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Moorefield. Mercer: near Princeton; and frequent along 

 streams throughout the State. 



CALYCANTHACEAE. 



BUTNERIA Duham (1755). 

 {Calycanthus, L. 1759). 

 B. FLORIDA (L.) Kearney. Allspice. Sweet-scented Shrub. 



Rich woods. Randolph : near Fords, on Staunton Pike, 

 thence frequent over Rich Mountains. Webster and Nicho- 

 las : along Buffalo Bull Ridge. Fayette : along the Gauley 

 River near Gaulc)- Mountains. Summers : near Hinton. 

 B. FERTiLis (Walt.) Kearney {B. laciigatus in Flora). 



Rich woods. McDowell : back of R. R. water tank neai 

 A\'elsh. 



LAURACEAE. 



SASSAFRAS, Nees & Eberm. 



S. Sassafras (L.) Karst. Sassafras. (Sassafras officinale ^tes.). 

 Thickets and opens. Abundant throughout the State. ■ 



BENZOIN Fabric. 

 B. Benzoin (L.) Coulter. Wild Allspice. Spice-bush. {Lin 

 dera Benzoin Blume). 



Low woods. Common throughout the State. 



P A P A V E R A C E A E. 



SANGUINARIA L. 

 S- Canadensis L. Blood-root "Coon-root." 



Rich woods, frequent. Randolph : Point Mountain. Mon- 

 ongalia : near jMorgantown. Jefferson : near Flowing Spring, 

 and Shenandale Spring. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). 

 Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nnttall). Hardy: near ]Moore- 

 iield (Gamble). Greenbrier: near White Sulphur Springs 

 (Eggleston, 4340). Throughout the State. 



STYLOPHORUM Nutt. 

 S. DYPHLLUM (Michx.) Nutt. Celandine Poppy. 



Old fields. Ohio: near Wheeling (Mertz & Guttenberg). 

 Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



