270 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



HEUCHERA L. 

 H. VILLOSA Michx. 



Rocky places. * Fayette : Kanawha Falls (James): Loup 

 Creek (James). Nuttallburg (Nuttall) ; above Gauley 

 Bridge and at Gauley Junction (Eggleston, 5534, 5541) ; 

 near Hawks Nest (Holton) ; Kanawha: near Coalburg 

 (James). 

 H. AMERICANA L. Alum-root. 



Rich, damp woods. Monongalia : near Morgantown, and 

 frequent elsewhere. Gilmer : near Glenville (Mapel). Fay- 

 ette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Greenbrier : near White 

 Sulphur Springs. Grant : near Bayard. Tucker : near Davis. 

 Hampshire: near Romney. Ohio: near Wheeling (Mertz, 

 859)- Upshur: near Buckhannon (Pollock). 

 H. PARVIFLORA Bartl. (H. Rugelii, Shuttlw.). 



Shaded cliffs. Fayette : near Nuttallburg, common (Nutt- 

 all). 

 H. PUBESCENS Pursh. 



Rich, deep woods. Randolph: near Durbin (Greenman 

 376). 



HYDRANGEA L. 

 H. ARBORESCENS L. Wild Hydrangea. 



Rich opens. Monongalia: near Morgantown. Marion: 

 Opekiska. Wood : near Kanawha Station. W r irt : near 

 Burning Springs. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Lewis: 

 along Stone Coal Creek. Throughout the above range the 

 flowers were all fertile. Fayette : near Hawk's Nest 

 (Jam.es) ; near Kanawha Falls (James) ; near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall). Randolph: at Pickens (H. H. Smith, 1391). 

 Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steel e). 



A form with grass-green marginal radiant flowers, in a 

 deep ravine in Fayette : near Nuttallburg. 

 Var. KANAWHANA Millsp. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. Va., 363. 



Low straggling bush, leaves small, paler beneath, acu- 

 minate, somewhat cordate at the base ; cymes very open and 

 branching, marginal radiant flowers many, i in. broad, fertile 

 flowers nearly glabrous, smaller than in the species. Along 

 the Little Kanawha River from Kanawha Station to Glen- 

 ville. 



GROSSULARIACE AE. 



RIBES L. 

 R. CYNOSBATI L. Prickly Gooseberry. 



Deep rocky woods. Randolph : along Cheat River, alt. 



