The Flora of the Cayuga Lake Basin 411 



Frequent in the hills s. w., s., and e. of Ithaca, in the McLean region, along the 

 e. shore of Cayuga Lake, and on Howland Island. Staminate plants not reported. 



Newf . and N. S. to Wis., southw. to D. C, Va., Ont., and Mich. ; common on 

 the Coastal Plain. 



4a. A. neodioica Greene, var. attenuata Fernald. (See Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. 28:245. 1898.) 

 In soils similar to the preceding; common. May 15-June 15. 

 Range practically the same as that of the typical form; more common eastw. 



5. A. plantaginifolia (L.) Richards. Ladies' Tobacco. Pussy's Toes. 



Dry stony sterile pastures, fields, and ravine banks, especially in residual soils over 

 sandstones ; locally common. May 5-30, mostly May 5-20. 



Common on the hilltops s. of Ithaca, about the ravines, and along the lake cliffs. 

 Staminate plants common. 



Me. to Minn., southw. to Va., Tenn., Mo., and in the mts. to Ga. ; common on the 

 Coastal Plain. 



6. A. occidentalis Greene. 



Dry stony pastures in the vicinity of clay and residual sandstone soils ; rare. May 

 15-Iune 10. 



N. e. slope of South Hill, 1919; sandy hills e. of Newton Ponds, 1922. Staminate 

 plants not reported. 



Me. to Minn., southw. to Pa. and 111. ; rare or absent on the Coastal Plain. 



7. A. fallax Greene. Ladies' Tobacco. Pussy's Toes. 

 Dry gravelly fields, mostly in glacial till ; common. 

 Two forms occur : 



(a) Involucral bracts attenuate, scarious, the involucre rarely purple-tinged 

 (typical A. fallax Greene). May 15-June 10. 



Occasional about Ithaca, and more frequent along the e. shore of Cayuga Lake : 

 Bull Hill, Newfield; upper Buttermilk Glen: Six Mile Creek; Cascadilla Creek; Esty 

 Glen ; Wood Mill ; Aurora ; Scipioville ; Duck Lake. Staminate plants reported. 



(b) Involucral bracts broader, more petaloid, and less attenuate, the involucre 

 generally purple-tinged (A. arnoglossa Greene, var. ambigens Greene, see Pittonia 

 3:320, 1898). May 10-30. 



Distributed throughout the basin except possibly on the Ontario plain, from which 

 there are no records. More common than the preceding form. Staminate plants 

 occasional. 



Que. to Wis. and Kans., southw. to Va., Ind., Miss., Tex., and in the mts. to Ga. ; 

 less frequent on the Coastal Plain. 



8. A. Parlinii Fernald. 



Damp or dry stony residual soils over sandstone; rare. May 15-25. 



Sandy bank near swamp s. of Key Hill ; around Slaterville Swamp ; about South 

 Hill Marsh and terrace n. Staminate plants not reported. 



N. S. to Ont., 111., and Iowa, southw. to Va., N. Y., Ohio, 111., and in the mts. to 

 Ga. ; rare on the Coastal Plain. 



10. Anaphalis DC. 



1. A. margaritacea (L.) B. & H. Pearly Everlasting. 



Dry pastures and borders of woods, especially in gravelly, slightly calcareous, soils ; 

 common. Aug.-Sept. 



