290 MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY [Bull. 
An offensive weed in waste lands around dwellings. La-- 
fayette Co.; Hinds Co. April-June. 
Geol. Sury. Herb. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM L. 
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. (Leucanthemum vulgare 
Lam.) Oxeye Daisy. 
Pastures and open waste lands. Not very common any- 
where. Oxford. May-July. 
ERECHTITES Raf. 
Erechtites hieracifolia (L.) Raf. (Senecio hieracifolius L.) 
Fire Weed. 
In woodlands and thickets, common after fires. Bay St. 
Louis (Allison) ; Coastal Islands (Tracy.) Summer. 
Allison Herb. 
SENECIO L. Groundsel.. Ragwort. 
Senecio obovatus Nutt. (S. aureus obovatus Torr. & Gray) 
Ovate Leaf Ragwort. 
Dry open upland woods. Tishomingo Co. (Alliscn). May. 
Allison Herb. 
Senecio lobatus Pers. (S. lyratus Michx.) Butter Weed. Yel- 
low top. 
Low rich freshly cleared fields throughout the State. Tish- 
omingo Co.; Lafayette Co.; Hinds Co. April-May. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. Allison Herb. 
Senecio Smallii Britt. (S. aureus angustifolius Britt.) Small’s 
Groundsel. 
Dry pastures, old fields and open woods (Small.) Spring. 
MESADENIA Raf. Indian Plantain. 
Mesadenia atriplicifolia (L.) Raf. (Cacalia atriplicifolia L.) 
Pale Indian Plantain. 
Rich moist woodlands and thickets. Ackerman; Hatchie 
Hills of Tippah Co.; Fulton. June-July. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
