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THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA

Steele). Webster: at Hacker Valley (H. H. Smith 1571). Greenbrier : near White Sulphur Springs. Hardy : nea: White Sulphur Springs. Hardy : near Moorefield (Gamble)O. ARGiLi.icoLA. Mackenzie, Torreya 4 :56. 1904). Biennial, with numerous stems ascending from the same root, 5-15 dm. hgh. Stems puberulent, but otherwise with out pubescence ; leaves of the stemless plant of the first year rosulate, 6-15 cm. long, the blades oblanceolate, 15 mm. or less wide, sinuate, acute, puberulent on both sides, the mid-nerve strongly developed, tapering at the base to a long, rather narrowly winged petiole; cauline leaves of the flowering plants of the second year, with narrowly linear-lanceolate blades, the well-developed ones 6-8 cm. long, 7 mm. or less wide, remotely sinuate-dentate, acute, glabrous or slightly puberulent, tapering to a petiole-like base and often strongly decurrent on the stem, forming well-developed ridges ; calyxtube 3-4 cm. long and longer than the sepals, perfectly gla brous, as also are the sepals, the tips of the latter free, spreading, often 3-4 cm. long ; petals bright yellow, obcordate, crenulate, 3-4 cm. long, so that the open flower is often 6-8 cm. across ; capsules perfectly glabrous, 2-3 cm. long, sessile, gradually tapering upward from the broad base and often strongly curved, somewhat quadrangular, strongly ribbed : seeds angled, 1-1.5 mm. l0nSOpen sunny clay banks and along rivers, in loose, rocky soil. Greenbrier : near White Sulphur Springs, August 27, 1903 (Mackenzie 373). KNEIFFIA Spach. K. pumila (L.) Spach. (Oenothera pumila L.). Dry fields, frequent throughout the State, especially in the northern section. Hardy : near Moorefield (Gamble). Ran dolph : near Pickens (H. H. Smith 1387). K. frUTicosa (L.) Raim. Sun-drops. "Wild Beet." (Oenothera fruticosa L.). Common in most soils, and in cultivated fields as a weed. Summers : near Talcott and Lowell. Marion : near Worthington. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). K. fruticosa differta (Millsp. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. Va., зб6( 1892). Damp meadows, Wood County, near Lôckhart's Run, the most common form. Stems i to 2 ft. high, nearly smooth, branching diffusely from every axil. Flowers profuse, large. Lower leaves ovate. Capsules narrowly winged, very short; apical inflores cence strongly cymose.