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elevations for this species range from 850 to 2,300 feet. Trautvetteria 

 Carolinensis (Walt.,) Vail, is to be found along all such mountain rills 

 as are deeply shaded, at altitudes above 1,000 feet. We extend the 

 Manual distribution of Caltha palustris, L. , southward nearly one de- 

 gree, by finding it quite plentiful in the mountains of Randolph County, 

 where Isopyruvi trifoliatiim (L.) Britt. , keeps it company. Helleborus 

 viridis, L. , has its most western station on the north branch of 

 the Potomac River, in Hardy County, whence it was first reported to 

 Dr. Gray by Dr. Gamble, of Moorfield. Acoiitum uncinatiim, L., is at 

 home all along the banks of Cheat River, at altitudes varying from 

 780 to 3,550 feet. Both species of ActcBa are to be met with on the 

 higher Alleghanies, where Cimicifiiga Americana, Mx., is the principal 

 representative of the tribe. 



Magnolia Fraseri, Walt., is a striking vernal feature of the whole 

 Alleghanian region, while tripetala and acwninata are common. Ber- 

 beris Canadensis, Mill, becomes a veritable weed in many fields in the 

 southern portion of the State, vying with Papaver dubium, L. , and Glaii- 

 cium Glaucium (L.), Karst, in the northeastern section. Bicuculla eximina 

 (L.), Millsp., we have found only upon the highest peaks of the 

 Alleghanies. 



Of the rambling crucifers. Sisymbrium Zy^a/Zaz/rt (L.) Celak, finds 

 a home in Fayette County, and Lepidium campestre (L.), R. Br., is the 

 worst and most prevalent weed in the cultivated portions of the north- 

 eastern section. 



Nearly all the violets lend their beauty to the adornment of the 

 woods and meadows; Viola pedata, var. bicolor, Pursh., wjth iiowers 

 as large as the cultivated pansy and fully as beautiful, is frequent 

 among the Devonian shales of the northeast; Mola primulcefolia, L. , 

 comes in from the coast as far as four degrees ; and Viola hastata, Mx., 

 is quite plentiful in the southern section. 



Although Sida hermaphrodita (L.), Rusby, has not been found in 

 the Alleghanies as yet, it is not at all rare along the New and Great 

 Kanawha Rivers, from Quinnimont to the Ohio, and thence down that 

 river to the limits of the State. Hibiscus Moscheutos, L. , is found 

 not onl}^ along the bottoms of the Great Kanawha, but also in the 

 northeastern part of the State, while H. Trionuin, L., is a quite com- 

 mon weed in gardens. 



All of the native species of Aesculus, together with the var. hybrida 

 of ociandra, are found in the State. Ailanthus glandulosis is becom- 

 ing a most troublesome weed in many sections, especially in the north- 

 ern counties. 



Among the Leguminals we have re-discovered Astragalus Caroli- 

 nianus, L., which from our specimens is considered by Professor Britton 



