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Moorefield. Mercer : near Princeton ; and frequent along 

 streams throughout the State. 



CALYCANTHACEAE. 



BUTNERIA Duham (1755). 



(Calycanthus, L. 1/59). 

 B. FLORIDA (L.) Kearney. Allspice. Sweet-scented Shrub. 



Rich woods. Randolph : near Fords, on Staunton Pike, 

 thence frequent over Rich Mountains. Webster and Nicho- 

 las : along Buffalo Bull Ridge. Fayette : along the Gauley 

 River near Gauley Mountains. Summers : near Hinton. 

 B. FERTILIS (Walt.) Kearney (B. laeiigatus in Flora). 



Rich woods. McDowell : back of R. R. water tank neat 

 Welsh. 



LAURACEAE. 



SASSAFRAS, Nees & Eberm. 



S. SASSAFRAS (L.) Karst. Sassafras. (Sassafras officinale Nees.). 

 Thickets and opens. Abundant throughout the State. 



BENZOIN Fabric. 



B. BENZOIN (L.) Coulter. Wild Allspice. Spice-bush. (Lin 

 dera Benzoin Blume) . 



Low woods. Common throughout the State. 



PAPAVERACEAE. 



SANGUINARIA L. 



S. CANADENSIS L. Blood-root "Coon-root." 



Rich woods, frequent. Randolph : Point Mountain. Mon 

 ongalia : near Morgantown. Jefferson : near Flowing Spring, 

 and Shenandale Spring. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). 

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

 field (Gamble). Greenbrier : near White Sulphur Springs 

 (Eggleston, 4340). Throughout the State. 



STYLOPHORUM Nutt. 

 S. DYPHLLUM (Michx.) Nutt. Celandine Poppy. 



Old fields. Ohio: near Wheeling (Mertz & Guttenberg). 

 Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



