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Acer Pennsylvanicum, L. Skull Gap, in the Iron Mts., alt. 3,000 ft. 
Brushy Mt., east of Marion, alt. 3,000 ft. Slopes of White 
Top Mt., alt. 4,800 ft. Kate’s Mt., White Sulphur Springs, 
W. Va., alt. 3,300 ft. 
Acer rubrum, L. Falls of the Middle Fork of the Holston, alt. 
2,050 ft. 
This species, usually described as a “small tree" reaches a 
considerable development in the southern Alleghanies. On the 
mountain sides the trunk commonly measures two to three feet in 
diameter. 
Acer Saccharum, Marsh. Near the summit of White Top Mt, 
alt. 5,300 ft 
Acer spicatum, Lam. Ravine of the Middle Fork of the Holston, 
alt. 2,050 ft. Hungry’s Mother Creek, near Marion, alt. 
2,300 ft. 
Negundo Negundo (L.) Karst. Along North Fork of the Holston, 
near McGrady's Creek, alt. 2,200 ft. 
Staphylea trifolia, L. River banks at Marion, alt. 2,100 ft. 
Rhus copallina, L. Hogtrough Creek, base of the Iron Mts., alt. 
2,600 ft. 
Rhus glabra. L. South Fork of the Holston River at St. Clair's 
Bottom, alt. 2,200 ft. 
Rhus radicans, L. Banks of the Holston, Marion, alt. 2,100 ft. 
Quite abundant in the immediate vicinity of the town and on 
some of the surrounding hills, and remarkable for the more or less 
deeply lobed or broadly crenate leaves. 
Laptisia tinctoria ( L.) R. Br. Round Top Mt., west of Seven 
Mile Ford, alt. 3,000 ft. Shannon Gap, Walker Mt, alt. 
2,800 ft. 
Lupinus perennis, L. Buchanan, Botetourt Co., alt. 1,100 ft. 
Kate's Mt., W. Va., alt. 3,300 ft. 
Not encountered in the mountains or valleys south of Bu- 
chanan. 
Melilotus alba, L. Lynchburg, alt. 500 ft. In a meadow along 
the railroad on Peak Mt., alt. 2,200 ft. 
