to four the number of counties in the State in which it is known 

 to occur. Other stations are in Canaan Valley, Tucker County, 

 Blister Swamp, Pocahontas County and Cheatbridge, Randolph 

 County. 



Xyris torta Sm. The species of Xyris found in West Virginia 

 was reported by Strausbaugh and Core as three distinct species, 

 X. carolmiana (10), X. arenicola (10), and X. flexuosa (11). 

 Fernald's study of our material, however, has revealed the fact 

 that only one species is represented, the X. flexiiosa of Chapman 

 (12) and of most subsequent authors, including Robinson and 

 Fernald in the 7th edition of Gray's Manual, page 263, but not of 

 ElHott (13), who first characterized the species, Muhlenberg's 

 earlier use of the name (14) being invalid because of lack of 

 description. According to Rendle (15), this plant is now correctly 

 called X. torta J. E. Smith (in Rees, Cycl. 39. no. 11. 1819). 

 Raleigh County, Flat Top Mountain, Core 3110. Fayette County, 

 Cotton Hill Station, W. V. U. Bot. Exped. 



CoMMELiNA HiRTELLA Vahl. Near the 4-H Fair Grounds, 

 Kanawha County, Greenlee. First record for the State. 



Yucca filamentosa L. Frequently escaped from cultivation, 

 but not hitherto reported for the State. Hanging Rock, Hampshire 

 County, Frye. 



Trillium nivale Riddell. Although this species is reported by 

 Millspaugh from Monongalia, Grant, Tucker, and Randolph Coun- 

 ties, only one locality is represented by specimens in our herbarium, 

 and no other station is known to the author. Pendleton County r 

 Black Thorn Creek, near Franklin, /. B. Boggs. 



IsoPYRUM BiTERNATUM (Raf.) T. & G. Near Lesage in Cabell 

 County, Brooks and Margolin. First record for the State. 



Aquilegia coccinea Small. This plant, through its larger size, 

 lanceolate, longer sepals, and follicles with erect tips, seems clearly 

 distinct from A. canadensis. Specimens collected on North Fork 

 Mountain, Pendleton County, have the sepals mostly 15 to 21 mm. 

 long, whereas in typical A. canadensis they are less than 13 mm. 

 long. Follicles of normal A. canadensis have widely spreading tips. 

 A. coccinea is also definitely separated through its blooming season,, 

 which is characteristically mid-summer. 



AcONiTUM RECLINATUM Gray. Asa Gray, while on an ex- 

 ploring trip in the southern Appalachians in 1843 (16), discovered 



