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A saccharum, Marsh. Sugar Maple. (A. .'<ncrharim(m,'\Var\g., 



not L.) V. M., L. W. N., M. & G. 



Plentiful throughout the State, especially, however, in 



the central counties. Randolph : Summit Point Mountain, 



alt. 3,700 ft. Webster : Buffalo Bull Range, alt. 27-3,600 ft. 



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Var. nigrum, (Michx. f.), Britt. Black Sugar Maple. V. M. 



L. W. N. 

 With the preceding, almost as ])lcntiful. 



A. saccharinum, L. White or Silver Maple. (A. dasynirpum, 



Ehrh.) M. & G. 

 Banks of Little Kanawha: Gauley River: Great Kan- 

 awha, and Ohio. Fayette : near Nuttallburg — L. W. N. ; and 

 elsewhere frequent. 



A rubrum, L. Red or Swamp Maple. G., L. W. N., M. & G. 



Common throughout the State, where it grows upon 

 the hills and in the mountains, as well as in low places. 



NEGUNDO, Moench. 



N. aceroides, Moench. Box Elder, Ash-leaved Maple. M. & G. 



Common near rivers throughout the northern and 



middle counties. Lewis : along Leading Creek. Gilmer : 



near Glenville — V. M. Summers: near Hinton. Berkeley: 



near Marti nsl)urg. Hardy : near Moorefield — G. 



STAPHYLEA, L. 



S. trifolia, L. Bladder-nut. M. i^- G. 



Rocky woods, thickets and opens. Wirt : near Eliza- 

 l)eth. Monongalia: near Morgantown and Stumptown. Gil- 

 mer : near Glenville. Fayette : near Nuttallburg — L. W. N. 



ANACARDIACE-aE. 



RHUS, L. 



R. typhina,. L. Staghorn Sumach. M. & G. 



Dry hillsides. Gilmer : DeKalb Postoffice ; near Glen- 

 ville — V. M. Monongalia : near Stewartown. Summers : 

 near Hinton. Fayette : near Nuttallburg — L. W. N. 



During the season of LS90 to 1891 hundreds of plants 

 of this species were noted in Monongalia county to have the 

 inflorescence reverted to leaves, making a strikingly l)eauti- 

 ful proliferation when young. This effect, according to Dr. 

 Britton, formed the tvpe of the Linna^an species, Datixra hirta 

 (L. Sp. PI. 1037.) collected by Kalm near Philadelphia, Pa. 



