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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. Stylosanthes hatnata (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, Trifolium Virginiciim, Small, has been discov- 

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



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

 Mil/spaitghi, 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. Rubns Canadensis roribaccus, Baily, the Leucretia 

 dewberr}', came originally from Randolph County. Another peculiar 

 Rubus {R. Coliimbianus Millsp., has 5 to 7-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. toinentosa, 

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

 uniflora 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 notd.h\y, Ast i/be decandra, Don. , Sax i/raga 

 erosa, Pursh., Boykinia aconitifolia, Nutt., Heiichera vi/iosa, Mx., and 

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

 Her. ♦ 



Sediini PulcJielliun, Nevii, ternatum, telephioides, and telepJiiiim, are 

 with us. The beautiful Liquidambar Styracifltta extends limitedly down 

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

 Liidwegia alternifoiia, L., var. linearifolia, Britt. The purple and 

 yellow passion-flowers (P. lutea, L. , and, incarnata, L.) grace the 

 thickets. 



Passing many minor forms, the Compositae gives us Elepliantopus 

 Caroli?iian lis, WiWd. and tojnentosiis, L. (called as a weed "The Devil's 

 ■Grandmother"); Eupatoriuin, ca'/estininn, L., profuse; So/idago Curtisii, 

 S. rupestris, and Riddellii, Silphiuni perfoliatum, 'L,.; Ri/dbeckia speciosa, 

 Wend.; Heiiafit hits grosse-ser rat i/s, Mart., B. doronicoides, Lam., and 



