298 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



AQUIFOLIACEAE. 

 ILEX L. 



I. OPACA Ait. American Holly. 



Moist woodlands. Marion : near Nuzums. Randolph : 

 near Rich Mountains and Laurel Hills. Kanawha: near 

 Charleston (Barnes). Fayette: near Hawk's Nest, large 

 trees 8-12 inches in diameter (Porter; Holt on) ; Nuttallburg, 

 in moist woods common (Nuttall). McDowell: near Elk- 

 horn. Upshur: near Newlin (H. H. Smith 1769); near 

 Buckhannon (Pollock). 



I. MONTICOLA Gray. 



Damp woods. Randolph : near summit of Point Moun- 

 tain ; Rich Mountain, near Lone Sugar Knob ; Cheat Moun- 

 tain, near "The Battle Field." Kanawha: near Charleston 

 (James). Upshur: near Newlin (H. H. Smith 1762) ; near 

 Buckhannon (Pollock). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. 

 Steele). Randolph : dry banks of Tygarts Valley River near 

 Huttonsville (Greenman 137). 



I. MOLLIS Gray. 



Deep woods. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



I. VERTICILLATA (L.) Gray. Black Alder. Winterberry. 



Frequent in swampy places, throughout the central and 

 northern counties. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall) ; 

 near Thurmond (Eggleston 5562). Preston: near Aurora 

 (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Pocahontas : near Durbin (Greenman 

 136). Upshur : uear Buckhannon (Pollock). 



ILICIOIDES Dumort. 



I. MUCRONATA (L.) Britton. (V actinium L., Nemopanthes fas- 

 cicularis Raf.) 



Pendleton : summit of Spruce Knob ; Preston : at Cranes- 

 ville ; Pocahontas : head of Greenbrier River (Brooks). Ran- 

 dolph : in Blister Swamp near Gandy Creek (Greenman 154). 



CELASTRACEAE. 

 EUONYMUS L. 



E. ATROPURPUREUS Jacq. Burning Bush. 



Margins of woods and thickets. Jackson : near Sandy- 

 ville. Gilmer: near Glenville (Map el). Randolph: banks of 

 Tygarts River; near Huttonsville (Greenman 174). Fayette : 

 near Nuttallburg, rare (Nuttall]. 



