388 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST, SURVEY. [Bull. 



Common. Cultivated and waste ground. July — Oct. 

 The herb is used medicinally and the oil distilled from it 

 is officinal. Often a troublesome weed. 



SERICOCARPUS Nees. White-topped Aster. 



Sericocarpus asteroides (L.) BSP. (aster-like). 

 Sericocarpus conyzoidcs Nees. 



Common. Dry woods and fields. July — Aug. 



Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) BSP. (having leaves like Linum, 



the Flax). 

 Sericocarpus solidaginens Nees. 



Rare or local. Dry fields, woods and on rocky summits : 

 Groton and Waterford (Graves), East Hartford (A. W. 

 Driggs & Weatherby), East Windsor (Bissell), Southington 

 and Plainville (Andrews, Bissell), Hamden, Waterbury and 

 Oxford (Harger), Beacon Falls and Huntington (Eames). 

 July — Aug. 



BACCHARIS L. Groundsel Tree. 



Baccharis halimifolia L. (having leaves like Atriplex Halimus). 

 Groundsel Tree. Pencil Tree. 



Rare. Borders of salt marshes : Stonington and Groton 

 (Graves), New London (Miss M. Crofton), East Lyme (Miss 

 A. M. Ryon, Gen. Haskins), East Haven (Harger), Bridge- 

 port (C. K. Averill, Eames), Norwalk (Miss A. E. Carpenter, 

 Bissell). Sept.; fruit Oct. 



PLUCHEA Cass. Marsh Fleabane. 



Pluchea camphorata (L.) DC. (having the odor of camphor). 

 Salt Marsh Fleabane. 



Frequent on salt marshes along the coast. Aug. — Oct. 

 Rarely occurs with white flowers. 



ANTENNARIA Gaertn. Everlasting. Ladies' Tobacco. 



Pussy's Toes. 

 Antennaria Parlinii Fernald. 

 Antennaria arnoglossa Greene. 



Rare. Dry woods and banks: Guilford (G. H. Bartlett), 

 East Hartford (Weatherby), New Haven (M. L. Fernald), 



