University of Virginia Library

Wednesday, April 18, 1951

Route: many dirt roads today in a rather unrewarding search
for alabamense. From Cullman U.S. 31 S to Garden City
then macadam rd E across a long covered bridge & a dirt
rd "vertically" up the mountain side. A poor ride on very
bad track over the mountain then North in the next valley & back
to the macadam rd to Blountsville. N. on Ala 38 to U.S. 112,
E to Guntersville & S on U.S. 241 to Glencoe for the
night. Found alabamense in tight bud on hill near
Warrenton, overlooking the T.V. Lake. Much alabamense in
the canescens around Glencoe but no actual plants seen
It is 2 — 3 weeks too early to catch very much. Hope for
better luck a few counties south.
P.S. alabamense of Warrenton is eglandular except for the
corolla tube, that of Cullman Co was entirely glandular, even
to the petiole & leaf blades! It almost looks as if the
true center for the species is even west of Cullman Co,
particularly since so many whites were showing up even in
Mississippi