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to be indistinct from A. Canadensis, L., and as it has the priority of 

 publication, the latter well-known name becomes a synonym. An- 

 other important discovery in this genus is that A. distortus, T. and G., 

 habits the Devonian shales of Hardy County, the only station known 

 for the species east of the Mississippi valley. This species is here 

 associated with Opuntia polyacantha, Haw, in great quantity, giving 

 this peculiar spot in the Alleghanies much the appearance of an arid 

 waste in Arizona. Stylosanlhes hamata (L.), Britt. , here ventures far- 

 ther east than has heretofore been supposed, and finds congenial soil 

 along New River in Fayette County. Lespedeza striata (Thunb.), H. & 

 A., spreads profusely throughout the southwestern portion of the 

 State. A new clover, Trifoliinn Virginicum, Small, has been discov- 

 ered in Greenbrier County, by Mr. J. K. Small. 



The roses are striking in the many new forms they produce: Rubus 

 Millspaitghi, Britt., is so profuse in the mountains of Pocahontas and 

 Pendleton Counties that, according to the mountaineers and hunters, 

 it is upon it that the bears depend principally for fattening food prior 

 to hibernation. Rubus Canadensis roribaccus, Bail)', the Leucretia 

 dewberry, came originally from Randolph County. Another peculiar 

 Rubus (R. Cclumbianus Millsp., has 5 to y-incised leaves of striking 

 character. A new Spirea (S. Virginiana, Britt.) grows plentifully 

 within half a mile of the' University at Morgantown. Mercer County 

 in the southern section of the State, presents a wonderful array of 

 Crategi: C. spathulata, C. cordata, C. apiifolia, C. coccinea, C. tomentosa, 

 C. punctata, C. Crus-galli, C. flava and its variety pubescens, and C. 

 tiniflora were all found during one day's botanizing in this section. 



Of the Calycanths we have all, even the two species recorded 

 "Virginia doubtful" in the Manual. 



Of the saxifrages we have notably, A stilbe decandra, Don.,Saxifraga 

 frosa, Pursh., Boykinia aconitifolia, Nutt., Heuchera villosa, MX., and 

 H. Americana, L., and even the Laboradorian Ribes prostratum, L' 

 Her. 



Sedum Pulchellum, Nevii, ternatum, telephioides, and telephium, are 

 with us. The beautiful Liquidambar Styraciflua extends limitedly down 

 the Gauly and Great Kanawha. The Onagraceae yield a new form in 

 Ludwegia alternifolia, L., var. linearifolia, Britt. The purple and 

 3'ellow passion-flowers (P. lutea, L. , and, incarnata, L.) grace the 

 thickets. 



Passing many minor forms, the Compositae gives us Elephantopus 

 Carolinian its, Willd. and tomentosus, L. (called as a weed "The Devil's 

 Grandmother"); Eupatorium, cxlestinum, L. , profuse; Solidago Curtisii, 

 S. rupestris, and Riddellii, Silphntm per'foliatum, L.; Rudbeckia speciosa, 

 "Wend. ; Helianthus grosse-serratus, Mart., H. dorotricoidts, Lam., and 



