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AGROSTIS, L. A. INTERMEDIA Scribn. In dry soils, Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). A. ALTissima (Walt.) Tuckerman. Sandv moist places, Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). A. alba L. White Bent-grass, (ind. var. vulgaris (With. Thurb.) Meadows and fields. A frequent escape in the western counties. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). A. canina L. On shaded banks of the Guyandotte River below Baileysville, Wyoming County, altitude, 1,100 feet, August 13, 1900 (Morris, 1 1 97). Forma, aristata. Millsp. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. Va., 470. Damp meadowlands. Monongalia : along Falling Run (Millspaugh, 244). Wyoming: near Baileysville (Morris, 1197).

A. perennans (Walt.), Tuckerm. Thin Grass. Damp, shady places. Randolph : along Cheat River in clearings. Monongalia : near Little Falls. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). A. HYEMALis (Walt.), B. S. P. Hair Grass. A. Scabra, Willd. Moist fields. Preston : near Terra Alta. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). CALAMAGROSTIS Adans. C. ciNNOiDEs (Muhl.) Scribn. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). HOLCUS, L. H. LANatUS L. Velvet Grass. "Old White Top." "Feather Grass." Frequent in damp meadows. Monongalia : along the F. M. & P. R. R. Upshur: near Laurentz. Randolph: along Tygart's Valley River. Grant: near Bayard. Nicholas: in Collett's Glade. Fayette: near Hawk's Nest, and Kanawha Falls (James); Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Randolph: at Pick ens (H. H. Smith, 1390). ARRHENATHERUM. Beauv. A. ELATius (L.) Beauv. Oat Grass. (A. avettaceum, Beauv.) Fields and yards. Monongalia, abundant and becoming a nuisance. The lower campus (half orchard) that yielded a good crop of Orchard-grass last season, was almost completely