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P. serotina, Elnli. \Vil<l P.lack Cluiiy. C. I,. W. X.. V. M..M.c\: (i. 

 Cominun througliout the State, wliei'e it olton forms 

 extensive and very vahialile forests. This is espeeially true 

 of tlie tree in tin' central eastern seetion. 



PHYSOCARPA. Raf 



P. opulifolia I L), JJaf. Nine-liark. 



Alonjj; streams, common. Mononjialia : along tlie Mo- 

 nongahela river. We])stei-: r])]»er (Hade. Fayette: near 

 Nuttallliurg— L. W. X. Hardy: near Mooivtield." 



SPIRAEA. L. 



S. betulaefolia, I'all. llirdi-leaved Meadow-sweet. 



Ivicli umniHaiu wonds. Webster: near rj>]ier (Jlade. 

 Ilai'dy. near Monrt'lield- -( i. 



S. Virginiana, Hritt. West Virginia Mi'adow-sweet. 



Discovered IS'.K) along the Monongahela river near 

 Morgantown. Tlie following description is. taken from Prof. 

 P>ritton"s acconnt (if the plant in "J>nll. Torrev Chili." Dec 

 1 S<,)( ) : 



•\ gialii-iius shruh. the hranches forming long wands, 

 erect or reclining, 1-4 ft. long. Leaves ohlong or sliglitly oli- 

 lanceolate, thin. ol)tuse or short-pointed at the apex, rounded 

 <»r cuneate at the hase. H to '2 in. long. o-S lines wide, green 

 ahove. pale Iteneath. entii'c or with a few lnw serrations in 

 the u]iper half: petioles 2 lines long; ))e(licels and ]>e(|uneles 

 pale and glaucous; flowers al)out "i-lines hroad, in terminal 

 compound corynd>s l-o in. acmss; calyx teeth o, triangular, 

 hlunt, ahout the length of the shoi't-cami)anulat<' tuhe. ilis- 

 tinctly glaucous; petals o. white, ovate-oj'hicular, nhtuse: 

 stamens lo-^O, persistent: styles o-C) : fnlliclcs in the sjicci- 

 men> examined. .")-(■». apjiarently stei'ile. included in Iheper- 

 .-istent calyx." 



"(^n damji locks along i he Mdiiniigahehri'i ver. .Morgan- 

 town. West Virginia, (Millecled hy Dr. ('. F. Millspaugh in 

 llower. J uiu' 2()th. ISOO, and in apparently imperfect fruit 

 late in Septemhei-. CoUect'd also l)y Nfr. (i. P. N'asey in the 

 mourdains of Xorth Carolina, 1S78."' 



••Siiinini Ix'tiihu'foJid, Pall, and N. ruri/mho-'^d. Hal'., have 

 iiiueh longer follicles -exerted heyond tlu> calyx, broader, 

 thi(dver. and dentate leaves, and are ililTerent in hahit. Pa- 

 tines(pie i»ldilished a luimher itf species in his New Flora, hut 

 none of them can apply to this one." 



S. tomentOSa, P. llardhack. Steeple-hush. ^P iV (I. 



r.ow grounds. Webster: \\'elcli (ilade. Wood: 

 near Lockhart's Run. 



