210 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



M. Mexicana (L.) Trin. 



Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nnttall). Monongalia: on 

 campus, Morgantown (Millspaugh). Preston: near Aurora 

 (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Randolph: banks of Dry Fork near 

 Harman {Greenman, 46). 

 M. SYLVATiCA (Torr.), Torr. & Gray. 



Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nnttall). 

 M. DIFFUSA, Schreb. Nimble Will. 



Dry ground. Monongalia : along Decker's Creek. Fay- 

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

 Mrs. Steele). Randolph: near Elkins (Greenman, 80). 



BRACHYELYTRUM, Beauv. 



B. ERECTUM (Schreb.) Beauv. (B. aristatnvi, Beauv.) 



Rocky woods. Webster : near Welch Glade. Tucker : 

 near the Falls of Blackwater. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall). 

 Var. GLABRATUM, Vasey, in Millsp. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. A'a., 469. - 



A new variety discovered by Mr. L. W. Nuttall. It 

 agrees with the species except that it is perfectly smooth, 

 and has an awn-pointed second glume which is about one- 

 half the length of the flowering ghime. Its most striking 

 peculiarity is that it has invariably two culms from each 

 rootstock. 



High, rocky woods. Fayette : near Nuttalburg, rare 

 (Nuttall). 



PHLEUM, L. 



P. PRATENSE, L. Timothy. 



A common escape from cultivation throughout the State. 

 Found even in the forests of the highest Alleghanies. 



SPOROBOLUS R. Br. 



S. NEGLECTUS Nash. 



In dry places. Upshur: near French Creek (Sheldon, 



2173)- 

 S. VAGiNAEFLORus (Torr.) Wood. 



In dry soils. Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 Monongalia: near Morgantown (C. F. Sheldon). 



CINNA, L. 



C. LATiFOLiA (Trev.) Griseb. (C. pendnla Trin.). 



Pocahontas : valley of the East Fork of the Greenbrier 

 River (Greenman, 88). 

 C. ARUNDiNACEA L. Wood Reed-grass. 



Wet places. Randolph : along Tygart's Valley River 

 near Huttonsville. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



