250 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



out the more settled portions of the State. In especially 

 large areas along the B. & O. R. R. and Shenandoah Valley 

 R. R., in Jefferson Co. Calhoun : Grantsville. Gilmer : 

 Glenville (Mapel). Webster : near Pugh (H. H. Smith, 

 1668). Berkeley: Martinsburg. Summers: near Hinton. 

 Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Hardy: near Moore- 

 field (Gamble). Monongalia : near Lock 9. 



VACCARIA Medic. 

 V. VACCARIA (L.) Britton. 



Established in waste ground at Seebert, Pocahontas 

 County (A. B. Brooks). Monongalia: near Morgantown 

 (Sheldon, 3594). 



DIANTHUS L. 



D. ARMERIA L. Deptford Pink. 



Fields, roadsides, and river banks. Marion : near Catawba 

 (A. D. Walker). Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Fayette: 

 near Nuttallburg, rare (Nuttall) ; near Kanawha Falls 

 (James). Summers: near Hinton. Jefferson: at Harper'^ 

 Ferry (Mertz & Guttenberg). 



ALSINE L. (1753 ante). 

 (Stellaria L. 1753 post.) 

 A. MEDIA L. Chickweed. 



Damp places, common everywhere. Fayette : near Nuttall- 

 burg, blooms all winter (Nuttall). 

 A. TENNESSEENSIS (Mohr) Small. 



Woods and thickets. Ohio: near Wheeling (Mertz). 

 A. PUBERA (Michx.) Britton. Great Chickweed. 



Shady places, common. Monongalia, Marion and Preston 

 counties. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Fayette: near 

 Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Mercer: near Blueneld (Mills- 

 paugh). Upshur : near Buckhannon (Pollock). 

 A. LONGIFOLIA (Muhl.) Britton. Long-leaved. Stitchwort. 

 Damp soils. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). 



CERASTIUM L. 



C. VULGATUM L. Large Mouse-ear Chickweed. 



Waste ground and fields. Ohio : Cowan's Hill, near 

 Wheeling (Mertz & Guttenberg). Gilmer: near Glenville 

 (Mapel). Wood: near Waverly and elsewhere, becoming 

 frequent. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Randolph: 

 near Pickens (//. H. Smith, 1386). 



