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the cutting of a few selected trees of other species. It is noticeable that until these trees reach the age of flowering and thereafter there is none of the characteristic umbrella like clustering of the leaves on the axis of the season but they are strongly alternate and distant. This character con fuses the species with Magnolia acuminata in the young large-leaved stage, unless the smoothness or pubescence of the leaf-buds be noted'' (Morris). In Webster county, at Hacker Valley, this species is replacing "yellow poplar" where that timber has been removed (H. H. Smith). M. Fraseri Walt. Ear-leaved Magnolia. Leaves oblong-obovate or spatulate, auriculate at the base, glabrous, 8 to 20 in. long ; petals obovate-spatulate, with nar row claws, 4 in. long. Flower more graceful and cone of fruit smaller than in the preceding species. Type locality doubtless in the Alleghanies of West Vir ginia, where it is abundant and in typical form. Pocahontas : valley of the East Fork of Greenbrier River (Greenman, 192). Deep rich mountain woods. Randolph: on Point Mountain, alt. 3700 ft. (Millspaugh) ; near Pickens (H. H. Smith, 1945). Webster: on Buffalo Bull Moun tain, alt. 3400 ft. Nicholas: near Beaver Mills, alt. 2125 ft. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Summers: near Hinton. McDowell : near Elkhorn. Mercer : Bluestone Jc. LIRIODENDRON L. L. Tulipifera L. Tulip Tree, "White, Yellow, or Hickory Pop lar." Common in rich woods throughout the State. Magnifi cent trees in Randolph, Pocahontas, Greenbrier, Webster, Nicholas, and Preston counties. Summers : near Hinton. Fayette : near Kanawha Falls ; near Nuttallburg, common (Nuttall). Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble). Mercer: near Ingleside. A N О N А C E A E. ASIMINA Adans. A. triloba (L.), Dunal. Papaw. Rich soil near streams, common. Wood : near Kanawha Station (MiUspaugh) ; near the mouth of the Little Kana wha (Michaux). Wirt: along Straight Creek Webster: Buffalo Bull Mountains, alt. 2100 ft. Nicholas: along Peter Creek. Fayette : along Gauley River. Kanawha. Putnam and Mason: along the Great Kanawha. Gilmer: near Glen