246 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



R. ACETOSELLA L. Horse Sorrel. 



Abundant everywhere ; even along paths in the dense 

 spruce forests of the higher mountains. 



FAGOPYRUM Gsrtn. 

 F. Fagopyrum (L.) Karst. Buckwheat. (F. esculentwn Moench.) 

 Waste grounds and cultivated fields. A frequent escape 



POLYGONUM L. 

 P- orientale L. Prince's Feather. 



Escaped to waste places. Lewis : near Weston. Monon- 

 galia : near Morgantown. Fayette : near Nuttallburg, rare 

 {Nuttall). Mineral: near Piedmont. 

 P. Pennsylvanicum L. 



Low grounds. Common throughout the State. 

 P. Persicaria L. Lady's Thumb. 



W'aste grounds. Lewis : near W'eston. Gilmer : near 

 Glenville {Mapel). Fayette: near Nuttallburg {Nuttall). 

 ]\Iason : near Point Pleasant. Wood : near Parkersburg. 

 Hardy: near ]\Ioorefield {Gamble). Randolph: near Pickens 

 {H. H. Smith, 1440). 

 Forma albifLora. Millsp. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. Va., 432. 



A pure white-flowered form abundant near Point Pleas- 

 ant. 

 P. Hydropiper L. Smartweed. Water Pepper. 



W'et grounds. Monongalia : near Morgantown. Gilmer : 

 near Glenville {Mapel). Fayette: near Nuttallburg {Nxttt- 

 all). Ohio: near Wheeling {Mcrtz & Gnttenberg.) 

 P. punctatum Ell. {P.' acre N. B. K.) 



Wet places. Common throughout the State. 

 P. HYDROPiPEROiDES Michx. Mild Water-pepper. 



Swampy places. Common throughout the State. 



P. ViRGINIANUM L. 



Thickets and in rich soils. Common throughout the State 

 P. AvicuLARE L. Door-weed. "Goose-grass." 



About dwellings and roadsides. Common throughout the 

 State. 



P. ERECTUM L. 



With the last, especially in streets. 

 P. TENUE Michx. 



Dry pastures. W'ood : near Kanawha Station. Monon- 

 galia : near Morgantown. Taylor: near Grafton, and com- 

 mon throughout the State. 

 P. ciLiNODE Michx. 



Pendleton; in rocky places on Spruce Knob {Grcenman 



34^')- 



