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the cutting- of a few selected trees of other species. It is 

 noticeable that until these trees reach the age of flowering 

 and thereafter there is none of the characteristic umbrella- 

 like clustering of the leaves on the axis of the season but 

 they are strongl)- alternate and distant. This character con- 

 fuses the species with Magnolia acuminata in the young 

 large-leaved stage, unless the smoothness or pubescence of 

 the leaf-buds be noted'' (Morris). In Webster county, at 

 Hacker Valley, this species is replacing "yellow poplar" 

 where that timber has been removed (H. H. Sinitli). 

 M. Fraseri Walt. Ear-leaved Magnolia. 



Leaves oblong-obovate or spatulate, auriculate at the base, 

 glabrous, 8 to 20 in. long ; petals obovate-spatulate, with nar- 

 row claws, 4 in. long. Flower more graceful and cone of 

 fruit smaller than in the preceding species. 



Type locality doubtless in the Alleghanies of A^'est Vir- 

 ginia, where it is abundant and in typical form. 



Pocahontas : valley of the East Fork of Greenbrier River 

 (Greenmaii, 192). Deep rich mountain woods. Randolph: 

 on Point Mountain, alt. 3700 ft. (Millspaugh) ; near Pickens 

 (H. H. Smith, 1945). Webster: on Buffalo Bull Moun- 

 tain, alt.. 3400 ft. Nicholas : near Beaver Mills, alt. 2125 

 ft. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Summers: near 

 Hinton. ^McDowell : near Elkhorn. ]Mercer : Bluestone Jc. 



LIRIODENDRON L. 

 L. Tulipifera L. Tulip Tree, "White, Yellow, or Hickory Pop- 

 lar." 



Common in rich woods throughout the State. ^lagnifi- 

 cent trees in Randolph, Pocahontas, Greenbrier, Webster, 

 Nicholas, and Preston counties. Summers : near Hinton. 

 Fayette : near Kanawha Falls ; near Nuttallburg, common 

 {Nnttall). Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble). Mercer: 

 near Ingleside. 



ANONACEAE. 



ASIMINA Adans. 

 A. triloba (L.), Dunal. Papaw. 



Rich soil near streams, common. Wood : near Kanawha 

 Station (Millspaugh) ; near the mouth of the Little Kana- 

 wha (Michan.v). Wirt: along Straight Creek Webster: 

 Buiifalo Bull jMountains, alt. 2100 ft. Nicholas: along Peter 

 Creek. Fayette : along Gauley River. Kanawha, Putnam 

 and JNIason : along the Great Kanawha. Gilmer: near Glen- 



