298 Rhodora [December 



cited by Greene as part of his A. canadensis, but the remaining speci- 

 mens cited by him, including the first (from Lake Mistassini) are 

 alike in having the characteristic flag-like appendage of the upper 

 leaves and the longer and paler involucre so typical of A. canadensis. 



GNAPHALIUM SYLVATICUM L. Woodland paths, roadsides and 

 pastured woods, perhaps introduced, Baddeck, Port Bevis and George 

 River. See p. 104. 



* Ambrosia trifida L. Railroad gravel, Sydney Mines. 



* Rudbeckia laciniaia L. Escaped from cultivation to roadside 

 thicket, Barrington. 



** Coreopsis rosea Xutt. Sandy, gravelly or peaty beaches and 

 margins of the Tusket system, Yarmouth Co.: Tusket (Vaughan) 

 Lake; Butler's (Gavelton) Lake and East Branch of Tusket, Gavel- 

 ton. See p. 160. 



Bidexs cernua L. We saw no evidence of this generally common 

 species in the western counties of Nova Scotia. 



B. CONNATA Muhl., var. petiolata (Xutt.) Earwell; Eernald, 

 Rhodora, x. 200 (1908). YARMOUTH Co.: boggy swale, Quinan. 



** B. connata Muhl., var. inundata, n. var., foliis primariis infer- 

 ioribus lobatis, lobis 2-4 basilaribus divergentibus decurrentibus, 

 lobo terminali foliisquc superioribus lanceolato-attennatis anguste 

 serratis vel incisis, petiolis gracilibus vix marginatis: achaeniis 

 exterioribus 5.5 mm. longis, interioribus 7-8 mm. longis aristis 

 niarginalibus 3-3.5 mm. longis. 



Lower primary leaves tobed; the 2-4 basal lobes divergent and 

 decurrent; the terminal lobe and the upper leaves lance-attenuate, 

 slenderly serrate or incised; the petioles slender, scarcely margined: 

 outer achenes 5.5 mm. long; the inner 7-8 mm. long, with marginal 

 awns 3-3.5 mm. long. — Nova Scotia: wettest portion of a springy 

 sphagnous bog, Sand Beach, September 7. 1920, Fernald, Lone) & 

 binder, nos. 22,869, 22,870, October 6, 1920, Fernald & Under, no. 

 22.S71 (type in Gray Herb.); sandy brooksides and springy ditches, 

 Baddeck, August 27, 1920, Fernald & Long, no. 22,866; about pools 

 at bases of gypsum cliffs, Port Bevis, August 27, 1920, Fernald & 

 Long, no. 22,807. 



Closely simulating var. graeilipes Eernald, Rhodora, xxi. 103 

 (1919) of the Cape Cod quagmires but with much larger achenes; 

 var. graeilipes having the outer achenes 3-4 mm. long, the inner 4.5- 

 5 mm. long and with awns only 2-2.5 mm. long. See p. 167. 



* Matricaria suateolens (PurshJ Buchenau. A common roadside 

 weed wherever we went. 



* Artemisia Ste/feriana Bess. Shelburxe Co.: upper border of 

 gravelly strand, Villagedale. 



Petasites palmatus (Ait.) Gray. CUMBERLAND Co.: swampy 

 woods and thickets, Springhill Junction. See p. 132. 



