382 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



BRAUNERIA Neck (1790). 

 (Echinacea, Moench. 1794.) 



B. PURPUREA (L.) Britton. Purple Cone-flower. (Echinacea L.) 

 Along the C. & O. R. R. Fayette : near Nuttallburg ; a 

 rough, bristly form (Nuttall) ; near Thurmond (Eggleston 

 5557). Adventive from the west. 



HELIANTHUS L. 



H. LAETIFLORUS Pers. 



Dry opens. Fayette : near Nuttallburg. 

 H. OCCIDENTALS Riddell. Western Sunflower. 



Banks of New River. Fayette : near Nuttallburg ; infre- 

 quent (Nuttall) ; at Hawk's Nest (Holton). 

 Var. DOWELLIANUS T. & G. 



Dry soils. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



H. TOMENTOSUS Michx. 



Banks of New River. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall), 

 H. GROSSE-SERRATUS Martens. Large-toothed Sunflower. 



Dry fields. Upshur : near Buckhannon. 

 H. GIGANTEUS L. Giant Wild Sunflower. 



Low grounds. Randolph : near Cheat Bridge. Fayette : 

 near Nuttallburg, plentiful (Nuttall) ; at Hawks Nest 

 (Holton). Preston: near Terra Alta (Millspaugh) ; near 

 Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 H. LAEVIGATUS Torr, & Gray. 



Thickets. Preston : near Terra Alta. 

 H. DORONICOIDES Lam. 



Dry grounds. Ohio : on Bogg's Island (Mcrtz & Gutten- 

 berg). Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble). 

 H. MICROCEPHALUS T. & G. (H. pwviflorus Bernh.) 



Thickets. Summers : near Hinton. Greenbrier : near 

 White Sulphur Springs. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nutt- 

 all) ; near Gauley Junction (Eggleston 5547). Preston: 

 near Terra Alta (Millspaugh) ; near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. 

 Steele). Ohio: near Wheeling (Mertz 1452). 



H. DIVARICATUS L. 



Thickets and dry places. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall). Jackson: up 8 mile creek. 



H. HIRSUTUS Raf. 



Dry banks. Fayette: near Nuttallburg, rare (Nuttall). 

 Mason : banks of the Ohio near Point Pleasant. Hardy : 

 near Moorefield (Gamble). 



