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THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA

M. Mexicana (L.) Trin. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Monongalia: on campus, Morgantown (Millspaugh). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Randolph: banks of Dry Fork near Harman (Greenman, 46). M. sylvatica (Torr.). Torr. & Gray. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). M. diffusa, Schreb. Nimble Will. Dry ground. Monongalia : along Decker's Creek. Pay ete: Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Randolph: near Elkins (Greenman, 80). BRACHYELYTRUM, Beauv. B. erectum (Schreb.) Beauv. (B. aristatum, Beauv.) Rocky woods. Webster : near Welch Glade. Tucker : near the Falls of Blackwater. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Var. glabratUM, Vasey, in Millsp. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. Va., 469. A new variety discovered by Mr. L. W. Nuttall. It agrees with the species except that it is perfectly smooth, and has an awn-pointed second glume which is about onehalf the length of the flowering glume. Its most striking peculiarity is that it has invariably two culms from each rootstock. High, rocky woods. Favette : near Nuttalburg, rare (Nuttall). PHLEUM, L. P. pratense, L. Timothy. A common escape from cultivation throughout the State. Found even in the forests of the highest Alleghanies. SPOROBOLUS R. Br. S. neglectus Nash. In dry places. Upshur: near French Creek (Sheldon. 2173)S. vaGINAEFLORUS (ТоГГ.) Wood. In dry soils. Preston : near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Monongalia: near Morgantown (C. F. Sheldon). CINNA, L. C. latiFOlia (Trev.) Griseb. (C. pendula Trin.). Pocahontas : valley of the East Fork of the Greenbrier River (Greenman, 88). C. ARUNDiNACeA L. Wood Reed-grass. Wet places. Randolph : along Tygart's Valley River near Huttonsville. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall).