804 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Verbesina aristata (Ell.) Heller, Cat. N. A. Pl. ed. 2,218. 1900. 
BARE-STEMMED CROWNBEARD, 
Helianthus aristatus Ell, Sk, 2:428. 1821-24. 
Actinomeris nudicaulis Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. n. ser. 7: 364. 1841. 
Verbesina nudicaulis Gray, Proc. Am. Acad.19:12. 1883. 
Ell. Sk.l.c. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt.2:288. Chap. Fl. 233; ed. 3, 255. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Georgia and Florida. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower Pine belt. Lee County, Auburn, dry meta- 
morphic hills, 860 feet. Mobile County, Grand Bay, sandy open pine ridges. 
Flowers golden yellow; June, July. Local and infrequent. Perenniai. 
Type locality: ‘Grows in dry sessile soils in the western districts of Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Verbesina helianthoides Michx. F]. Bor. Am. 2:135. 1803. 
SUNFLOWER-LIKE CROWNBEARD. 
Actinomeris helianthoides Nutt. Gen. 2:181. 1818. 
Ell. Sk.2:413. Gray, Man. ed.6,281. Chap. Fl. 233. Gray, Syn. I'l. N. A. 1, pt. 
2: 288. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 221. 
Carolinian area. Ohio. Valley, Missouri, and Arkansas, and from Tennessee south 
to upper Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Lower hills. Borders of woods and fields. Lauder- 
dale County, in the barrens. Bibb County, Pratt’s Ferry. July; local and rare. 
Type locality: ‘Hab, in occidentalibus Alléghanis, territorio Tennassée, et regione 
Tllinoensi.” ; 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Verbesina enceliodes (Cav.) Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: 288. 1884. 
ENCELIA-LIKE CROWNBEARD, 
Ximinesia encelioides Cav. Icon. 2: 60, t. 178. 1793. 
Chap. F1. Suppl. 630; ed.3, 255. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:221. Gray, Syn. Fl. 
N.A.le. 
MEXICO. 
Louisianian area. Southern Florida, Texas, Arizona, and southern Colorado. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain, Adventive in ballast. MobileCounty. Autauga County, 
Prattville, waste places, adventive from southwestern Texas with wool. Flowers 
golden yellow; July, September. A frequent and persistent ballast weed. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Mexico.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britton; Kearney, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 485. 1893. 
CROWNBEARD. 
Coreopsis alternifolia L. Sp. Pl. 2:909. 1753. 
Actinomeris squarrosa Nutt. Gen. 2:181. 1818. 
A, alternifolia DC. Prodr. 5:575. 1836. 
on Sk.2:413. Gray, Man. ed.6,281. Chap. Fl. 232. Gray, Syn. I'l. N. A. 1, pt. 
2: 289, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Western New York to Michigan, Ohio Valley 
to Missouri, Nebraska, from West Virginia south to Florida and Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Lower hills. Rich bottom lands, borders of fields 
and woods. Clay County, Elders, 1,000 feet. Blount County, banks of Mulberry 
Fork. Flowers yellow. Not frequent. Eight to 10 feet high. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab.in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
COREOPSIS L. Sp. P1.2:907. 1753. T1cKsEED. 
About 50 species, more or less tropical; Africa, Sandwich Islands, chiefly warmer 
America. North America, 28; Atlantic, chiefly southern, 23; Lower Sonoran (‘lexauo- 
Mexican),5; Pacific, 1. 
Coreopsis gladiata Walt. Fl. Car. 2:215. 1788. 
El. Sk.2:444. Chap. Fl. 235. Gray, Syn. V).N. A. 1, pt. 2: 290. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, and Mississippi to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine belt. Damp grassy pine barrens. Washington County, 
Yellowpine. Rare. Perennial. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Coreopsis angustifolia Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 253. 1789. 
Ell. Sk.2:443. Chap. F1.235. Gray, Syn. Fl N. A. 1, pt. 2:290. Coulter, Contr. 
Nat. Herb. 2: 222. 
Louisianian area, Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 
