386 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



MATRICARIA L. 



M. MATRicARioiDES (Less.) Porter. Wild Chamomile. (M. dis- 

 coidea DC.) 



Established on B. & O. R. R. bank, Morgan: near No. 12 

 Water Tank. 



TANACETUM L. 



T. vuLGARE L. Tansy. 



Escaped to roadsides. Gilmer : near DeKalb. Lewis : 

 near Weston. Grant : near Davis. Wood : near Parkers- 

 burg. Jefferson : near Shepherdstown. Monongalia : on 

 Kingwood Pike. 



ARTEMISIA Linn. 



A. ANNUA L. Wormwood. 



River banks and waste places. Wood : near Parkersburg 

 (MillspoMgh) . Mason: near Point Pleasant, where it is said 

 to have been introduced by an early French physician (Shel- 

 don 924). Jefferson: at Harpers Ferry (Greene). 



ERECHTITES Raf. 



E. HiERAciFOLiA (L.) Raf. Fireweed. 



Moist woods and banks, especially new fallows. Ran- 

 dolph: near Cheat Bridge, alt. 3,700 ft. Fayette; near Nutt- 

 allburg (Nuttall). Monongalia: near Uffington and Mor- 

 gantown. Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 



MESADENIA Raf. 



M. RENiFORMis (Muhl.) Raf. Great Indian Plantain. (Cacalia 

 Muhl.) 



Rich woods. Marion: along the F. M. & P. R. R., 

 especially near Opekiska. Summers : near Greenbrier Stock 

 Yards. Monroe : near Alderson and Wolf Creek. Preston : 

 near Terra Alta. Ohio : Bogg's Island, near Wheeling 

 (Mertz & GiUtenberg) . 



M. ATRiPLiciFOLiA (L.) Raf. Pale Indian Plantain. (Cacalia h.). 

 Rich woodlands. Upshur : near Lorentz. Monongalia : 

 banks of Cheat River, near Camp Eden. Ohio : near Wheel- 

 ing (Mcrtz & Giittenberg). Fayette: near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall); near Thurmond (Eggleston S5S3). Preston: 

 near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 



