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seem, so far at least, to be this species. Greenbrier Co., Kate's Mountain, alt. 3,300 ft. (Small). A. viscosa L. Sticky Azalea. Glades and cool ravines. Preston : Kingwood glades. Kanawha : near Charleston (Barnes). Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall) ; near Hawk's Nest (James). Webster: near Long Glade. Upshur: near Buckhannon (Pollock). Var. glauca Michx. "Cinnamon Honeysuckle." Rocky streams in the higher mountains. Tucker : along the Blackwater Fork of Cheat. Var. nitida (Pursh.) Britton. Glades. Webster: in Long and Upper Glades. A. NUDIFLORA L. "Wild Honeysuckle." Pinxter Flower. Rocky places along streams. Common throughout the northern, central, and eastern portions of the State. Mercer : near Princeton 6-8 ft. high. A. lutea L. Flaming Azalea. Mountain woods. Monongalia: Cheat View. Mineral: near Keyser (Workman). Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Fayette: near Nuttallburg, alt. 1,800 ft., flowers with a deli cate fragrance quite distinct from that of other Azaleas (Nuttall). Summers: near Hinton. Preston: along the Laurel Hills. McDowell : near Elkhorn. Mercer : near Princeton and Bluefield. Upshur: near Buckhannon (Pol lock). RHODODENDRON L. R. maximUM L. Great Laurel. Deep rich woods, forming the most dense and tangled thickets in the mountains. Western limit on the Great Ka nawha River near Charleston, Kanawha County. Common throughout the eastern and northern portions of the State R. Catawbiense Michx. Lilac-colored Laurel. Deep, rich mountain woods, rare. Pendleton : near Cherry Grove. Fayette : near Nuttallburg, where it prefers the face of cliffs (Nuttall). Greenbrier: Top of Alleghanies. Sum mers : near Hinton. MENZIESIA Smith. M. pilosa (Michx.) Pers. (M. globularis Salisb.). Pocahontas: summit of Spruce Knob, alt. 4,800 ft. (Hop kins).