244 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



PARIETARIA Linn. 

 P. PENNSYLVANIA Muhl. 



Pocahontas : on a rocky hillside near Traveler's Repose 

 (Greenman 342). 



LORANTHACEAE. 



PHORADENDRON Nutt. 

 P. FLAVESCENS (Pursh.) Nutt. American Mistletoe. 



Parasitic on Sugar-Maple and Black Locust, along the 

 Great Kanawha River in Fayette County. On Black Wal- 

 nut and Elm in Kanawha County. On Elms in Mason 

 County and in Wood near Parkersburg. On Elms and 

 Hickories, along the Ohio and Great Kanawha rivers, in 

 Cabell County. 



SANTALACEAE. 



PYRULARIA Michx. 

 P. PUBERA Michx. 



Rich woods. McDowell : near Elkhorn. Nicholas Co., 

 along Peter Creek (Boutlou). Upshur : near Buckhannon 

 (Pollock). 



ARISTOLOCHIACEAE. 



ASARUM L. 

 A. CANADENSE L. Wild Ginger. "Colic Root." 



Rich woods. W T irt : near Burning Springs. Gilmer : near 

 Glenville (Map el; Brown). Jefferson: 'near Flowing 

 Spring Mill. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Mon- 

 ongalia : near Uffington and Morgantown. McDowell : near 

 Elkhorn. Mercer : Bluestone Jc., and common throughout 

 the State. 



HEXASTYLIS Raf. 



H. VIRGINICA (L.) Small. (Asarum Virginicuni L.). 



Rich soil. Grant : near Bayard. Tucker : along Black 

 Water. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel, Brown). Green- 

 brier : near White Sulphur Springs. McDowell : near Elk- 

 horn. Mercer : Bluestone Jc. and Bluefield. Upshur : near 

 Buckhannon (Pollock) . Fayette: at Hawks Nest (Holton). 

 H. SHUTTLEWORTHII (J. Britten) Small. (Asarum J. Britten). 

 In oak and beech woods near Bargers Spring, Summers 

 County, altitude 1,550 feet, July 13, 1900 (Morris, 980). 



