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Frequent or common throughout the State. Hardy : near 

 Moorefield (Gamble). 

 E. ALBIDUM Nutt. 



Rich .soil, Kanawha region, along Coal and Len's Creeks, 

 Ohio Co., near Mt. de Chantal (Boutlou). 



QUAMASIA Raf. 



Q. HYACINTHINA (Raf.) Britton. (Camassia Fraseri Torr.) 



Rich ground. Ohio: near Wheeling (Mertz & Gutten- 

 berg). Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). 



ORNITHOGALUM L. 

 O. UMBELLATUM L. Star of Bethlehem. 



Escaped from gardens. Monongalia : abundant and per- 

 sistent on the line of the F., M. & P. R. R. from Morgan- 

 town to Coburn's Creek. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). 

 O. NUTANS L. 



In a ravine above the glass factory north of Morgantown, 

 Monongalia County (Boutlou). 



MUSCARI Mill. 

 M. BOTRYOIDES (L.), Mill. Grape Hyacinth. . 



Escaped from gardens. Monongalia : near Uffington. 

 Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). 

 M. RACEMOSUM (L.) Mill. 



Widely escaped and established at the junction of Aarons 

 Run and Deckers Creek, Monongalia County, near Morgan- 

 town (Moffatt). 



ALETRIS L. 

 A. FARINOSA L. Star Grass. Colic Root. 



Sandy moist soils. Webster : in Upper Glade. Fayette : 

 near Nuttallburg (Nutt all). 



CONVALLARIACEAE. 



ASPARAGUS L. 

 A. OFFICINALIS L. Asparagus. 



Woods and opens ; a frequent escape. Jefferson : near 

 Shenandoah Junction, plentiful. Monongalia : plentiful along 

 Cheat River, near Ice's Ferry, and at Stewartstown. Mason : 

 near Point Pleasant. Berkeley: near MartinsJ^urg. Hardy: 

 near Moorefield. 



CLINTONIA Raf. 

 C. BOREALIS (Ait.), Raf. Clinton's Lily. 



Cold damp weeds. Grant : near Bayard. Preston : in 

 Laurel hills. Tucker : near Davis. 



