3OO THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



mere shrub, yet near Welsh in Grant Co. it assumes the pro- 

 portions of a beautiful tree 20 to 40 ft. high with a strict 

 columnar trunk 5 to 8 inches in diameter (Millspaugti). 

 Greenbrier Co., on Kate's Mountain, near White Sulphur 

 Springs, alt. 3,300 ft. (Small; Heller 827). 



A. SPICATUM Lam. Mountain Maple. 



Same localities as previous species, except Fayette, but 

 more plentiful where found. Greenbrier : near White Sul- 

 phur Springs. McDowell : near Elkhorn. Preston : near 

 Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Pocahontas : (Pollock). 



A. SACCHARUM Marsh. Sugar Maple. (A. saccharinum, Wang., 

 not L.). 



Plentiful throughout the State, especially, however, in the 

 central counties. Randolph : Summit Point Mountain, alt. 

 3,700 ft. Webster : Buffalo Bull Range, alt. 27-3,600 ft. In 

 Randolph Co., near Pickens, the sugar maple grows to a 

 diameter of 2 to 4 ft., and a height of 50 to 70 ft. (Mills- 

 paugh). 



A. NIGRUM Michx. Black Sugar Maple. 



With the preceding, and almost as plentiful. 



A. SACCHARINUM L. White or Silver Maple. (A. dasycarpum, 

 Ehrh.). 



Banks of Little Kanawha : Gauley River : Great Kanawha, 

 and Ohio. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall) ; and else- 

 where frequent. Large trees 2 to 4 ft. in diameter in Ran- 

 dolph Co., near Pickens. At one station in Webster Co., on 

 Buffalo Bull Mountain, nearly every tree of this species is 

 of the Bird's-eye type (Millspaugh). 



A. RUBRUM L. Red or Swamp Maple. 



Common throughout the State, where it grows upon the 

 hills and in the mountains, as well as in low places. Wood : 

 near the mouth of the Little Kanawha (Michaux). 



A. NEGUNDO L. Box Elder, Ash-leaved Maple. 



Common near rivers throughout the northern and middle 

 counties. Lewis: along Leading Creek (Millspaugh, Pol- 

 lock). Gilmer : near Glenville (Mapel). Summers: near 

 Hinton. Berkeley : near Martinsburg. Hardy : near Moore- 

 field (Gamble). Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Wood : near the mouth of the Little Kanawha (Michaux) 



SAPINDACEAE, 



AESCULUS L. 

 AE. GLABRA Willd. Ohio or Fetid Buckeye. 



Low lands near streams. Wirt : along Straight Creek. 

 Gilmer: near Glenville (Broivri). Along the Ohio River, 

 common. Monongalia : near Uffington. 



