374 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



Var. RAMOSA Porter & Britton. 



River banks. Monongalia : near Morgantown, below high 

 water mark along the Monongahela, 

 S. SEROTINA Ait. 



Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Monongalia: near 

 Morgantown (M ills pang h). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & 

 Mrs. Steele). 

 J^ar. GiGANTEA (Ait.) Gray. 



Thickets. Gilmer : near Glenville (7l/a/'<7/). Preston : near 

 Rowlesburg. 

 S. RUPESTRIS Raf. 



Rocky river banks. Fayette : along the Gaulcy at Gauley 

 Mountain; Kanawha Falls and Hawk's Nest {James). 

 S. Canadensis L. 



Borders and waste fields. Common throughout the State. 



S. NEMORALIS Ait. 



Dry, sterile fields. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

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

 throughout the northern counties. 



EUTHAMIA Nutt. 



E. GRAMiNiFOLiA (L.) Nutt. (SoUdago lanceolata L.) 



River banks. Along Cheat River throughout its length 



Along the Monongahela in Marion, Taylor and Monongalia 



counties. Gilmer: along the Little Kanawha (Mapcl). 



Mason : near Point Pleasant. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 



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



E. Caroliniana (L.) Greene. (S.Jenuifolia Pursh.) 



Sandy fields. Monongalia : near Morgantown. 



SERICOCARPUS Nees. 



S. LINIFOLIUS (L.) B. S. p. 



On dry shaded banks along the road above Hinton, Sum- 

 mers County, alt. 1,400 ft., July 7, 1900 (Morris 950). 

 S. asteroides (L.) B. S. P. White-topped Aster. 



Dry grounds. Frequent or common throughout the State. 

 Kanawha: near Charleston (James). Greenbrier: near 

 White Sulphur Springs. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nutt- 

 all). Greenbrier Co., mountains about White Sulphur 

 Springs, alt. 3,000 ft. (A. Broztni). 



BRACHYCHAETA T. & G. 



B. sphacelata (Raf.) Britton. (B. cordata T. & G.) 



Dry woods. Fayette: near Nuttallburg, plentiful (Nutt- 

 all). 



