412 Karl M. Wiegand and Arthur J. Eames 



In the Cayuga Lake Basin, most abundant in the McLean region. 



Newf. to Alaska, southw. to Pa., Kans., and Oreg., including the Atlantic Coastal 

 Plain. Found also in Asia. 



Plants approaching var. occidentalis Greene in the more glabrous foliage and the 

 larger upper leaves, have been found southeast of Etna (A. Gershoy) and on Turkey 

 Hill. A form with the leaves green above but narrow (forma anochlora Fernald, 

 Rhodora 24 : 205, 1922) is occasional. 



11. Gnaphalium L. 



a. Plants tall, erect, with a more or less balsamic odor ; heads about 5 mm. high. 

 b. Leaves tapering to a sessile base; plant slightly glandular. 1. G. obtiisifolium 

 b. Leaves clasping at base, decurrent ; plant strongly glandular-viscid. 



2. G. decurrens 

 a. Plants low, diffuse, scarcely fragrant; heads about 2 mm. high. 



3. G. uliginoswm 



1. G. obtusifolium L. (See Rhodora 20:71. 1918. G. polyccphalum of Gray's 



Mrm, ed. 7, and of Cayuga Fl.) Everlasting. 



Dry gravelly or sandy fields and roadsides, in neutral or acid soils; infrequent. 

 Aug. 15-Sept. 



N. e. of Spencer Lake; West Danby, on the Pinnacles (D.) ; Enfield Glen 

 (D.) ; Coy Glen; Cascadilla woods (D.) ; Fall Creek (D.) ; Cornell Heights; near 

 Woodwardia Bog ; near Beaver Brook ; near Ludlowville ; s. of Benson Corners ; 

 Junius ; and elsewhere. 



N. S. to Man., southw. to Fla., Kans., and Tex. ; common along the coast. 



2. G. decurrens Ives. Everlasting. 



In situations similar to the preceding, but absent on acid soils ; common. Aug.- 

 Sept. 



Rare on the chestnut soils of the southern hills of the basin, on the ravine 

 crests, and on the sands at Junius ; most abundant in the McLean region. 



E. Que. to B. C, southw. to Pa., Ohio, Mich., Minn., and in the mts. to Ariz. ; 

 rare or absent on the Atlantic Coastal Plain. 



3. G. uliginosum L. Low Cudweed. 



Dried-out mud in ditches, by roadsides, and along shores ; common, and generally 

 distributed. July-Sept. 



Newf. to Sask., B. C, and Oreg., southw. to Va. and the Great Lakes region, 

 including the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Found also in Eu. 



12. Inula L. 



a. Leaves tomentose beneath, large, ovate; plant 8-20 dm. high. 1. /. Hclenium 



a. Leaves glabrous or nearly so beneath, small, narrowly oblong ; plant 2-10 dm. high. 



[/. salicina] 

 1. I. Helenium L. Elecampane. 



Low places and gravelly pastures along streams, usually in calcareous soils ; fre- 

 quent. July-Aug. 



Spencer Lake; upper Buttermilk Glen; upper reservoir, Six Mile Creek; Cas- 

 cadilla Creek, above Dwyer Dam ; Cayuga Heights ; McLean ; Cortland marl ponds ; 

 and elsewhere; absent on the sandy acid soils w., s., and e. of Ithaca and n. of 

 Cayuga Lake, and also on the clays and heavy soils of the basin. 



N. S. to Minn., southw. to N. C. and Mo.; infrequent on the Coastal Plain. 

 Naturalized from Eurasia. 



