No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 393 



Clark & Bissell), Meriden (Andrews), Waterbury (A. E. 

 Blewitt), Woodbury (Eames & C. C. Godfrey), New Mil- 

 ford (C. K. Averill, Eames), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. Phelps). 

 Aug. — Sept. Introduced from the West. 



Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh (somewhat woolly) . 



Rare. Roadside in Windsor (Bissell). Aug. — Sept. 

 Adventive from the West. 



Rudbeckia hirta L. (rough). 



Yellow Daisy. Black-eyed Susan. Nigger-head. 



Common. Fields and meadows, more often in dry ground. 

 June — Aug. Introduced from the West. 



Rudbeckia speciosa Wenderoth (showy). 

 Cone-flower. 



Local. Waterford (Miss A. Smith), Brookfield, fairly 

 plentiful in a field and along a roadside (Harger). Aug. — 

 Sept. Adventive from the south-central United States. 



Rudbeckia laciniata L. (slashed). 

 Tall Cone-flower. Thimble-weed. 



Occasional to frequent. Moist thickets and along streams. 

 July — Sept. 



A double-flowered form of this is often cultivated for 

 ornament under the name of Golden Glow, and sometimes 

 escapes to roadsides and waste ground. The plant is medicinal. 



BRAUNERIA Neck. Purple Cone-flower. 

 Brauneria pallida (Nutt.) Britton (pale). 

 Echinacea angustifolia of authors, not DC. 

 Purple Cone-flower. 



Rare. Dry ground: Griswold (E. F. Burleson), East 

 Lyme (Mrs. F. H. Dart), Vernon (A. W. Driggs), Southing- 

 ton (Andrews). July. Adventive from the West. 



LEPACHYS Raf. 

 Lepachys pinnata (Vent.) Torr. & Gray (pinnate). 

 Ratibida pinnata Barnhart. 

 Cone-flower. 



Rare. Oxford, in dry fields (Harger). Aug. Fugitive 

 from the West. 



