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Gnaphalium COMPOSITAE Ambrosia 



G. purpureum L. Purple Cudweed. 



Common ; woods and fields, margins of ponds, and coastal sands, 

 throughout. May, June. 



Inula L. 



I. Helenium L. Elecampane. 



Cultivated, and becoming established in fields and on roadsides, 

 New Castle County. July, Aug. Nat. from Europe. 



Polymnia L. Leafcup. 

 P. Uvedalia L. Locally abundant, in rich woods of the Piedmont: 



Alapocas woods, Wilmington, Canhy, in 1865 (D), and later 

 collectors; roadside at milldam 3^ mi. n. of Wooddale (NC), R. R. 

 Tatnall, 1934, 27 July 1933 (T, A); rare on the Coastal Plain: 

 moist woods. Woodland Beach (K), R. R. Tatnall, 1464, 4 July 1932 

 (T); edge of woods, 5 mi. s. e. of Easton (Ta), Earle, 3057, 3 Sept. 

 1940 (P); Ocean City (Wo), Otis, 29 July 1914 (D); Cape Charles 

 City (No), Canhy, Sept. 1894 (D); south bank of Old Plantation 

 Creek (No), R. R. Tatnall, 1794, 28 May 1933 (T). July, Aug. 



Named for Dr. Robert Uvedale, English botanist (1642-1722); 

 see Rhodora 47, 196. 1945. 



Chrysogonum L. 

 C. virginianum L. 



One known station: woods above Rowlandsville (Ce), Long & 

 Bartram, 1205, 31 May 1913 (A). 



Parthenium L. 



P. Hysterophorus L. Santa Maria. 



A waif on wharves, Wilmington, E. Tatnall, 13 Sept. 1897 (A). 



Iva L. Marsh Elder. 



I. frutescens L. var. oraria (Bartlett) Fern. 



Common in coastal salt marshes, from central New Castle 

 County to Cape Charles (No). Aug., Sept. ._^_ 



Ambrosia L. Ragweed. 



A. trifida L. Great Ragweed. 



Very common, in low ground, dry fields and waste places, both 

 provinces. Aug. to mid-Sept. 



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