WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 269 



S A X I F R A G A C E AE. 



ASTILBE Hamilton. 



A. BITERNATA (Vent.) Britton. Goats-beard. (A. decandraDon.). 

 Rich woods. Mercer : near Wills. 



SAXIFRAGA L. 

 S. VIRGINIENSIS Michx. Early Saxifrage. 



Exposed moist rocks and opens. General throughout the 

 State. 

 S. PENNSYLVANIA L. Swamp Saxifrage. 



Glades. Preston : Morgan's and Terra Alta Glades. 

 S. MICRANTHIDIFOLIA (Haw.) B. S. P. Lettuce Saxifrage. (S. 

 crosa, Pursh.). 



Spring-rills in deep woods. Monongalia : near Camp 

 Eden. Grant : near Bayard. Tucker : along the Blackwater. 



THEROFON Raf. 



T. ACONITIFOLIUM (Nutt.) Millsp. Prel. Cat. El. W. Va., 361. 

 (Boykinia aconitifolia, Nutt.). 



Creek beds. Fayette : near Nuttallburg ; plentiful along 

 the beds of creeks at an alt. of 1,800 ft., does not extend 

 down these beds as far as the shores of New River (alt. 1,100 

 ft.). Often 3-celled, sometimes the flowers 6-parted, few 

 7-parted (NuttaU). 



T1ARELLA L. 



T. CORDIFOLIA L. False Mitre-wort. 



Rich, moist woods. Common throughout the Alleghanie? 

 and the foot-hills. Monongalia : near Morgantown. Gil- 

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

 (Nuttall). Greenbrier: near White Sulphur Springs. Mc- 

 Dowell: near Elkhorn. Mercer: near Bluestone Jc. (Mills- 

 paugh). Upshur : near Buckhannon (Pollock). 



MITELLA L. 



M. DIPHYLLA L. Mitre-wort. Bishop's Cap. 



Rich, shady woods. Common throughout the State. 



CHRYSOSPLENIUM Linn. 

 C. AMERICANUM Schwein. 



In damp, shady situations. Monongalia : near Richard 

 (Sheldon, 4279). 



