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Common. Cultivated and waste ground. July — Oct, 

 The herb is used medicinally and the oil distilled from it 

 is ofificinal. Often a troublesome weed. 



SERICOCARPUS Nees. White-topped Aster. 

 Sericocarpus asteroides (L.) BSP. (aster-like). 

 Sericocarpus conyzoides Nees. 



Common. Dry woods and fields, July — Aug. 



Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) BSP. (having leaves like Linum, 



the Flax). 

 Sericocarpus solidagineus Nees, 



Rare or local. Dry fields, woods and on rocky summits: 

 Groton and Waterford (Graves), East Hartford (A. W. 

 Driggs & Weatherby), East Windsor (Bissell), Southington 

 and Plainville (Audrews, Bissell), Hamden, Waterbury and 

 Oxford (Harger), Beacon Falls and Huntington (Fames). 

 July — Aug. 



BACCHARIS L. Groundsel Tree. 

 Baccharis halimifolia L. (having leaves like Atriplex Halimus). 

 Groundsel Tree. Pencil Tree. 



Rare. Borders of salt marshes : Stonington and Groton 

 (Graves), New London (Miss M, Crofton), Fast Lyme (Miss 

 A. M. Ryon, Gen. Haskins), East Haven (Harger), Bridge- 

 port (C. K. Averill, Fames), Norwalk (Miss A, F. Carpenter, 

 Bissell). Sept.; fruit Oct. 



PLUCHEA Cass, Marsh Fleabane, 

 Pluchea camphorata (L.) DC, (having the odor of camphor). 

 Salt Marsh Fleabane, 



Frequent on salt marshes along the coast. Aug. — Oct. 

 Rarely occurs with white flowers. 



ANTENNARIA Gaertn. Everlasting. Ladies' Tobacco. 



Pussy's Toes, 

 Antennaria Parlinii Fernald, 

 Antennaria arnoglossa Greene. 



Rare. Dry woods and banks: Guilford (G. H. Bartlett), i 

 East Hartford (Weatherby), New Haven (M, L, Fernald), 



