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T. ERYTHROSPERMUM Andrz. 



Greenbrier: near White Sulphur Springs (Eggleston 

 4335). MonongaHa : common about Morgantown ; and vari- 

 ous places in Preston County (Sheldon). 



SONCHUS L. 



S. OLERACEUS L. Sow-thistle. 



Waste grounds. Ohio: near Wheeling {Merts & Gutten- 

 berg). 



S. ASPER (L.) All. Spiny leaved Sow-thistle. 



Roadsides and wastes. Monongalia : near Morgantown. 

 Marion : near Fairmont. Hampshire : near Slanesville. Wet- 

 zel : near Littleton. Lewis : near Vadis. Cabell : near Union 

 Ridge. Mercer : near Concord Church. Fayette : near 

 Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Doddridge: near Smithton. Ohio: 

 near Wheeling {Mcrtz 1632). Webster: at Tater Knob {H. 

 H. Smith 1524). 



LACTUCA L. 



L. ScARioLA L. Prickly Lettuce. 



Fields. Monongalia : near Laurel Point, where it has 



become a troublesome weed. 



L. Canadensis L. Wild Lettuce. Horse-weed. "Devil-weed." 



Meadows and fence-rows. Common throughout the State. 



L. SAGiTTiFOLiA Ell. "Dcvil's Iron-wecd." (LI integrifolia Gr. 



Man.) 



Fields and roadsides. Monongalia : near Morgantown. 

 Mason : near Point Pleasant. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall). Webster: near Tater Knob (H. H. Smith 1525). 

 Jackson: near Douglas. Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. 

 Steele) . 

 L. HiRSUTA Muhl. 



Dry open mountain sides. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall). 

 L. SPICATA (Lam.) Hitch (L. lencophaea A. Gray.) 



Low woodlands. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Monroe: near Alderson. Ohio: near Wheeling (Mert.: 

 1630). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 L. VILLOSA Jacq. (Mulgcdium acuminatum DC.) 



Borders. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (.Vwffa//^. Monroe: 

 near Alderson. Preston : near Terra Alta. 

 L. Floridana (L.) Gaertn. 



Open banks and borders of woods. Fayette : near Nuttall- 

 burg (Nuttall). 



