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NYSSA L. 



N. SYLVATiCA Marsh. Black Gum. 



Various situations throughout the State. Wood : near 

 Leachtown. Wirt : along Straight Creek. Calhoun : near 

 Brookville. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Monongalia: 

 near Morgantown. Randolph : on Point Mountain. Web- 

 ster : on Buffalo Bull Mountains. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall). Summers: near Hinton; and along the Green- 

 brier River. Kanawha : near Handley. Mercer : near Ingle- 

 side. Immense growths of this species at Pickens, Randolph 

 Co., with trunks 3 to 4 ft. in diameter (Millspaugh). 



CLETHRACEAE. 



CLETHRA L. 



C. ACUMINATA Michx. White Alder. 



Wooded banks. Fayette : along the Gauley River at the 

 base of the Gauley Mountains : near Nuttallburg, uncommon 

 {Nuttall). 



PYROLACEAE. 



PYROLA L. 



P. ELLiPTiCA Nutt. Shin-leaf. 



Rich woods. Ivanawha : near Charleston {James). Pres- 

 ton : near Terra Alta. 

 P. ROTUNDiFOLiA L. Shin-leaf. 



Sandy woodlands, frequent. Upshur : summit on Staunton 

 Pike. Gilmer: near Glenville {Mapel). Fayette: near Nutt- 

 allburg {Nuttall). Grant: near Bayard. Hardy: near 

 Moorefield {Gamble). 



MONESES Salisb. 



M. UNiFLORA (L.) A. Gray. One-flowered Pyrola. {M. grandi- 

 iiora S. F. Gray). 



Deep, cold woods. Gilmer : near Glenville (Ma/'^/). Pres- 

 ton : along Laurel Hills. Monongalia : near Cheat View, and 

 along Quarry Run. 



CHIMAPHILA Pursh. 



C. UMBELLATA (L.) Nutt. Princc's Pine. 



Dry woods, rare compared with the next. Monongalia : 

 along Decker's Creek ; and on Laurel Hills in pine thickets. 



