246 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



R. ACETOSELLA L. Horse Sorrel. 



Abundant everywhere; even along paths in the dense 

 spruce forests of the higher mountains. 



FAGOPYRUM Gsertn. 



F. FAGOPYRUM (L.) Karst. Buckwheat. (F. esculentum Moench.) 

 Waste grounds and cultivated fields. A frequent escape 



POLYGONUiM L. 

 P. ORIENTALS L. Prince'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 : near 

 Glenville (Mapel). Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Mason : near Point Pleasant. Wood : near Parkersburg. 

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

 (H. H. Smith, 1440). , 

 Forma 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 (Mertz & Guttenberg.) 

 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. VlRGINIANUM 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 rocky places on Spruce Knob ( Greenman 



346). 



