314 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



A R A L I A C E AE. 

 ARALIA L. 



A. SPINOSA L. Angelica Tree. Hercules' Club 



Rich Mountain woods. Webster : Buffalo Bull Mt. alt. 

 2,595 f t., plentiful (Millspaugh) ; Hacker Valley (H. H. 

 Smith 1584). Preston: near Rowlesburg. Summers: along 

 the Greenbrier River ; near Hinton. Fayette : near Nuttall- 

 burg (Nuttall) ; at Gauley Bridge, abundant. Randolph : 

 near Whitman (Greenman 160). Monongalia: near Mor- 

 gan town. 



A. RACEMOSA L. Spikenard. 



Deep, cold woods, frequent in the Alleghanies. Randolph : 

 Cheat Mountains, alt. 3,350 ft. ; Point Mountain, alt. 3,560 

 ft. Hampshire : Ice Mountain. Tucker : near Falls of Black- 

 water. Gilmer: near Glenville (Map el). Greenbrier: near 

 White Sulphur Springs. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall). Summers: near Hinton. Preston: near Aurora 

 (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 



A. NUDICAULIS L. Wild Sarsaparilla. 



Rich woods, frequent. Monongalia: the Flats, Rich 

 Woods, and along the Monongahela. Marion : near Ope- 

 kiska. Randolph : on Point Mountain. Grant : near Bayard. 



A. HISPIDA Vent. 



Rocky soils. Tucker : near Davis, along Blackwater Fork 

 of Cheat. 



PANAX L. 



P. QUINQUEFOLIUM L. Ginseng. "Sang." 



Rich, deep woods. Wirt : near Burning Springs. Jack- 

 son: near Ripley. Gilmer: near Glenville (Map el). Grant: 

 near Bayard. Randolph : Rich, Cheat and Point Mountains. 

 (One store at Crickard P. O. buys from this neighborhood 

 $1,500 worth annually of the mountaineers.) Webster : Buf- 

 falo Bull range. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall), 

 Summers: near Hinton. Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & 

 Mrs. Steele). 



P. TRIFOLIUM L. (Aralla trifolia Decn.). 



Moist woods. Upshur: near Buckhannon (Pollock), and 

 near Newlon (A. B. Brooks). 



