25i-^ THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



C. VioRNA L. Leather Flower. 



Thickets in rich soil. Alonongalia : Little Falls. Marion : 

 Valley Falls (K. D. Walker). Fayette: near Nuttallburg 

 (Nnttall). Summers: near Hinton. 

 C. ovATA Pursh. 



Greenbrier Co. : in rocky soil high up on Kate's Mountain, 

 near White Sulphur Springs (A'. L. Bvitton; Mackenzie; 

 Small; Heller 842). 



ATRAGENE L. 

 A. Americana Sims. {Clematis verticillaris DC.). 



Rocky woods. JMonongalia : near Cheat View. 



TRAUTVETTERIA F..& M. 

 T. Carolinensis (Walt.) A''ail. False Bug-bane. (T. palmata F. 

 . &M.). 



Plentiful along the Blackwater Fork of Cheat, about one 

 mile below Davis in Tucker county. Fayette : near Hawk's 

 Nest; and Loup Creek (James) ; near Nuttallburg, common 

 {Nuttall) ; near Quinnimont (Pollard & Maxon 26). Pres- 

 ton : (Pollock). 



RANUNCULUS L. 

 R. OBTUSiuscuLus Raf. V/ater Plantain Spear Wort (R. ambi- 

 geiis Wats.). 



One station only ; Upshur : in a marshy spot near Lorentz 

 (Millspaugh; Pollock). 

 R. ABORTivus L. Small-flowered Crowfoot. 



Damp, shady places, frequent throughout the State. 

 R. sceleratus L. Cursed Crowfoot. 



Moist places, common throughout the State. 

 R. micranthus Nutt. 



In rich woods. Monongalia : near Seneca (Sheldon 

 4270) . 

 R. Alleghaniensis Britton. 



Mountain woods. Pocahontas: near Spruce Knob (A. B. 

 Brooks) . 

 R. HISPIDUS Michx. 



Dry woodlands and thickets. Greenbrier : near White Sul- 

 phur Springs (Egglcston, 4360). 

 R. recurvatus Poir. Hooked Crowfoot. 



Rich, open woods. Abundant along the Monongahela 

 River in Upshur, Barbour, Taylor, Marion, and Monongalia 

 counties. Fayette: near Nuttallburg, not common (Nuttall). 

 Hampshire: near Romney (Millspaugh, 1568). JMercer : 

 near Simmons. 



