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MENYANTHACEAE. 



MENYANTHES Linn. 



M. TRiFOLiATA Limi. Buckbean. 



In cool bogs, Preston: near Cranesville (Sheldon). Poca- 

 hontas: Cranberry Glades (Brooks). 



APOCYNACEAE. 

 APOCYNUM L. 



A. ANDROSAEMiFOLiuM L. Spreading Dog's-bane. 



Meadows, fields, and borders of thickets. Randolph: 

 near Cricard P. O. ; near Valley Head. Greenbrier : near 

 White Sulphur Springs. Mason: near Point Pleasant, 

 Brighton and Buffalo. , 



A. CANNABiNUM L. "Rheumatism weed." Indian Hemp. "Wild 

 Cotton." 



Moist grounds, fields, and banks of streams. Frequent 

 or common throughout the State. Tucker : banks of the 

 Blackwater River near Hendricks (Greenman 274). Jeffer- 

 son: dry uplands near Harpers Ferry (Greene). 



A. ALBUM Greene. 



Jefferson : alluvial banks of both rivers at Harpers Ferry 

 (Greene). 

 A. PUBESCENS R. Br. 



Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble). 



ASCLEPIADACEAE. 



ASCLEPIAS L. 



A. TUBEROSA L. Pleurisy-root. 



Fields and meadows. Wood : near Leachtown. Monon- 

 galia : near Morgantown and at Camp Eden. Lewis : along- 

 Leading and Stone Coal Creeks. Webster : near Long Glade. 

 Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall).; near Kanawha Falls 

 (James) ; near Gauley Bridge (Millspaugh) ; near Hawk's 

 Nest (Holt on). Jackson: near Fisher's Point. Gilmer: 

 near Glenville (Mapel: Brozvn). Doddridge: near Smith- 

 ton. Jefferson : near Shenandoah Jc. Berkeley : near Mar- 

 tinsburg. Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble). Upshur: 

 near Buckhannon (Pollock). 



A. RUBRA L. 



Damp woods. McDowell : near Elkhorn. 



