WEST \IRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 295 



Summers : near Hinton. Mason : near Point Pleasant. Bar- 

 bour : near Tygart junction; and Tucker near Parsons 

 (Grccnmaii). 



POINSETTIA R. Grab. 

 P. DENTATA (Micbx.). Small. (Euphorbia dcntata Micbx.). 



Ricb soil. Obio : near Wheeling. 



TITPIYMALUS Adans. 

 T. Darlingtonii( Gray) Small. {Euphorbia Darlingtonii A.Gray). 

 Damp woods. Pocahontas: along the mountains {Hop- 

 kins). Randolph: Blister Swamp near Gandy Creek {Green- 

 man). 

 T. OBTUSATUS (Pursh.) Small. (Euphorbia obtitsata Pursh.). 

 Rich soil. Ohio: near Wheeling (Merts & Gntfeuberg). 

 T. Cyparissias (L.) Hill. "Grave-yard-weed." (Euphorbia 

 Cyparissias L.). 



A frequent escape from cemeteries. Monongalia : near 

 IMorgantown. Cabell : near Huntington. 

 T. COMMUTATUS (Englm.). Kl. & Garcke. (Euphorbia coiniiiu- 

 tata Englm.). 



Woodlands. Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry (Merts & 

 Guttenberg) ; near Shepberdstown. Mineral: near Keyser 

 (Workman) along Knobby Mountains. Summers: near 

 Hinton, abundant. Hardy: near ]\foorefield (Gamble). 

 Hampshire : near Romney. 

 T. Lathyrus (L.) Hill. "Mole-weed." ( Euphorbia Latli\rus h.). 

 Escaped from gardens, where it is cultivated with the 

 idea of keeping out moles. Randolph : roadside up Point 

 Mountain. 



ACALYPHA L. 



A. \'lRGINICA L. 



Fields and waste places. Common throughout the State. 

 forma intermedia Millsp. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. Va., 436. 



A form apparently uniting A. Mrginica, L. with A. Caro- 

 liniana, Ell. especially in the matter of leaves and bracts, is 

 found near Nuttallburg (Nuftall), and Hawk's Nest; as well 

 as along New River opposite Hinton. 



PHYLLANTHUS Linn. 

 P. Carolinensis \\'alt. 



Dry situations. Mason : near Point Pleasant (Sheldon 

 IQ40). 



