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SYNOSMA Raf. S. SUavEOleNS (L.) Raf. Indian Plantain. (Cacalia L.) Rich banks. Monongalia and Marion : from Opekiska to Morgantown along the Monongahela River, frequent. Pres ton: near Terra Alta. Summers: near Hinton. Ohio: near Wheeling (Mertz & Guttenberg). SENECIO L. S. ANTENNARIIEOLIUS BпПОП. On a loose slate hillside. Greenbrier : near White Sulphur Springs (Allen & Britton, Mackenzie). Perennial, tufted in mostly large clumps; stems slender, 2-4.5 dm. high, loosely white-woolly. Leaves nearly all basal, commonly numerous, oval to spatulate, angulateiy few-tooth ed or entire, mostly obtuse, narrowed into a petiole as long as the blade or longer, densely white-tomentose beneath, green and finally glabrous above, 2-4 cm. long ; stem-leaves small, spatulate, laciniate, or the upper narrowly linear and entire; heads, slender-peduncled, rather less than 25 mm broad ; rays golden-yellow, showy ; involucre 6 mm high, white-woolly; achenes glandular-pubescent. S. vulgaris L. Groundsel. Roadsides, fence rows, streets, and waste places ; adven tive from Europe. Frequent. S. aureus L. Golden Rag-wort. Damp places in open woods. Frequent throughout the State. S. obovatus Muhl. Damp places. Lewis : near Weston. Monongalia : near Morgantown (Millspaugh). Greenbrier: near White Sul phur Springs (Eggleston 4346). Ohio: near Wheeling . (Mertz 1567). S. Balsamitae Muhl. Rocky open woods. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttdl). Monongalia : near Morgantown. Mercer : near Beaver Springs. ARCTIUM L. A. Lappa L. Burdock. Waste grounds, near dwellings. Abundant everywhere. A. minus Schk. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall).