THISTLE FAMILY. 769 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp pine barrens. Mobile County, Dog River. Flowers 
purple red; September, October. Not rare. Perennial. 
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Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
AMPHIACHYRIS Nutt. Trans. Phil. Sov. 7:313. 1841, 
Two species, perennial herbs. North America, Western. 
Amphiachyris dracunculoides (DC.) Nutt. Trans. Aim. Phil. Soc. n. ser. 7:313, 1841. 
Brachyris dracuuculoides DC. Mém. Soc. Phys. Geney. 7, pt.2: 265, t.2. 1836. 
‘ erie Man. ed. 6, 244. Gray, Syn. F].N. A. 1, pt.2:116. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
Carolinian area. Kansas to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Open grassy places. Colbert County (. A. Smith). 
Flowers yellow. Local and rare. 
Type locality (DC. Prodr.): “In territorio Arkansanv semina legit cl. de Pourtalés. 
Herb. Mohr. 
GRINDELIA Willd. Gesell. Nat. Fr. Berl. Mag. 1:260. 1807. 
Twenty-five species, perennial herbs or undershrubs, Mexico, South America. 
North America, chiefly Western, 12. 
Grindelia lanceolata Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phil. 7:73. 1834, 
LANCE-LEAF GRINDELIA OR GUM PLANT. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,244. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 627; ed. 3, 237. Gray, Syn. FJ. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 
118. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:184, 
Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and 
Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Lower hills. Jefferson County, Jonesboro. Flowers yellow; August. 
Local and rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘In Arkansas. T. Nuttall and Dr. Pitcher.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
HETEROTHECA Cass. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1817: 137. 1817. 
Five or six species, perennial herbs, Mexico. Atlantic North America, 2. 
Heterotheca subaxillaris (Lam.) Britton & Rusby, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 7:10. 
1087. SEASIDE HETEROTHECA. 
Inula subaxillaris Lam. Encycl. 3:259. 1789. 
I, scabra Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2:532. 1814. 
Heterotheca lamarkii Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat. 21:131. 1821. 
Chrysopsis scabra Nutt. Gen. 2:151. 1818. 
Heterotheca scabra Torr. & Gray, Fl. 2:251. 1841. 
Ell. Sk, 2:339. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 244. Chap. Fl. 215. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A.1, pt. 
2:120. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 184. 
NORTHERN MEXICO. 
Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, southern Arizona, Arkansas, 
and southeastern Kansas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Submaritime and Littoral region. Drifting sands. Bald- 
win County, eastern shore Mobile Bay. Mobile County, Dauphin Island. Flowers 
golden yellow; August to October. Common. ; 
Type locality: ‘‘Cette Inule croit dans la Caroline, le Maryland, * * *,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CHRYSOPSIS Nutt. Gen. Pl. 2:150. 1818. GoLpDEN ASTER. 
About 20 species, perennials. Flowers yellow. Atlantic North America, 11. 
i inifolia (Michx.) Nutt. Gen. Pl. 2:15]. 1818. 
ete alam : ) SILVER-LEAF GOLDEN ASTER. 
Inula graminifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:122. 1803. ; 
Ell. Sik. 2:334. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 244. Chap. Fl. 216. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A.1, pt. 
2:121. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 185. 
MeExIco. ae : 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware, Virginia to Florida, west to Arkansas. 
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