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THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA

B. LuTE.A Michx.f. Yellow Birch. Higher mountain woods. Grant: near Bayard. Tucker: near Hulings. Braxton : near Sutton. Randolph : near Pickens. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). B. POPULiFOLiA Marsh. White Birch. Poor soils. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Randolph: near Winchester. B. nigra L. River Birch. Red Birch. Along streams. Calhoun: along Little Kanawha River Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Greenbrier: near Fort Spring. Summers : near Greenbrier Stockyards ; near Hin ten. Kanawha : near Handley. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall); and common along streams throughout the cen tral and southern counties. A tree 14 feet 2 inches in circumference was measured near Bargers Spring, Sum mers County (Morris). ALNUS Gaertn. A. Alnobetula (Ehrh.) K. Koch. .Mountain Alder. (.-/. viridis DC.) Along mountain stream.-, rare. Greenbrier : Columbia Sulphur Springs. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Po cahontas : at Traveler's Repose. Randolph : along Cheat River. A. rugosa (DuRoi) K. Koch. Smooth Alder. (A. serrulata . Willd.) Low grounds and along rivers. Common, especially in the glade regions. A. incana (L.) Willd. Hoary Alder. In wet places. Pocahontas: Cranberry Glades? (Brooks) F A G А C E A E. FA GUS L. F. Americana Sweet. Beech. General throughout the State.

(F. ferruginea Ait.).

CASTANEA Adans. C. DenTatA (Marsh.) Borkh. Chestnut. (C. vesca Americana Michx.). Rocky hillside woods throughout the State. C. PUMILA (L.) Mill. Chinquapin. Dry bills. Favette : near Nuttallburg. alt. 2,000 feet, frequent (Nuttall). Wayne: near Ceredo and Compton's Creek. Mercer: Beaver Spr., and Ingleside. A remark ably spreading and symmetrical individual was observed in a pasture at Bargcrs Spring, Summers County (Morris).