OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. 795 



Onaphalivun, L. (Cudweed.) 



G. decurrens, Tow. Hills, frequent. 

 G. polycephalum, Mx. Edges of wood land. 

 G. uliginosum, L. Road-sides, throughout. 

 G. purpureum, L. Common in sterile soil. 



Antennaria, G?ertin. (Everlasting.) 



A. margaritacea, R. Brown. Woods. 

 A. platiginifolia Hook, Sterile hill sides. 



FilagO, Tourn. (Cotton-Rose.) 



F. Germanica, L. Old fields. (Nat. Eu.) 



Erechthites, Raf. (Fireweed.) 



E. hleracifolia, Raf. Clearings, which have been burned over. 



Seneceo, L. (Groundsel.) 



S. vulgaris, L, (Waste places.) (Adv. Eu.) 

 S. aureus, L. Common. 



Centaurea, L. 



C. Cyanus, L. (Pooley.) 



Cirsium, Toum. 



C. lanceolatum. Scop. Road-sides, (Nat. Eu) 



C. discolor. Spreng. Damp thickets. 



C. muticum, Mx. Wet grounds. <• 



C. pumilum, Spreng. Old fields. 



C. horridulum, Mx. Rye, and along the coast. 



C. arvcnse. Scop, (Common in cultivated grounds.) This plant is found 



throughout, but not sufficiently abundant to be very troublesome. It fruits, if 



at all, very sparingly in this region. 



Lappa, L. (Burdock.) 



li. officinalis, Allioni. About dwellings. 



Lampsana, L. 



L. communis, L. Riverdale. (Bicknell — Adv. Eu.) 



Cichorium, Tourn. (Chickory.) 



C. Intybus, L. Road-sides and about dwellings. The root of this plant is 

 used to adulterate coffee. 



Krigia, Schreber. (Dwarf Dandelion.)] 



K. Virginica, Willd. Sparingly scattered over the county. 



Cyntliia, Don. 



C. Virginica, Don. Not common. 



