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THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA

C. FEDICelLatA (Dewey) Britton. (C. communis Bailey). Fayette: dry soil under cliffs, near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). C. Jamesii Schwein. Fayette: open woods near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). C. poLYTRiCHoiDES Willd. (C. leptalea Wahl.) Fayette: sphagnum swamp near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). C. Fraseri And. Frazer's Sedge. The following remarks of Prof. T. C. Porter render it evident that this rare and odd sedge came originally from Randolph or Barbour county, each of which lies between the headwaters of the two Kanawhas : "Muhlenberg, in his Deseriptio uberior Graminum, etc... p. 265, under C. lagopus ?, which is C. Fraseri, Andrews, adds these words, "Habitat in Tyger-Valley, Pennsylvania, eunde siccam habeo et vivam.' Kin, the German gardner who col lected in Pennsylvania, brought it home, and his label reads thus : 'Deigher Walli in der Wilternus.' Dr. Gray ha:> shrewdly conjectured that by 'Deigher Walli,' or Tygert Val ley, is meant Tygart's Vallev, which lies further south in Virginia."' In a footnote, Prof. Porter adds "a box contain ing the Carices of Muhlenberg has just been discovered (1877) in the herbarium of the Academy, Philadelphia, and the label attached to the specimens of Kin's collection places Tyger Valley 'prope amnem Kenahway.' " As the two Kanawhas lie entirely within the State of West Virginia, there seems to be little doubt as to the pro priety of including this species in this Flora. Since writing the above Mr. Nuttall has found a plentiful station for this species near Nuttallburg in the Great Kana wha region. C. STIPatA Muhl. Ohio: near Wheeling (Mertz & Guttenberg) . Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Mercer: near Bluefield. C. VULPINOIDEA MicllX. Monongalia: along Falling Run. Wirt: near Burning Spring. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Randolph: near Pickens (H. H. Smith 1357). C. rosea Schk. Fayette: R. R. bank near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Var. radiata Dewey. Open places. Monongalia: near Round Bottom. Wirt: along Straight Creek. Randolph : on Point Mountain, alt. 3,450 ft.; also on a dry rock, alt. 3,650 ft. (Millspaugh) ; western slope of the main ridge of the Alleghany Mountains above Horton (Greenтan, 116). Fayette: cliffs, rocks and banks, near Nuttallburg (Nuttall).