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Marion; (Britton.) 
Bedford county: Oct. 4, 1671, (A. H. Curtiss.) 
Virginia, West. — This exceedingly pernicious weed is rap- 
idly spreading throughout the state, apparently from the west 
and southwest portions eastward and northward. (Mills- 
paugh. Bulletin Nos. 22 and 23, West Virginia Agr’l Exp. Sta- 
tion, 1892. In Bulletin No. 23 and22 Agr. Exp. Station included 
under list of twenty -five worst weeds. Also the Flora of West 
Virginia, Bull. No. 24. Vol. II.) 
Becoming a detestable weed in fields and forests — 
Lewis: along Leading Creek. Wood: near Kanawha Sta- 
tion. Wort: near Elizabeth. Randolph; near Crickard P. O. 
Webster: on Buffalo Bull Mountains. Nicholas: near Beaver 
Mills. Gilmer: near Glenville, V. M. Fayette: near Nuttall- 
burgh-L. W. N. Monongalia: near Ice’s Ferry. Cabel: near 
Barboursville. Green Brier: near White Sulphur Springs. 
Monroe: near Alderson. Sumners: near Hinton. Kanawha: 
near Charleston. Jefferson: near Flowing Springs, and Shep- 
herdstown. Mason; near Point Pleasant. Mercer: near Ingle- 
side. 
Reported as a troublesome v'eed from — 
Harrison: near Clarksburgh, Wilsonburgh, Good Hope, Mt. 
Clare and Wallace. Ohio: near Elm Grove and West Liberty. 
Wood: near Waverly, Belleville, Beer Walk and Kanawha Sta- 
tion. Hardy: near Moorefield and Wardensville. Grant: near 
Medley and Petersburg. Jefferson: near Moore’s and Kable- 
town. Summers: near Forest Hill and Talcott. Wetzel: near 
Endicott, Pine Groye, New Martinsville and Blake. Mineral: 
near Patterson’s Depot and Blaine. Wirt; near Burning Springs, 
Morris, Evelyn and Weedy Ripple. Jackson: near Grass Lick 
and Odaville. Cabell: near Union Ridge* and Barboursville. 
Taylor: near Knottsville. Wayne: near Stone Coal and Adkin’s 
Mills. Doodridge: near Smithton and Center Point. Marshall: 
near Knoxville and Welcome. Braxton: near Bulltown and Tate 
Creek. Berkley: near Hedgesville. Mercer: near Brammwell 
and New Hope. Roane: near Looneyville, Clio, Reedy and 
Pencil. Pocahontas: near Lobelia. Kanawha; near Blundon. 
Greenbrier: near Trout Creek. McDowell: near Squire Jim. 
Mason: near Maggie. Brooke: near Wellsburgh. Marion: near 
Mannington. Taylor: near Grafton. Upshar: near Kanawha 
Head, Overhill and Hemlock. Hampshire: near Higginsville 
and Springfield. Tyler: near Long Reach. Webster: near 
Welsh Glade. Clay: near Valley Fork. 
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