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Hypochaeris radicata L. 



Fields ;ind roadsides. Cedarliurst, Nassjiii ( o. .Juiic (i. 



D. Hulst. Introduced. It has also been re])orted from Richmond 



county. 



Artemisia stelleriana Bess. 



Seabeach. Rockaway L. I. July. G. 1>. Hulst. The beach 

 wormwood is very distinct from our other species of this genus 

 and may easily be recognized by its dense, whitish coat of 

 tomentum and its large, erect and crowded heads of flowers. 



Xanthium commune Britton 



Moist ground. Whitehall. September, hi our sjjecimens the 

 hairs on the lower half of the beaks and prickles of the burs are 

 whitish, instead of brown. 



Aster roscidus Burgess 



Roadside. Piseco, Hamilton co. August. A beautiful aster 

 related to the large leaved aster, A. m a c r o p h y 1 1 u s , but easily 

 distinguished by the abundance of the glands on the upper part 

 of the stem and also on the leaves. 



Matricaria matricarioides (Less.) Porter 



Waste places and roadsides. Lansingburg. June. This intro- 

 duced plant is easily separated from our other species of the 

 genus by the absence of ray flowers. In size and foliage it 

 resembles the common mayweed, Anthem is cotula. 



Antennaria fallax Greene 



Bushy places, groves and borders of woods. Menands and 

 Westport. May. < 



Antennaria ambigens (Greene) Fern. 



Roadsides. Sandlake, Rensselaer co. May. Related to t])e 

 preceding species but separable from it by its shorter stem, 

 broader and closer stem leaves, which are glandular on the upper 

 surface, and by the glandular, purplish hairs of the stolens. 



Antennaria brainerdii Fern. 



Pastures and shaded banks. Westport and Keene. Essex co. 

 May. Related to A. n e o d i o i c a . from which it may be sepa- 



