188 SYRACUSE BOTANICAL CLUB'S COLLECTION 



HELIANTHUS— Lin., 1753. 



H. ANNUUS — Lin., 1753. Common Sunflower. 



Frequent. Roadsides, etc. Escaped from cultivation. 

 Geddes, Aug., 1899. 



H. GIGANTEUS — Lin. Tall Sunflower. 



Frequent. Wet soil. Rough and coarse. Swamp, East 

 Syracuse, Sept., 1908. 



H. DIVARICATUS — Lin., 1753. Woodland Sunflower. 



common. Thickets, dry woods, ravines, etc. Hopper's 

 Glen, Aug., 1904. 



H. DECAPETALUS — Lin., 1753. Thin-leaved Sunflower. 



Frequent. Banks of streams and ravines. Onon. Creek, 

 Aug., 1904. 



H. STRUMOSUS — Lin., 1753. Pale-leaved Sunflower. 



Common. Banks of streams and copses. Kirk grounds, 

 Aug., 1904. 



H. STRUMOSUS VAR. MOLLIS — Torry and Gray. Downy- 

 leaved Sunflower. 

 With the above. Less frequent. Leaves downy beneath 

 and lighter color above. Otherwise similar. Kirk Park, 

 Aug., 1904. 



H. HIRSUTUS — Raf., 1820. Stiff-haired Sunflower. 



Rare. Dry, barren soil. Old, uncultivated lot, Onon. 

 Hill. 



H. TUBEROSUS — Lin., 1753. Jerusalem Artichoke. 



Frequent. Cultivated for its edible tuberous roots. 

 Eaten raw by the aborigines. Goodrich W. F. Garden, 



VERBESINA— Lin., 1753. 



V. ALTERNIFOLIA — Britton. (Bull. Torr. Club, 1893.) 

 (Actinomeris alternifoUa — D. C, 1836.) (Actinom- 

 eris squarrosa — Nutt., 1818.) Actinomeris. 



Occasional. Rich soil. Rays very irregular ; sometimes 



wanting. Belle Isle, Aug., 1899. 



BIDENS— Lin., 1753. 



B. LAEVIS— B. S. P. (Prel Cat., N. Y., 1888.) (Bidens 

 Chrysanthemoides — Michx, 1803.) Large Burr Mari- 

 gold. 



