'f^ JOUENAL OF THE MiTCHELL SoCIETY \_Octoher 



FAMILY COMPOSITE 



Elephantopus carolinianus Willdenow. Common in woods bordering marsh, 

 and along road. 



Eupatorium capillifolium (Lamarck) Small. Abundant, here about equal in 

 abundance to ragweed; in coastal states farther south it quite usurps 

 the haunts and dominance among weeds of ragweed in the north. 



Eupatorium serotinum Michaux. Waterlily Road and adjacent woods. Fls. 

 to ripe akenes. 



Eupatorium perfoliatum L. Efoneset. Scarce. 



Eupatorium ccelestinum L. Mist-flower. Common; fls. to fr. 



Mikania'scandens (L.) Willdenow. Common running over shrubs in wet 

 places, also trailing on ground in old pine woods. 



Solidago altissima L. Goldenrod. Common; fls. to fr. 



Solidago serotina Alton. Common; fls. to fr. 



Euthamia minor (Michaux) Greene. Abundant; fls. to fr. 



Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nuttall. The broader leaved and less common 

 kind. Waterlily Road. Fls. 



Aster puniceus L. Common in marsh and swamp spots; fls. to fr. 



Aster salicifolius Lamarck? Trailing form in old pine woods; fl. 



Aster ericoides L. White Heath Aster. Omnipresent and very abundant. 



Baccharis halimifolia L. Common. 



Pluchea camphorata (L.) De Candolle. Pink-top Smartweed. Common; fls. 

 to fr. 



Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Bentham and Hooker. Everlasting. Common. 



Polymnia uvedalia L. Leaf-cup. Common in waste places; fls. to mat. fr. 



Phsethusa occidentalis (L.) Britton. Common in waste places. Fls. to fr. 



Coreopsis verticillata L. Common. Fls. 



Bidens Isevis (L.) Britton, Sterns and Poggenburg. Bur Marigold. Com- 

 mon in woods along edge of marsh. Fls. to fr. 



Bidens bipinnata L. Spanish Needles. Common. Mat. fr. 



Bidens trichosperma (Michaux) Britton. Common in marsh; fls. to mat. fr. 



Erechtites hieracifolia (L.) Rafinesque. Scattered in all parts of island; 

 mat. fr. 



Cirsium lanceolatum (L.) Hill. Thistle. Fairly common; fls. to fr. 



In conuection with the above list it may be well to place on record 

 the names of plants collected at other points in Currituck County. 



Poplar Branch, Sept. 3, 1909 

 Decodon verticillatus. fls., imm. fr. ; Jussisea decurrens. fls., imm. fr. 



Narrows Id., Sept. 3, 1909 



Potamogeton pectinatus, Ruppia maritima, Naias flexilis, Vallisneria spiralis, 

 Sagittaria lancifolia. fls. imm. fr. ; Asclepias pulchra. fls. 



