388 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



CENTAUREA Linn. 



C. NIGRA Linn. 



Appeared in 1911 in the alfalfa field of Mr. L. A. Bond, at 

 Lost Creek, Harrison County, and in 1912 in his oat field 

 (Sheldon). 



CARDUUS L. 



C. LANCEOLATUS L. Common Thistle. 



Fields, waste grounds, and roadsides. Common. 

 C. ALTISSIMUS L. Tall Thistle. 



Fields and moist copses, frequent. Monongalia, Marion 

 and Preston counties. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (NuttaU). 

 Summers : near Greenbrier Stock Yards. Hardy : near 

 Moorefield. Preston: near Aurora (Mr. and Mrs. Steele). 

 Tucker : banks of the Blackwater River near Hendricks 

 (Greenman 320). 

 C. DISCOLOR (Muhl.) Nutt. 



Fields. Jefferson : near Charlestown ; Summit Point and 

 near Shepherdstown. 

 C. VIRGINIANUS (L.) Pers. Virginia Thistle. 



Woods and opens. Summers: near Hinton. Preston: 

 near Terra Alta. Frequent throughout the State. 

 C. MUTICUS (Michx.) Pers. Swamp Thistle. 



Wet places. Randolph : near Cheat Bridge, alt. 3,700 ft. 

 Upshur: near Lorentz. Kanawha: near Charleston. Pres- 

 ton: near Terra Alta; near Aurora (Mr. and Mrs. Steele). 

 C. ODORATUS (Muhl.) Porter. Pasture Thistle. (Cirsium pum~ 

 Hum, Spr.) 



Dry fields. Greenbrier: near White Sulphur Springs. 

 Preston: near Terra Alta; near Cranberry Summit (Merts 

 & Guttenberg} ; near Aurora (Mr. and Mrs. Steele). 

 C. ARVENSIS (L.) Robs. Canada Thistle. 



Dry fields, becoming troublesome in many localities. Jef- 

 ferson : plentiful near Charlestown, where it was doubtless 

 brought in baled hay by the Federal troops during the war. 

 Randolph : on the apex of Point Mountain, alt. 3,700 ft., in a 

 field owned and cultivated two years ago by a Connecticut 

 gentleman, who probably brought the seed there from the 

 east. Greenbrier : near White Sulphur Springs. Jefferson : 

 near Summit Point and Shenandoah Junction. Hancock: 

 near Holliday's Cove. Brooke : at Wellsburg. 



Reported also from Hampshire : near Slanesville and 

 Capon Bridge. Brooke : near Wellsburg. Ohio : near Beech 

 Glen School House. Summers : near Jumping Branch. 

 Putnam : near Hurricane, Paradise and Confidence. Jeffer- 



