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A. PURPURASCENS L. Purple Milk-weed. 



Damp grounds. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall) ; 

 near Quinnimont. Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble). 



A. VARIEGATA L. 



Dry woods. Wirt : near Elizabeth. Upshur : near School 

 House Summit. Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble). Fay- 

 ette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Kanawha: near Charles- 

 ton (Holton). 

 A. INCARNATA L. Swamp Milk-weed. 



Wet places. Wirt : near Burning Springs. Gilmer : along 

 Tanner's Fork. Randolph : along Tygart's Valley River, 

 alt. 1,963-2,200 ft. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Monongalia : near Stewartown. Summers : near Hinton. 

 Kanawha : near Charleston. Marion : near Worthington 

 Upshur: near Buckhannon (Pollock). 

 A. PULCHRA Ehrh. 



Hardy: near Moorefield (Gwnble). 

 A. SYRIACA L. Milk-weed. (A. Cornuti, Dec.). 



Fields and roadsides. Common throughout the State, 

 even in the wildest portions. Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & 

 Mrs. Steele). 



A. EXALT ATA (L.) Muhl. Poke Milk-weed. (A. phytolaccoides, 

 Pursh.). 



Moist copses. Randolph: near Valley Bend; on Point 

 Mountain, alt. 1,963-3,300 ft. Preston : near Terra Alta. 

 Grant : near Bayard. Tucker : near Davis. Fayette : near 

 Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. 

 Steele). 



A. AMPLEXICAULIS J. E. Smith. (A. obtusifolia MX.) 



Dry fields, Mason: near Point Pleasant (Sheldon). 

 A. QUADRIFOLIA Jacq. Four-leaved Milk-weed. 



Open woodlands. Mineral: near Keyser (Workman). 

 Kanawha: near Charleston (Barnes). Gilmer: near Glen- 

 ville (Map el). Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Mon- 

 ongalia: near Mapel Run (Brown). Summers: near Hin- 

 ton. Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble). 



ACERATES Ell. 



A. VIRIDIFLORA (Raf.) Eaton. Green-flowered Milk-weed. 



Berkeley: near Martinsburg (Mertz & Guttenberg). 

 Mineral : near Keyser. Jefferson : near Charlestown. Jack- 

 son: along Limestone Ridge. 



