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NYSSA L. 



N. SYLVATICA Marsh. Black Gum. 



Various situations throughout the State. Wood : near 

 Leachtown. Wirt : along Straight Creek. Calhoun : near 

 Brookville. Gilmer : near Glenville (Mapel). Monongalia: 

 near Morgantown. Randolph : on Point Mountain. Web- 

 ster : on Buffalo Bull Mountains. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttatt). Summers: near Hinton; and along the Green- 

 brier River. Kanawha : near Handley. Mercer : near Ingle- 

 side. Immense growths of this species at Pickens, Randolph 

 Co., with trunks 3 to 4 ft. in diameter (Mills paugti). 



CLETHRACEAE. 

 CLETHRA L. 



C. ACUMINATA Michx. White Alder. 



Wooded banks. Fayette : along the Gauley River at the 

 base of the Gauley Mountains : near Nuttallburg, uncommon 

 (Nuttall). 



PYROLACEAE. 



PYROLA L. 



P. ELLIPTICA Nutt. Shin-leaf. 



Rich ; woods. Kanawha : near Charleston (James). Pres- 

 ton : near Terra Alta. 

 P. ROTUNDIFOLIA L. Shin-leaf. 



Sandy woodlands, frequent. Upshur : summit on Staunton 

 Pike. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Fayette: near Nutt- 

 allburg (Nutt all). Grant: near Bayard. Hardy: near 

 Moorefield (Gamble). 



MONESES Salisb. 



M. UNIFLORA (L.) A. Gray. One-flowered Pyrola. (M. grandi- 

 flora S. F. Gray). 



Deep, cold woods. Gilmer : near Glenville (Mapel}. Pres- 

 ton : along Laurel Hills. Monongalia : near Cheat View, and 

 along Quarry Run. 



CHIMAPHILA Pursh. 



C. UMBELLATA (L.) Nutt. Prince' s Pine. 



Dry woods, rare compared with the next. Monongalia: 

 along Decker's Creek ; and on Laurel Hills in pine thickets. 



