768 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Summits of the higher ridves on bare rocks. Cal- 
honn County, highest ridges near Anniston, Talladega County, Chandler Springs, 
1,200 to 1,500 feet. Alpine Mountain Signal Station, 1,800 feet. Clay County, 
rocky banks Talladega Creek, 1,000 feet; near Pulpit Rock, 2,200 fect altitude. 
Cullman County, 800 feet. Flowers pale rose; September. One to 1} feet high; 
notyare, In tufts from the confluent irregularly shaped rootstocks. Not observed 
outside of the mountainous region. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Lacinaria graminifolia pilosa (Ait.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:314. 1894. 
Serratula pilosa Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 138. 1789. 
Liatris graminifolia var. dubia Gray, Man. ed. 2, 185. 1856. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 243. Gray, Syn. Fla. N. A. 1, pt. 2:111. : : 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. Coast of New Jersey to Florida and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Damp gravelly or sandy soil. 
Autanga County, near Prattville. Chilton County, Verbena. Mobile County. 
Flowers, September, October; frequent. One and one-half to 34 feet high. Common 
in the low pine barrens of the coast, where it is found from 2 to 3} feet high. 
Glabrous, with larger heads and inflorescence often panicled. 
Type locality: ‘Native of North America.” 
Lacinaria tenuifolia (Nutt.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:349. 1891. 
SLENDER-LEAVED BLAZING STAR, 
Lacinaria tenuifolia Nutt. Gen. Pl. 2:131. 1818. 
El. Sk. 2:275. Chap. Fl. 191. Gray, Syn. F1.N.A.1, pt.2:112. 1884. 
Carolinian area. Carolina to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry woods. Walker County (2.4. Smith). Flow- 
ers August; local and rare. 
Type locality: “In the sandy forests of North and South Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ghacinaria gracilis Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:508. 1814. SLENDER BLAZING STAR. 
Liatris pauciflosculosa Nutt. Journ. Acad, Phila. 7:71. 1834. Chap. F1.191. Gray, 
Syn. FLN.A.1, pt. 2: 111. 
Louisianian urea. Georgia and Florida to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy pine barrens. Baldwin and Mobile 
counties. Flowers purple; September, October. Frequent. One and one-half to 
3 feet high. Frequently more or less panicled. 
Economic uses: Highly ornamental. 
Type locality: ‘In Georgia. Bartram.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
TRILISA Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1818:140. 1818. 
Two species, perennials; South Atlantic North America. 
Trilisa odoratissima (Walt.) Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom.1818:140. 1818. 
VANILLA PLANT. SWEET-SCENTED DEERTONGUE. 
Anonymos odoratissima Walt. Fl. Car. 198. 1788. 
Liatris odoratissima Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:93. 1803. 
: eee Sk. 2:283. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 243. Chap. Fl. 192. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A.1, pt. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia, along the coast to Florida 
and eastern Louisiapa. 
_ ALaBbaMA: Coast Pine belt and Coast plain. Clark, Butler, Choctaw, Monroe, Wash- 
ington, Baldwin, and Mobile counties, Flowers August, October. Abundant in the 
flat pine barrens of the coast plain. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CARPHEPHORUS (Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816:198. 1816. 
Three species, perennials, southeastern North America. 
Carphephorus pseudo-liatris Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816: 198, 1816. 
Louisianian area, Florida to Mississippi. 
