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ARISTOLOCHIA L. 

 A. Serpentaria L. Virginia Snakeroot. 



Rich woods, ^^'irt : near Burning Springs. Randolph : 

 near Ford's and on Point [Mountain. Gilmer : near Glen- 

 ville (Brozi.11). Grant: near Bayard. Tucker: near Davis. 

 Mineral: near Keyser (Wortmaii). Fayette: near Nuttall- 

 burg (Nuttall). Wetzel: near Burton {Mertz, 2328). 

 A. MACROPHYLLA Lam. Dutchman's Pipe. {A. Sipho L' Her.). 



Rich woods, frequent throughout the State. Abundant 

 in the following localities. Randolph : on Point jMountaia 

 {Millspaugh) . \\'ebster: Hacker Valley {H. H. Smith, 

 1705). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Up- 

 shur: near Buckhannon {Pollock). Pocahontas: valley of 

 the East Fork of Greenbrier River {Greenmwn, 204). Grant : 

 near Bayard. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel, Brozvn). Fay- 

 ette: near Nuttallburg {Nuttall). Mercer: Ingleside. Wirt: 

 near Burning Springs {j\Iertz, 2329). 



POLYGONACEAE. 



ERIOGONUM Michx. 



E. Alleni, Watson, in A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 734 (1890). 



Perennial, white tomentose throughout, the tall scape-like 

 stem repeatedly dichotomous above ; radical leaves lanceolate, 

 long-petiolate, the upper in whorls of 4 or 5, ovate to ovate- 

 oblong, very shortly petiolate, much reduced above; invo- 

 lucres mostly sessile ; flowers glabrous, yellow, the segments 

 elliptical. Near White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co. 

 (Allen, Britton, Small, Mackenzie) . 



RUMEX L. 

 R. Brittanica L. Water Dock. 



Wet places. Ohio: on Bogg's Island (Meiiz & Gidtenr 

 berg). Berkeley, near Martinsburg. 



R. CRispus L. Curled Dock. 



Waste places and cultivated fields. Frequent. 

 R. oBTUSiFOLius L. Bitter Dock. 



"\^^aste grounds and cultivated fields, common. 

 R. CRISPUS X OBTUSIFOLIUS. j\Iillsp. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. \"a., 433. 



Waste places. ^Monongalia : streets of Morgantown. 

 R. SANGUINEUS L. Bloody Dock. 



Damp places in waste grounds. Berkeley: near ^lartins- 

 burg. 

 R. conglomeratus Murray. 



Shady places. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



