246 THE WEST X'lKGINlA FLORA 



R. ACETOSELLA L. Horsc Sorrel. 



Abundant everywhere ; even along paths in the d^ii'^f 

 spruce forests of the higher mountains. 



FAGOPYRUM Gsertn. 



F. Fagopvrum (L.) Karst. Buckwheat. (F. esciilcntuni Moench.) 

 Waste grounds and cultivated fields. A frequent escape 



POLYGONUM L. 

 P. ORiENTALE L. Priucc's Feather. 



Escaped to waste places. Lewis : near Weston. Monon- 

 galia : near Morgantown. Fayette : near Nuttallburg, rare 

 {Nuttall). Mineral: near Piedmont. 

 P. Pennsylvanicum L. 



Low grounds. Common throughout the State. 

 P. Persicaria L. Lady's Thumb. 



Waste grounds. Lewis : near Weston. Gilmer : iiear 

 Glenville \Mapel). Fayette: near Nuttallburg (NiiftaH). 

 Mason : near Point Pleasant. Wood : near Parkersburg. 

 Hardy: near Moorefield (Gajiiblc). Randolph: near Pickens 

 (H. H. Smith, 1440). 

 Fonna albiflora. Millsp. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. Va.. 432. 



A pure white-flowered form abundant near Point Pleas- 

 ant. 

 P. Hydropiper L. Smartweed. Water Pepper. 



Wet grounds. Monongalia : near Morgantown. Gilmer : 

 near Glenville (Mapel). Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nutt- 

 all). Ohio: near Wheeling (Mcrts & Guttcnbcrg.) 

 P. punctatum Ell. {P. acre N. B. K.) 



Wet places. Common throughout the State. 

 P. HYDROPiPEROiDES Michx. Mild Water-pepper, 



Swampy places. Common throughout the State. 



P. ViRGINIANUM L. 



Thickets and in rich soils. Common throughout the State 

 P. AVicuLARE L. Door-weed. "Goose-grass." 



About dwellings and roadsides. Common throughout the 

 State. 



P. ERECTUM L. 



With the last, especially in streets. 

 P. TENUE Michx. 



Dry pastures. Wood : near Kanawha Station. Monon- 

 galia : near Morgantown. Taylor: near Grafton, and com- 

 mon throughout the State. 

 P. ciLiNODE Michx. 



Pendleton; in rockv places on Spruce Knob (Grccnman 

 346). 



