l6 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



Virginicum, Small, has been discovered in Greenbrier County, by 

 Mr. J. K. Small. 



The roses are striking in the many new forms they produce : 

 Rubus Millspaughi, Britt., is so profuse in the mountains of 

 Pocahontas and Pendleton Counties that, according to the moun- 

 taineers and hunters, it is upon it that the bears depend princi- 

 pally for fattening food prior to hibernation. Rubus Canadensis 

 roribaccus, Baily, the Leucretia dewberry, came originally from 

 Randolph County. Another peculiar Rubus {R. Columbianus 

 Millsp., has 5 to 7-incised leaves of striking character. A new 

 Spirea (S. Virginiana, Britt.), grows plentifully within half a 

 mile of the University at Morgantown. Mercer County in the 

 southern section of the State, presents a wonderful array of 

 Crategi : C. spathulata, C. cordata, C. apiifolia, C. coccinea, C. 

 tomentosa, C. punctata, C. Crus-gaUi, C. iiava and its variety 

 pubescens, and C. uniflora were all found during one day's 

 botanizing in this section. 



Of the Calycanths we have all, even the two species recorded 

 "Virginia doubtful" in the Manual. 



Of the saxifrages we have notably, Astilbe decandra, Don., 

 Saxifraga erosa, Pursh., Boykinia aconitifolia, Nutt., Heuchera 

 villosa, Mx., and H. Americana, L., and even the Laboradorian 

 Ribes prostratum, U Her. 



Sedum Pulchellum, Nevii, ternatum, telephioides, and tele- 

 phium, are with us. The beautiful Liquidambar Styraciiiua ex- 

 tends limitedly down the Gauley and Great Kanawha. The 

 Onagracese yield a new form in Ludwegia alternifolia, L., var. 

 linearifoUa, Britt. The purple and yellow passion-flowers (P. 

 lutea, L., and, incarnata, L.) grace the thickets. 



Passing many . tninor forms, the Compositse gives us Ele- 

 phantopus Carolinianus, Willd., and tomentosus, L. (called, as a 

 weed, "The Devil's Grandmother") ; Eupatorium. coelesiiniim, T., 

 profuse ; Solidago Curtisii, S. rupestris, and Riddellii, Silphium 

 perfoliatum, L. ; Rudbeckia speciosa, Wend.; Helianthns grosse- 

 serratus, Mart., H. doronicoides, Lam., and H. lacvigatus, T. and 

 G. ; Verbesina Virginica, L. ; Cacalia suatreolens, reniformis, and 

 atriplicifolia; Cnicus Virginianus, and pumihis, Terr. ; Cichorium 

 Intybus, L. ; Tragopogon porrif alius, L. ; Hieracinm Canadense, 



