Flora of Vermont 255 



HIERACIUM. Hawkweed 



H. anrantisicuiii* L. Orange Hawkweed, Devil's Paint-brush, Grim the 



Collier. Common. A weed pest in pastures and lawns, especially 



in the northwestern counties. 

 H. canadeiise Michx. Dry cool woods; frequent. 

 H. floreutiinim* All. King Devil. Burlington, (Mrs. N. F. Flynn) ; 



Colchester, (Griffin); Rutland and Sherburne, (Kirk). 

 H. floribunduiii* Wimm. & Grab. Franklin, (Underwood) ; Brattleboro, 



(Wheeler). 

 H. niarianum Willd. Bellows Falls, (W. H. Blanchard). 

 H. pa iiicu latum L. Open woods; frequent. 

 H. Pilosella* L. Mouse-ear. Grassland; rare. 

 H. praealtum Gochnat, var. decipleiis* Koch. South Burlington, (Mrs. 



Jane Walker). 

 If. prateuse* Tausch. King Devil. Berkshire, (Mrs. Frances Jolley). 

 H. soabnim Michx. Dry open woods; common. 

 H. venosum L. Rattlesnake-weed, Poor Robin's Plantain. Dry plains 



and pine woods of the lower altitudes; occasional. 

 H. vulgatum* Fries. Common in woods near Evergreen Cemetery, 



Rutland, (Kirk). 



INULA. Elecampane 

 I. Helenmm* L. Elecampane. Roadsides and damp pastures; fre- 

 quent. 



IVA. Marsh Elder. Highwater Shrub 



I. xauthifolia Nutt. Adventive. Manchester, (Mrs. Mary C. Munson) ; 

 Stowe, (Mrs. Carrie E. Straw). 



KRIGIA. (CYNTHIA). Dwarf Dandelion 



K. virgiiiica (L.) Willd. Dry sterile soil of the Connecticut Valley; 

 occasional. 



LACTUCA. Lettuce 



Ji. oaiiadeusis L. Wild Lettuce, Horse-weed. Rich damp soil, borders 



of fields and thickets; common. Var. moutana Britton. Burlington, 



(Mrs. N. F. Flynn). 

 li. liirsuta Muhl. Charlotte, (Pringle). 

 L. integrifolia Bigel. (L. sagittifolia Ell.). Newfane, (Grout); Pow- 



nal, (Eggleston) ; Middlebury, (Brainerd). 

 L. scariola L., var. iiitegrata* Gren. & Godr. (L. virosa L.). Prickly 



Lettuce. Waste places; spreading rapidly. 

 L. spicata (Lam.) Hitchc. Wild Blue Lettuce. Low ground; common. 



LAPSANA. (LAMPSANA). Nipplewort 



L. commnnis* L. Brattleboro, (Frost) ; Ferrisburgh and Rutland. 

 (Kirk); Townshend, (W. H. Blanchard). 



