374 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



Var. RAMOSA Porter & Britton. 



River banks. Monongalia : near Morgantown, below high 

 water mark, along the Monongahela. 

 S. SEROTINA Ait. 



Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Monongalia: near 

 Morgantown (Millspaugh). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & 

 Mrs. Steele). 

 Var. GiGANTEA (Ait.) Gray. 



Thickets. Gilmer : near Glenville (Ma/>^/). Preston : near 

 Rowlesburg. 

 S. RUPESTRIS Raf. 



Rocky river banks. Fayette : along the Gauley at Gauley 

 Mountain; Kanawha Falls and Hawk's Nest {James). 

 S. Canadensis L. 



Borders and waste fields. Common throughout the State. 



S. NEMORALIS Ait. 



Dry, sterile fields. Fayette : near Nuttallburg {Nuttall) . 

 Preston: near Aurora {Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Common 

 throughout the northern counties. 



EUTHAMIA Nutt. 



E. GRAMiNiFOLiA (L.) Nutt. {SoUdago lanceolata L.) 



River banks. Along Cheat River throughout its length 



Along the Monongahela in Marion, Taylor and Monongalia 



counties. Gilmer: along the Little Kanawha {Mapel). 



Mason : near Point Pleasant. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 



{Nuttall). Preston: near Aurora {Mr. &■ Mrs. Steele). 



E. Carolinian A (L.) Greene. {S. tenuifolia Pursh.) 



Sandy fields. Monongalia : near Morgantown. 



SERICOCARPUS Nees. 



S. LINIFOLIUS (L.) B. S. p. 



On dry shaded banks along the road above Hinton, Sum- 

 mers County, alt. 1,400 ft., July 7, 1900 {Morris 950). 

 S. ASTEROiDES (L.) B. S. P. White-topped Aster. 



Dry grounds. Frequent or common throughout the State. 

 Kanawha: near Charleston {James). Greenbrier: near 

 White Sulphur Springs. Fayette : near Nuttallburg {Nutt- 

 all). Greenbrier Co., mountains about White Sulphur 

 Springs, alt. 3,000 ft. {A. Broivn). 



BRACHYCHAETA T. & G. 



B. SPHACELATA (Raf.) Britton. {B. cordata T. & G.) 



Dry woods. Fayette: near 'Nuttallburg, plentiful {Nutt- 

 all). 



