A second record for Listera Smallii Wiegand 

 in West Virginia 



Jane Smith Netting 



Strausbaugh and Core 1 (p. 43), recently added Listera 

 Smallii Wiegand to the flora of West Virginia, recording it from 

 Droop Mountain Glades in Pocahontas County at an altitude 

 of 3000 feet. On June 24th, 1931, I visited this area with a small 

 party under the guidance of Rev. Fred Gray, who is an acknowl- 

 edged authority on ferns and the flora of W T est Virginia, and 

 collected specimens of this tway-blade orchid which he pointed 

 out to me. 



Two days later, June 26th, while collecting in Cranberry 

 Glades, Pocahontas County, at an altitude of 3400 feet in a 

 sphagnum bog similar to that of Droop Mountain Glades, I 

 found about twelve plants of Listera Smallii growing in thick 

 mats of sphagnum with Drosera rotundijolia and Habenaria 

 psycodes nearby. In this instance the plants were in full bloom 

 and it was possible for me to determine the species from its 

 characteristic glabrous ovary and pedicels as well as from its 

 reniform leaves. 



This is the first record of Listera Smallii in Cranberry Glades 

 and, Droop Mountain Glades being the first station, is the 

 second locality in West Virginia for this orchid. Specimens from 

 each place have been deposited in the Herbarium of the Car- 

 negie Museum. 



Pittsburg, Pa. 



1 Strausbaugh, P. D. and Core, Earl L. 1930. Some Additions to the Mills- 

 baugh Check List of West Virginia Spermatophytes. Proc. \V. Ya. Acad. 

 Science, Vol. 4, pp. 38-48. 



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