284 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



PAPILIONACEAE. 



BAPTISIA Vent. 

 B. TINCTORIA (L.) R. Br. Wild Indigo. "Shoo Fly." 



Sandy opens. Randolph : along Middle Fork ; along 

 Tygart's Valley River; Point and Rich Mountains. Web- 

 ster : beyond Addison. Nicholas : between long and Collett's 

 Glades. Gilmer : near Glenville (Mapel). Kanawha : near 

 Coalburg (James). Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Upshur: near Buckhannon (Pollock}. Preston: near Terra 

 Alta. 

 B. VILLOSA (W T alt.) Nutt. 



Rocky woods. Mercer : near Ingleside. 



B. AUSTRALIS (L.) R. Br. Blue False Indigo. 



River shores. Ohio : along the Ohio near Wheeling 

 (Mertz & Guttenberg). Along New River. Fayette: near 

 Nuttallburg, common (Nuttall). Summers: near Hinton, 

 abundant. Mercer : Beaver Springs. 



LUPINUS L. 

 L. PERENNIS L. Lupine. 



Sandy soils. Monongalia : near the mouth of Cheat River. 



ULEX Linn. 

 U. EUROPAEUS L. Gorse. 



Largely escaped and fully naturalized on a cleared hillside, 

 with no evidence of a previous habitation. Randolph : near 

 Pickens, where it is called "Thistle" (H. H. Smith, 2022). 



CYTISUS Linn. 



C. SCOPARIUS (L.) Link. Broom. 



An extensive naturalization of this species occurs with the 

 Ulex near Pickens, Randolph County, where it is used for 

 house brooms and called, locally, "Ginster" (H. H. Smith, 

 1928). 



MEDICAGO L. 

 M. SATIVA L. Lucerne. 



Dry places. Monongalia: in cinders of railroad near 

 Morgantown, where it has persisted for several years. 

 M. LUPULINA L. Black Medic. 



Dry places. Marion: near Catawba (Walker). Monon- 

 galia : near Uffington. 



