WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 377 



A. PANicuLATUs Lam. (A. simplex Willd). 



Low grounds. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Mason : near Point Pleasant. Putnam : near Buffalo. Ohio : 

 near Wheeling (Merts 1270). 

 A. SALiciFOLius Lam. 



Near streams. JMonongalia and Preston : banks of Cheat 

 River {Alillspaiigli). Fayette: near Gauley Junction (Eggle- 

 ston 5520) ; near Gauley Bridge, with white flowers (Eggle- 

 ston 5549), with blue flowers {Egglesttoii 5551). 

 A. Novi-Belgii L. 



Damp meadows. Monongalia : near Morgantown. 



A. PRENANTHOIDES Muhl. 



Rich woods and borders of streams. Randolph : Cheat 

 Bridge, alt. 3,360 ft. Monongalia: shore of Monongaheh 

 above Morgantown. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall) ; 

 near Gauley Bridge (Eggleston 5536). Preston: near Au- 

 rora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 A. Novae-Angliae L. New England Aster. 



Fields and moist grounds. Marion : near Fairmont and 

 Palatine (Boutlon). 

 A. puniceus L. 



Swampy places. Fayette : near Nuttallburg, uncommon 

 (Nuttall). Hardy: near Morefield (Gamble). Preston: 

 near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 A. puniceus firmus (Nees) T. & G. 



Wet places. Randolph : near Whitmer and along Dry 

 Fork River near Harmon (Greenman 505, 504). 

 A. AcuMiNATUS Michx. 



Cool, rich woods. Randolph : near Cheat Bridge. Fayette : 

 near Kanawha Falls (James.) 

 A. Shortii Hook. 



Edges of woodlands. Monongalia: near Morgantown 

 (Sheldon 4582). 



ERIGERON L. 



E. ANNUUS (L.) Pers. Daisy Fleabane. Sweet Scabious. 



A weed in meadows and fields. Common throughout the 

 State. 

 E. ramosus (Walt.) B.S.P. Daisy Fleabane. (E. strigosus Muhl.) 



Fields and waste places. Monongaha : the Flats and 

 Uffington. Fayette: Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 E. pulchellus Michxv Robin's Plantain. (E. hellidif alius Muhl.) 



Copses, common throughout the State. 

 E. Philadelphicus L. Common Fleabane. 



Moist ground. Frequent throughout the northern counties. 



