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300 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA

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mere shrub, yet near Welsh in Grant Co. it assumes the pro portions of a beautiful tree 20 to 40 ft. high with a strict columnar trunk 5 to 8 inches in diameter (Millspaugh). Greenbrier Co., on Kate's Mountain, near White Sulphur Springs, alt. 3,300 ft. (Small; Heller 827). SPicaTUM Lam. Mountain Maple. Same localities as previous species, except Fayette, but more plentiful where found. Greenbrier: near White Sul phur Springs. McDowell : near Elkhorn. Preston : near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Pocahontas: (Pollock). SaccharUM Marsh. Sugar Maple. (A. saccharinum, Wang., not L.). Plentiful throughout the State, especially, however, in the central counties. Randolph : Summit Point Mountain, alt. 3,700 ft. Webster : Buffalo Bull Range, alt. 27-3,600 ft. In Randolph Co., near Pickens, the sugar maple grows to a diameter of 2 to 4 ft., and a height of 50 to 70 ft. (Mills paugh). nigrUM Michx. Black Sugar Maple. With the preceding, and almost as plentiful. saccharinUM L. White or Silver Maple. (A. dasycarpum, Ehrh.). Banks of Little Kanawha : Gauley River : Great Kanawha, and Ohio. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall); and else where frequent. Large trees 2 to 4 ft. in diameter in Ran dolph Co., near Pickens. At one station in Webster Co., on Buffalo Bull Mountain, nearly every tree of this species is of the Bird's-eye type (Millspaugh). rubrUM L. Red or Swamp Maple. Common throughout the State, where it grows upon the hills and in the mountains, as well as in low places. Wood : near the mouth of the Little Kanawha (Michaux). Negundo L. Box Elder, Ash-leaved Maple. Common near rivers throughout the northern and middle counties. Lewis: along Leading Creek (Millspaugh, Pol lock). Gilmer: near GlenviUe (Mapel). Summers: neat Hinton. Berkeley : near Martinsburg. Hardy : near Moorefield (Gamble). Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Wood: near the mouth of the Little Kanawha (Michaux) SAPINDACEAE,

AESCULUS L. Ae. glaiíra Willd. Ohio or Fetid Buckeye. Low lands near streams. Wirt : along Straight Creek. Gilmer: near Glenville (Broun). Along the Ohio River, common. Monongalia : near Uffington.