COMPOSITE. 



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Latin Names. 





English Names. 



Geolog'l Station 



Natural Habitat. 



Engelmannia, T. & Gr. 













E. pinnatifida, T. & Gr., 











Red River plains. 



PartJtenium, L. 













P. integrifolium, L. 











Dry prairies. 



Iva, L., . 



. Marsh Elder. 









*I. ciliata, Willd., . 







. 



. 



Swamps and moist places 



*L angustifolia, Nutt., 











Prairies. 



Ambrosia, Tour., . 



Ra 



gweed. 









A. bidentata, Mich., 





. 



Sandy, 





Roadsides and prairies. 



A. arteruisiaifolia, L., 











Prairies. 



A. trifida, L., 







Alluvial, . 





Bottoms. 



A. polystachia, D C, 







Limestone, 



. 



Barren and prairies. 



Xanthium, Tour., . 



Cockleburr. 









X. strumarium, L., 





. 







Cultivated fields. 



Zinnia, L. 













Z. multiflora, L., 1 . 





. 



Limestone, 



. 



Prairies. 



Tttragonothcca, Dill. 













T. helianthoides, L., 





. 



Sandstone, 



. 



Open hilly woods (rare). 



Eclipta, L. 













? E. procumbens, Mich., 











Wet banks of rivers. 



Heliopsis, Pers., 



0* 



.eye. 









H.laevis,Pers.and*;ar.Sca 



bra, 



. 



. 



. 



Dry soil, prairies, &c. 



Echinacea, Monch., 



Purple cone-flower. 









E. purpurea, M., . 











Prairies (common). 



*E. angustifolia, D C, 







. 



. 



it 



*E. atrorubens, Nutt., 





. 







Plains. 



Budbeckia, L., 



Cone flower. 









*R. bicolor, Nutt., . 











Red River, plains. 



R. hirta, L., . 





. 



Sandy, 





Dry prairies. 



R. fulgida, Ait., 











Prairies and barrens. 



? R. speciosa, "Wend., 





. 



Sandstone, 



. 



Rocky, open barrens. 



R. triloba, L., 





. 







Dry prairies. 



R. subtomentosa, Pursh. 





. 



. 





Prairies. 



*R. grandiflora, GmeL, 











Plains of Red River. 



R. laciniata, L., 











Wet places. Thickets. 



*R. maxima, Nutt., 











Plains, Red River. 



Dracopsis, Cass. 













*D. amplexicaulis, Cass 



> 



. 



. 



. 



Low prairies. 



Helianthns, L., 



. Sun-flower. 









*H. lenticularis, Dougl., 





.... 



. 



. 



Prairies. 



*H. petiolaris, Nutt., 







. 



. 



Arid plains. 



*H. orgyalis, D C, . 











a a 



*H. atrorubens, L., 











Dry soil. 



H. rigidus, Desf., . 





. 







Prairies. 



H. ltetiflorus, Pers., 











Barrens and prairies. 



H. occidentals, Rid., 











Dry prairies. 



H. mollis, Lam., 







Cherty limestone, 



Barrens. 



1 Abounds on the prairies of Benton County, and certainly indigenous. Species cultivated in our 

 gardens. 



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