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CARYOPHYLLACEiE. 



DiANTHUS Armerla Linn. 



Saponaria officinalis Linn. ' 



SiLENE STELLATA (Linn.) Ait. 



SiLENE ViRGiNiCA (Linn.) 



SiLENE ALBA Muhl. S. tiivea Ottb. 



SiLENE Caroliniana Walt. kS. Pcnusylvaiiica Michx. 



Greenbrier Co., on Kate's Mountain, alt. 3,300 ft. {Small &• 

 Vail). 

 SiLENE anterrhina Linn. 



Agrostemma Githago Linn. Lychnis Githago Lam. 

 Cerastium vulgatum Linn. 

 Cerastium viscosum Linn. 

 Cerastium arvense Linn. 



Cerastium longipedunculatum Muhl. C. nutans Raf. 

 Alsine media Linn. Stellaria media Smitb. 

 Alsine pubera (Micbx). Britton. Stellaria pubera Michx. 

 Alsine longifolia (Muhl.) Britton. Stellaria longifolia Muhl. 

 Arenaria serpvllifolia Linn. 

 Spergula arvensis Linn. {Ni/ttall). 

 Anvchia Canadensis (Linn.) B. S. P. 



Anychia dichotoma Michx. 



This species first appeared in this locality in 1895, at the bot- 

 tom of a newly excavated railroad cut. Had the seeds been 

 buried and dormant? [Nuttall, 1837). 



Paronychia dichotoma (Linn.) Nutt. 



NY M PHAGE iE. 

 Castalia odorata (Dryand) Woodv. & Wood. 

 Nymph^a advena Soland. 



M A G N O L 1 A C E ^. 



Magnolia acuminata Linn. 



Magnolia tripetala Linn. 



Magnolia Fraseri Walt., Fl. Car., 159 (1788). 



Leaves oblong-obovate or spatulate, auriculate at the base, 

 glabrous, 8 to 20 in. long; petals obovate-spatulate, with nar- 

 row claws, 4 in. long. Flower more graceful and cone of fruit 

 smaller than in the preceding species. 



Type locality doubtless in the Alleghanies of West Virginia, 

 where it is abundant and in typical form. 



Liriodendron Tulipifera Linn. 



ANONACEiE. 



Asimina triloba (Linn.) Dunal. 



