No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 



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western part of the state ; extending inland as far as Water- 

 bury (H. J. Bassett) and Kent (Eames). Aug.— Sept. 



Helianthus Maximiliani Schrad. 



Rare. Waste ground: Naugatucis (A. E. Blewitt), New 

 Milford (E. H. Austin), Bridgeport (Eames). Mid-July — 

 Aug. Fugitive from the western United States. 



Helianthus divaricatus L. (widely diverging). 



Common. Dry fields, thickets and open woods. July — 

 Sept. 



Helianthus strumosus L. (bearing wens or swellings). 



Frequent. Thickets and borders of woods. Aug. — Sept. 

 The var. mollis Torr. & Gray (soft), var. macrophyllus 

 Britton, is rare: Groton (Graves), Norwich (Mrs. E. E. 

 Rogers), Willington (Graves & Bissell). 



Helianthus tjracheliifolius Mill, (having leaves like Trachelium, 



the Throatwort) . 



Rare. There is a specimen of this in the Gray Herbarium 

 collected at New Haven by Charles Wright. Not otherwise 

 known from the state. Aug. — Sept. 



Helianthus decapetalus L. (having ten petals). 

 Wild Sunflower. 



Frequent. Moist or dry woods, thickets and fence-rows. 

 Aug. — Sept. 



Helianthus tuberosus L. (bearing tubers.) 

 Jerusalem Artichoke. 



Occasional. Waste places and roadsides. Aug. — Oct. 

 Naturalized from the West. 



The tubers are edible and are used for pickles and salads; 

 they also furnish a valuable food for stock. The plant was 

 formerly cultivated by the Indians. 



COREOPSIS L. Tickseed. 



Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. (used for dyeing). 



Rare. Waste places: New London (Graves), Southington 

 (Andrews), Bridgeport, Stratford and Norwalk (Eames). 

 June — Sept. Adventive from the West. 



