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S. BICOLOR L. 



Dry fields and copses. Frequent throughout the State. 

 S. MONTICOLA Torr. & Gray. 



Wocds and opens. Fayette : near Nuttallburg, alt. 2,000 

 ft. (Nuttall). Webster: (H. H. Smith 1816). Preston: 

 near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 S. PUBERULA Nutt. 



Sunny opens. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



S. ULIGINOSA Nutt. 



Swampy places. Randolph : top of Allegheny Mountains 

 near Horton (Greenman 493). 

 S. SPECIOSA Nutt. 



Cliffs and banks. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 S. ODORA Ait. Sweet Golden-rod. 



Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Nicholas : near Rich- 

 wood (//. H. Smith 1746). 

 S. RUGOSA Mill. 



Borders of fields and copses. Along Cheat River. Ran- 

 dolph, Tucker, Preston and Monongalia counties. Fayette: 

 near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Shores of the Monongahela in 

 Barbour, Taylor and Marion counties. Preston : near Aurora 

 (Mr. & Mrs. Steele}. 



S. ULMIFOLIA Muhl. 



River banks. Ohio: Thomas Hill near Wheeling (Mertz 

 & Guttenberg). Brooke: (Mertz & Guttenberg). Fayette: 

 near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 S. BOOTTII Hook. 



Dry open woods. Putnam : near Buffalo. Fayette : near 

 Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



S. ARGUTA Ait. 



River banks. Ohio : banks of the Ohio River near 

 Wheeling (Mertz & Guttenberg). Preston: near Aurora 

 (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 



S. NEGLECTA T. & G. 



Swampy places. Upshur : near Buckhannon (Pollock). 

 Fayette : near Quinnimont (Pollard & Maxon 33, 34). Pres- 

 ton : near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 S. JUNCEA Ait. "Yellow Top." 



Fields and waste places. Common throughout the north- 

 ern, central and western counties. Fayette : near Nuttall- 

 burg (Nuttall) ; near Gauley Bridge and near Thurmond 

 (Eggleston 5524, 5558). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & 

 Mrs. Stcclc). Berkeley: near Martinsburg. Mason: near 

 Point Pleasant. Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble). 

 Var. SCABRELLA (T. & G.) Gray. 



With the species. Frequent. 



