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"Two or three feet high, divergently branched, the branches ascending. Leaves linear, elongated, 2-4-in. long, 1^-4-lines wide, acute; flowers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves or bracts, yellow ; sepals ovate-lanceolate acute, narrower than those of L. alternifolia ; branches and both sides of the leaves somewhat pubesent. Petals apparently remaining on the plant longer than those of L. alternifolia, which, as Dr. Millspaugh observes, commonly fall away when the plant is shocked." "Appearing very distinct from typical L. alternifolia, but presumably but a variety of it. From the description it may be the Rhexia linearifolia, Poir, in Lam. Encycl. vi. 2, said to come from Carolina." CHAMAENERION Adans. C. ANGUSTiFOLiuM (L.) Scop. Fire-weed. (Epilobium spicatum Lam.). In new clearings. Mineral: Grant: and Tucker: along the W. Va. Cent. R. R. Randolph : summit of Point Mountain, alt. 3,700 ft. Cheat Mountain, alt. 27-3,600 ft. ; near Pickens (H. H. Smith 1396; 1454). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Pendleton : on Spruce Knob (Greenman 173). Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble). EPILOBIUM L. E. coLORatUM Muhl. Willow-herb. Ditches, and wet rocks. Greenbrier : near White Sulphur Springs. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Mason: near Pt. Pleas ant ; and frequent throughout the State. E. lineare Muhl. In swamps. Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Pocahontas: in Cranberry Glades (Sheldon 3848). E. adenocaulon Haussk. Wet places. Randolph : in Blister Swamp near Gandy Creek (Greenman 427). ONAGRA Adans. O. biennis (L.) Scop. Evening Primrose. ( Oenothera biennis L). Frequent or common, throughout the State. Var. grandiflora (Ait.) Lindl. Frequent. Randolph : Cricard, P. O. ; Point Mountain Wood : near Kanawha Station. Preston : near Tunnellton ; near Terra Alta (Millspaugh) ; near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs.