240 THE WEST VIRGINIA ELORA 



B. LU'iE.A Alichx.f. Yellow Birch. 



Higher mountain woods. Grant: near Bayard. Tucker: 

 near Hulings. Braxton : near Sutton. Randolph : near 

 Pickens. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nnttall). 

 B. POPULiFOLiA Marsh. White Birch. 



Poor soils. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapcl). Randolph: 

 near Winchester. 



B. NIGRA L. River Birch. Red Birch. 



Along streams. Calhoun : along Little Kanawha River. 

 Gilmer: near Glenville (iMapcl). Greenbrier: near Fort 

 Spring. Summers : near Greenbrier Stockyards ; near Hin- 

 ton. Kanawha : near Handle}'. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall) ; and common along streams throughout the cen- 

 tral and southern counties. A tree 14 feet 2^ inches in 

 circumference was measured near Bargers Spring, Sum- 

 mers County (Morris). 



ALNUS Gaertn. 

 A. Alnobetula (Ehrh.) K. Koch. Mountain Alder. (.-/. 

 z'iridis DC.) 



Along mountain stream;., rare. Greenbrier : Columbia 

 Sulphur Springs. Fayette: near Nuttallburg ( Nuttall). Po- 

 cahontas : at Traveler's Repose. Randolph : along Cheat 

 River. 

 A. RUGOSA (DuRoi) K. Koch. Smooth Alder. (A. scrndata 

 Willd.) 



Low grounds and along rivers. Common, especially in 

 the glade regions. 

 A. iNCANA (L.) Willd. Hoary Alder. 



In wet places. Pocahontas: Cranberry Glades? (Brooks) 



F A G A C E A E. 



FAGUS L. 

 F. Americana Sweet. Beech. (F. fcrnii^iiica Ait.). 



General throughout the State. 



CASTANEA Adans. 



C. dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. Chestnut. (C. vcsca Americana 



Michx.). 



Rocky hillside woods throughout the State. 

 C. pumila (L.) i\lill. Chinquapin. 



Dry hills. Fayette : near Nuttalllnu'g, alt. 2,000 feet, 

 frequent (Nuttall). Wayne: near Ceredo and Compton's 

 Creek. Mercer: Beaver Spr., and Tngleside. A remark- 

 ably spreading and symmetrical individual was observed in 

 a pasture at Bargers Spring, Summers County (Morris). 



