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mens of very large growth in Randolph Co., especially on 

 Channel ridge where the species grows very tall, and at 

 Pickens where specimens were measured from 3 to 6 ft. in 

 diameter. 



F. PENNSYLVANIA Marsh. Red or Black Ash. (F. pubescens 

 Lam. ) . 



Low grounds. Randolph : along Tygart's Valley River. 

 Upshur : near Lawrence. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nutt- 

 all) . Wood : along the Little Kanawha River. Mason : neat 

 Point Pleasant. 



F. LANCEOLATA Borck. Green Ash. (F. viridis Michx.). 



Along streams. Summers : near Hinton. Frequent 

 throughout the State. 



F. NIGRA Marsh. Black Ash. (F. sambucifolia Lam.). 



Wet woods. Wirt : along Straight Creek. Fayette : neai 



Nuttallburg, rare (Nuttall). Randolph: on Point Mountain. 



Webster : Buffalo Bull Mountain. Monongalia : near Ice's 



Ferry. Summers : Hinton. 



CHIONANTHUS L. 



C. VIRGINICA L. Fringe Tree. 



River banks. Jackson : near Sandy and Ripley. Fayette : 

 near Nuttallburg, plentiful (Nuttall) ; along Gauley River 

 near Gauley Mountains (Millspaugh) ; near Thurmond 

 (Eggleston 5560) ; near Hawks Nest (Holt on) in fruit. 

 Summers : near Hinton. Monongalia : along Tibb's Run. 



LIGUSTRUM L. 



L. VULGARE L. Privet. 



Escaped from cultivation to waste places. Kanawha: 

 near Charleston (Barnes). Randolph: near Pickens (H. H. 

 Smith 2024). 



LOGANIACEAE. 



CYNOCTONUM J. G. Gmel. 

 (Mitreola R. Br. 1810). 



C. MITREOLA (L.) Britton. (M. petiolata T. & G.) 



Damp soil. Fayette: near Nuttallburg; rare (Nuttall), 



