778 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Buthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. Gen. 2:162. 1818. LANCE-LEAF EUTHAMIA, 
Chrysocoma graminifolia L. Sp. Pl. 2: 841. 1753. 
Solidago lanceolata L. Mant. 1:114. 1767. 
S. graminifolia Ell. Sk. 2:391, 1824. 
Eli. Sk. lc. Gray, Man. ed. 6,252. Gray, Syn. F1.N. A.1, pt.2:160. Chap. Fl. 214. 
Boreal zone to Louisianian area. Canada to north latitude 64°. Maine (Mount 
Desert Island) to Nebraska, Montana, and the Rocky Mountains, south from New 
York to Florida, west to Louisiana and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: LowerPineregion. Coastplain, Moist grassy places, borders of fields, 
Mobile County. Less common than the last. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Canada, Kalm.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
BRACHYCHABETA Torr. & Gray, FIl.N. A.2:194. 1842, 
One species, Atlantic North America. 
Brachychaeta sphacelata (Raf.) Britton; Kearney, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 484. 1893. 
CORDATE-LEAF GOLDEN-ROD, 
Solidago sphacelata Raf. Ann. Nat. 14. 1820. 
Brachychaeta cordata Torr. & Gray, FI.N.A.2:195. 1842. 
Solidago cordata Short, Trans. Journ. Med. 7:599. 1834. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 253. Chap. FI. ed. 3, 233. Gray, Syn. FI. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 161. 
Carolinian area. Kentucky and Tepnessee and along the mountains from North 
Carolina to Georgia. ‘ 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Dry rich woods and hills. Lan- 
derdale County, Florence (M. C. Wilson). Calhoun County, Anniston, 800 feet. 
Talladega County, Riddell’s Mill. Not infrequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘It grows on the hills of Kentucky and Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BELLIS L. Sp. Pl. 2: 886. 1753. Daisy. 
Ten species, Europe; mostly Mediterranean. North America, 1. 
Bellis integrifolia Michx. IF]. Bor. Am, 2:131. 1803. WESTERN Dalsy. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 253. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 627; ed. 3,227. Gray, Syn. F1.N. A. 1, pt. 2: 
163. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 191. 
Carolinian area, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Shaded rich banks, calcareous soil. Jackson 
County, Scottsboro. Ray flowers pale violet; May. Not frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. ad ripas rivulorum et in collibus umbrosis Tennassée.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BOLTONIA L’Her. Sert. Angl. 27. 1788. 
Seven species, perennial herbs, Atlantic North America. 
Boltonia diffusa Ell. 8k. 2:400. 1821-24. SPREADING BOLTONIA. 
El. Sk. 1.c, Gray, Man. ed.6, 254. Chap. Fl. 207. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt.2: 
166. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Iferb. 2:193. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Illinois and Tennessee to Georgia 
and Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie belt to Coast plain. Damp soil, borders of low fields 
andinarshes. Perry County (John Donnell Smith). Mobile County, river marshes. 
Rays white. August, September; frequent. 
. Type locality: “Grows in damp rich soils between the Chattahonchie and Ala- 
ama. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SERICOCARPUS Nees, Gen. & Sp. Ast. 148. 1833. Wi1Tn-TOPPED ASTER. 
Four species, chiefly Atlantic North America. Pacific, 1. Perennials. 
Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) B.S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 26. 1888. 
; NaRROW-LEAF WHITE-TOPPED ASTER. 
Conyza linifolia L. Sp, Pl. 2: 861. 1753. 
Aster solidaginens Michx. I'l. Bor. Am. 2:108. 1803. 
Sericocarpus solidagineus Nees, Gen. & Sp. Ast. 149, 1833. 
