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MYRICACEAE. 



COMPTONIA Banks. 

 C. PEREGRIN A (L.) Coulter. (Myrica asplenifolia L.). 



Dry soil, especially on hillsides. Hampshire : along Cac- 

 apon Creek (Brooks). 



BETULACEAE. 



CARPINUS L. 

 C. Caroliniana, Walt. Blue or Water Beech. 



Damp thickets and river banks. Wirt : near Elizabeth. 

 Monongalia : near Morgantown, plentiful. Gilmer : near 

 Glenville (Mapel). Upshur: near Buckhannon (Pollock). 

 Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Niittall). Summers: near Hin- 

 ton. Marion : near Worthington. Jefferson : near Harper's 

 Ferry (Mcrtz & Guttenhen^). Webster: Hacker Valley 

 (H. H. Smith, 1531). 



OSTRYA Scop. 

 O. ViRGiNiANA (Mill.) Willd. Lever Wood. Iron Wood. 



Rich woods and along streams. Wirt : near Elizabeth. 

 Randolph : on Point Mountain ; at first Top of Cheat there 

 is a forest of this wood where trees are found, in numbers, 

 from 1-3 feet in diameter. Webster : on Buffalo Bull Moun- 

 tain. Greenbrier : near White Sulphur Springs. Summers : 

 near Hinton. Marion: near Worthington. Favette: near 

 Nuttallburg (Nnttall). 



CORYLUS L. 

 C. Americana, Walt. Hazlenut. 



Thickets, frequent throughout the State. 

 C. ROSTRATA Ait. Beaked Hazlenut. 



Mountainous regions. Upshur : summit on Staunton Pike 

 Randolph : near Fords. 



BETULA L. 

 B. LENTA L. Sweet Birch. Black Birch. 



Rich Woods. Common throughout the State. Grows 

 very large in the mountains. One specimen near Cheat 

 Bridge measure 7 ft. 9 in. in diameter. Preston: near Au- 

 rora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 B. LENTA X LUTEA. Millsp. Field Mus. Bot. 1:201 (1896). 

 A number of specimens of this hybrid birch were found 

 in 1892 at Pickens, Randolph Co. In all, the bark forms of 

 each species were intermixed. All the specimens were small 

 saplings about 2 in. in diameter (Millspaugh). 



