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MALVA L. 

 M. ROTUNDIFOLIA L. Common Mallow. 



Cultivated grounds and waysides, a common weed. 

 M. MOSCHATA L. Muck Mallow, 



Roadsides and meadows escaped from cultivation. Lewis : 

 along Stone Coal Creek. Upshur : near Lorentz. Monon- 

 galia: near Morgantown. Randolph: near Pickens (H. H. 

 Smith 1540, 1541). Kanawha: at the Salinas (Holton). 



SIDA L. 



S. SPINOSA L. 



Waste grounds and fields. Monongalia : near Morgan- 

 town, common. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall) ; near 

 Guyandot (Holton). Jefferson: near Shepherdstown. Ma- 

 son : near Point; Pleasant. 



S. HERMAPHRODITA (L.) Rusby (S. Napaea Cav.). 



Rocky banks along the Great Kanawha River. Kanawha : 

 opposite Cannelton. Fayette : Quinnimont ; near Nuttall- 

 burg, frequent and always with 8 carpels (Nuttall). Mason: 

 near Point Pleasant. 



ABUTILON Gaertn. 



A. ABUTILON (L.) Rusby. Indian Mallow. American Jute. 

 (A. auicennae Gaertn.). 



A too common weed in waste and cultivated soils. Mon- 

 ongalia, Wood, Wirt, Calhoun; Mason: near Point Pleas- 

 ant; near Brighton. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Berkeley : near Martinsburg, a very bad weed. 



HIBISCUS L. 

 EL MOSCHEUTOS L. Swamp Rose Mallow. 



Brackish, marshy places, and ditches near salt works. 

 Mason: near Point Pleasant Kanawha: near Charleston. 

 Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). The pink form, Jack- 

 son : near Sandyville. Hardy : near Moorefield. 

 H. TRIONUM L. Bladder Ketmia. 



Cultivated grounds. Monongalia: a weed in^the Station 

 experimental plats. 



H Y P E R I C A C E AE. 



ASCYRUM L. 



A. HYPERICOIDES L. St. Andrew's Cross. (A. Cmx-AndreaeL.). 



Dry sandy places. Upshur : summit of Staunton Pike. 



Randolph : Rich Mountains ; along Tygart's Valley River. 



Fayette: near Gauley Bridge: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



Cabell : near Barboursville (James). 



