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THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA CENTAUREA Linn.

C. NIGRA Linn. Appeared in 191 1 in the alfalfa field of Mr. L. A. Bond, at Lost Creek, Harrison County, and in 1912 in his oat field (Sheldon). CARDUUS L. C. LANCEOLatUS L. Common Thistle. Fields, waste grounds, and roadsides. Common. C. ALTissiMUS L. Tall Thistle. Fields and moist copses, frequent. Monongalia, Marion and Preston counties. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Summers: near Greenbrier Stock Yards. Hardy: near Moorefield. Preston: near Aurora (Mr. and Mrs. Steele). Tucker : banks of the Blackwater River near Hendricks (Greenman 320). C. discolor (Muhl.) Nutt. Fields. Jefferson : near Charlestown ; Summit Point and near Shepherdstown. C. ViRGiNiANUS (L.) Pers. Virginia Thistle. Woods and opens. Summers : near Hinton. Preston : near Terra Alta. Frequent throughout the State. C. MUTicus (Michx.) Pers. Swamp Thistle. Wet places. Randolph : near Cheat Bridge, alt. 3,700 ft. Upshur: near Lorentz. Kanawha: near Charleston. Pres ton : near Terra Alta ; near Aurora (Mr. and Mrs. Steele). C. odoratUs (Muhl.) Porter. Pasture Thistle. (Cirsium pumilum, Spr.) Dry fields. Greenbrier : near White Sulphur Springs. Preston: near Terra Alta; near Cranberry Summit (Mertz & Guttenberg) ; near Aurora (Mr. and Mrs. Steele). C. ARVENsis (L.) Robs. Canada Thistle. Dry fields, becoming troublesome in many localities. Jef ferson : plentiful near Charlestown, where it was doubtless brought in baled hay by the Federal troops during the war. Randolph : on the apex of Point Mountain, alt. 3,700 ft., in a field owned and cultivated two years ago by a Connecticut gentleman, who probably brought the seed there from the east. Greenbrier : near White Sulphur Springs. Jefferson : near Summit Point and Shenandoah Junction. Hancock : near Holliday's Cove. Brooke : at Wellsburg. Reported also from Hampshire : near Slanesville and Capon Bridge. Brooke : near Wellsburg. Ohio : near Beech Glen School House. Summers : near Jumping Branch Putnam : near Hurricane, Paradise and Confidence. Jeffer