25^ THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



C. VIORNA L. Leather Flower. 



Thickets in rich soil. Monongalia : Little Falls. Marion : 

 Valley Falls (K. D. Walker). Fayette: near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall). Summers: near Hinton. 

 C. OVATA Pursh. 



Greenbrier Co. : in rocky soil high up on Kate's Mountain, 

 near White Sulphur Springs (N. L. Britton; Mackenzie; 

 Small; Heller 842). 



ATRAGENE L. 



A. AMERICANA Sims. ^ (Clematis verticillaris DC.)- 



Rocky w r oods. Monongalia : near Cheat View. 



TRAUTVETTERIA F. & M. 



T. CAROLINENSIS (Walt.) Vail. False Bug-bane. (T. palmata F. 

 &M.). 



Plentiful along the Blackwater Fork of Cheat, about one 

 mile below Davis in Tucker county. Fayette : near Hawk's 

 Nest ; and Loup Creek (James) ; near Nuttallburg, common 

 (Nuttall) ; near Quinnimont (Pollard & Ma.ron 26). Pres- 

 ton : (Pollock). 



RANUNCULUS L. 



R. OBTUSIUSCULUS Raf. Water Plantain Spear Wort (R. ambi- 

 gens Wats.). 



One station only; Upshur : in a marshy spot near Lorentz 

 (Millspaugh; Pollock). 

 R. ABORTIVUS L. Small-flowered Crowfoot. 



Damp, shady places, frequent throughout the State. 

 R. SCELERATUS L, Cursed Crowfoot. 



Moist places, common throughout the State. 



R. MICRANTHUS Nutt. 



In rich woods. Monongalia: near Seneca (Sheldon 

 4270). 

 R. ALLEGHANIENSIS Britton. 



Mountain woods. Pocahontas : near Spruce Knob (A. B. 

 Brooks). 

 R. HISPIDUS Michx. 



Dry woodlands and thickets. Greenbrier : near White Sul- 

 phur Springs (Eggleston, 4360). 

 R. RECURVATUS Poir. Hooked Crowfoot. 



Rich, open woods. Abundant along the Monongahela 

 River in Upshur, Barbour, Taylor, Marion, and Monongalia 

 counties. Fayette: near Nuttallburg, not common (Nuttall). 

 Hampshire: near Romney (Millspaugh , 1568). Mercer: 

 near Simmons. 



