WEST \"iRGixi.\ (;eological sur\"Ey 269 



S A X I F R A G A C E AE. 



ASTILBE Hamilton. 



A. BiTERNATA (Vent.) Britton. Goats-beard. (A. decandraDon.). 

 Rich woods. Alercer : near Wills. 



SAXIFRAGA L. 

 S. ViRGiNiENSis IMichx. Early Saxifrage. 



Exposed moist rocks and opens. General throughout the 

 State. 

 S. Pennsylvanica L. Swamp Saxifrage. 



Glades. Preston : jMorgan's and Terra Alta Glades. 

 S. micranthidifolia (Haw.) B. S. P. Lettuce Saxifrage. (S. 

 crosa, Pursh.). 



Spring-rills in deep woods. Alonongalia : near Camp 

 Eden. Grant : near Bayard. Tucker : along the Blackwater. 



THEROFON Raf. 

 T. AcoNiTiFOLiuM (Nutt.) Millsp. Prcl. Cat. Fl. W. Va., 361. 

 (Boykiiiia aconitifolia, Nutt.). 



Creek beds. Fayette: near Nuttallburg; plentiful along 

 the beds of creeks at an alt. of 1,800 ft., does not extend 

 down these beds as far as the shores of X^ew River (alt. i.ioo 

 ft.). Often 3-celled, sometimes the flowers 6-parted, few 

 /-parted (Xuttall). 



TIARELLA L. 



T. coRDi FOLIA L. False Mitre- wo'-t. 



Rich, moist woods. Common throughout the Alleghanic 

 and the foot-hills. Monongalia : near Morgantown. Gil- 

 mer : near Glenville {Mapel). Fayette: near Nuttallburg 

 {Nuttall). Greenbrier: near White Sulphur Springs. Mc- 

 Dowell: near Elkhorn. Mercer: near liluestonc Jc. (Mills- 

 patigh). Upshur: near Buckhannon (Pollock). 



AHTELLA L. 



M. DiPHYLLA L. Mitre-wort. Bishop's Cap. 



Rich, shady woods. Common throughout the State. 



CHRYSOSPLENIUAI Linn. 

 C. A^[ERiCANUM Schwein. 



In damp, shady situations. Monongalia : near Richard 

 (Sheldon, 4279). 



