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336 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA P. SUBULatA L. Moss Pink. Dry rocky places. Mineral: near Keyser (Workman). Fayette: near Hawk's Nest (James). Monongalia and Marion: near the F. M. & P. R. R. Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble; F. E. Brooks). Mercer: near Bluefield. Greenbrier Co., dry, stony ledges on Kate's Mountain, alt. 3,300 ft. (Small; Heller 812). P. Brittonii Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 27:279. (1900). Perennial, deep green. Stems copiously branched; branches matted, forming wide tufts, glandular-pilose : leaves numerous, small ones often clustered in the axils of the larger; blades subulate or narrowly linear-subulate, 5-10 mm. long, ciliate, especially near the base : calices 5-6mт. long, glandular-pubescent like the branches ; segments subu late, about as long as the tube : corolla white : tube curved, about icm. long; limb I2-I3mm. wide; segments cuneate, with two pale magenta spots near the base, cleft by a Vshaped sinus about" 3mm. deep, usually with a minute tooth in each sinus, tips acute or acutish. A relative of P. subulata but more delicate in all its parts. (Note the contrasting characters as tabulated in the origina! description of the species). The specimens upon which the species is based were col lected by Dr. N. L. Britton, at White Sulphur Springs. Greenbrier County, May 1898. POLEMONIUM L. P. REPTANS L. Greek Valerian. Damp woods. Monongalia : in Brand's Woods near Easton, where it is used by the people of that neighborhood as a stomachic and tonic. Rich woods, near Morgantown. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). P. Van Bruntiae Britton. Jacob's Ladder. (P. coerulewn A. Gray. Moist opens. Preston: near Cranberry Summit (Mertz & Guttenberg) . HYDROPHYLLACEAE. HYDROPHYLLUM L. H. MACROPHYLluM Nutt. Small-leaved Water-leaf Rich woods. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). near Burton (Mertz & Guttenberg).

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