerardia maritima Raf. N. Y. Med. Rep. ser. 2, 5:361. 1808. SEASIDE GERARDIA. 
Gerardia purpurea var. crassifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2: 422, 1814. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 390. Chap, I'l. 300. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 2, pt. 1:293. Coulter, 
Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:314. 
