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274. A. Novi-Belgii , L. 
Occurring occasionally throughout the region. 
275. A. puniceus , L. 
Low thickets and swamps. Very abundant. 
276. A. umbellatus , Mill. 
Low moist thickets. Not rare. 
277. A. linariifolius , L. 
Sandy hillsides west of Madison. Rare. 
278. A. ptarmicoides , Torr. & G-ray. 
Dry hills about Madison. Rather local. 
Erigeron, L. Fleabane. 
279. *E. Canadensis , L. Horse-weed. Butter-weed. (E. 
Canadense , L.) 
Very common in open woodlands and cultivated 
fields. 
280. *E. annuus , Pers. Daisy fleabane. Sweet scabious. 
A very common weed in meadows. Popularly 
known in many places as ‘ ‘white top. ” 
281. *E. strigosus , Muhl. Daisy fleabane. 
Common everywhere. 
282. E. bellidifolius , Muhl. Robin’s plantain. 
Dry soil in open woods and brush land. 
283. *A. Philadelphicus , common fleabane. 
Rather common in moist places. 
Antennaria, G-sertn. Everlasting. 
284. *A planta.ginifolia , Hook. Plantain-leaved everlasting. 
On dry soil everywhere. Common. 
Anaphalis, DC. Everlasting. 
285. *M. margaritacea , Benth. & Hook. Pearly everlasting. 
(Gnaphalium margaritaceum , L.) 
Dry sandy soil in a few places about Madison, 
Local. 
Inula, L. Elecampane. 
286. **I. Helenium, L. 
Roadside about four miles west of Madison on Min¬ 
eral Point road. 
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