WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 367 



T. ERYTHROSPERMUM Atldrz. 



Greenbrier : near White Sulphur Springs (Eggleston 

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

 ous places in Preston County (Sheldon). 



SONCHUS L. 



S. OLERACEUS L. Sow-thistle. 



Waste grounds. Ohio: near Wheeling (Mertz & 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 (Mertz 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. "Devil's Iron-weed." (Ll 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. leucophaea A. Gray.) 



Low woodlands. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Monroe: near Alderson. Ohio: near Wheeling (Metis 

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

 L. VILLOSA Jacq. (Mulgedium acuminatum DC.) 



Borders. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall^. Monroe: 

 near Alderson. Preston : near Terra Alta. 

 L. FLORIDANA (L.) Gaertn. 



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

 burg (Nuttall). 



