388 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



CENTAUREA Linn. 



C. NIGRA Linn. 



Appeared in 191 1 in tlie alfalfa iield of Mr. L. A. Bond, at 

 Lost Creek, Harrison County, and- in 1912 in his oat field 

 (Sheldon). 



CA^DUUS L. 



C. LANCEOLATUS L. Common Thistle. 



Fields, waste grounds, and roadsides. Common. 

 C. ALTissiMus L. Tall Thistle. 



Fields and moist copses, frequent. Monongalia, Marion 

 and Preston counties. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Summers : near Greenbrier Stock Yards. Ffardy : near 

 Moorefield. Preston: near Aurora (Mr. and Mrs. Steele). 

 Tucker : banks of the Blackwater River near Hendricks 

 (Greenman 320). 

 C. DISCOLOR (Muhl.) Nutt. 



Fields. Jefferson : near Charlestown ; Summit Point and 

 near Shepherdstown. 

 C. ViRGiNiANUS (L.) Pers. Virginia Thistle. 



Woods and opens. Summers: near Hinton. Preston: 

 near Terra Alta. Frequent throughout the State. 

 C. MUTicus (Michx.) Pers. Swamp Thistle. 



Wet places. Randolph : near Cheat Bridge, alt. 3,700 ft. 

 Upshur : near Lorentz. Kanawha : near Charleston. Pres- 

 ton : near Terra Alta ; near Aurora (Mr. and Mrs. Steele) . 

 C. ODORATUS (Muhl.) Porter. Pasture Thistle. (Cirsium pmn- 

 ilnm, Spr.) 



Dry fields. Greenbrier : near White Sulphur Springs. 

 Preston: near Terra Alta; near Cranberry Summit (Merts 

 & Guttenherg) ; near Aurora (Mr. and Mrs. Steele). 

 C. ARVENSis (L.) Robs. Canada Thistle. 



Dry fields, becoming troublesome in many localities. Jef- 

 ferson : plentiful near Charlestown, where it was doubtless 

 brought in baled hay by the Federal troops during the war. 

 Randolph : on the apex of Point Mountain, alt. 3,700 ft., in a 

 field owned and cultivated two years ago by a Connecticut 

 gentleman, who probably brought the seed there from the 

 east. Greenbrier: near White Sulphur. Springs. Jefferson: 

 near Summit Point and Shenandoah Junction. Hancock : 

 near Holliday's Cove. Brooke : at Wellsburg. 



Reported also from Hampshire : near Slanesville and 

 Capon Bridge. Brooke : near A\'ellsburg. Ohio : near Beech 

 Glen School House. Summers : near Jumping Branch. 

 Putnam : near Hurricane, Paradise and Confidence. Jeffer- 



