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late in September. Collected also by Mr. G. R. Vasey in the 

 mountains of North Carolina, 1878." 



"Spiraea betulaefolia, Pall, and 5". corymbosa, Raf., have 

 much longer follicles exserted beyond the calyx, broader, 

 thicker, and dentate leaves, and are dififerent in habit. Ra- 

 finesque published a number of species in his New Flora, but 

 none of them can apply to this one." 



Upshur: near Buckhannon (Pollock). 

 S. SALiciFOLiA Linn. Queen of the Prairie. 



Meadows. Monongalia: near Morgantown. Preston: 

 near Terra Alta (Millspaugh) ; near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. 

 Steele). Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Forming a 

 hedge along a woodland swamp between Harvey and Trap 

 Hill, Raleigh county {Morris). Upshur: near Buckhannon 

 {Pollock). Randolph: at Elkins {Greenman, 189). 

 S. TOMENTOSA L. Hardback. Steeple-bush. 



Low grounds. Webster : Welch Glade. Wood : near 

 Lockhart's Run. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (//M«aW). Ran- 

 dolph: in a pasture at Elkins {Greenman, 188). 



ARUNCUS Adans. 

 A. Aruncus L. Goat's Beard. {Spiraea Aruncus L.) . 



Rich ground and along streams. Monongalia: near Mor- 

 gantown, Uffington, Little Falls, Day Creek and Granville 

 along the Monongahela. Randolph : along Middle Fork, on 

 Rich Mountains, alt. 2,125 ft. Gilmer: near Glenville {Ma- 

 pel). 



PORTERANTHUS Britton (1894). 

 (Gillenia, Moench. 1802 not Adans 1763.) 

 P. TRiFOLiATUS (L.) Britton. Bowman's Root. Indian Physic. 

 {Gillenia trifoliata Moen.). 



Rich woods, frequent. Webster : Welch and Long Glades. 

 Monongalia : along the Monongahela River from. Little Falls 

 to Beech Woods. Mineral: near Keyser {Wortman). Sum- 

 mers: near Hinton. Hardy: near Moorefield {Gamble). 

 Mercer : near Ingleside. Greenbrier Co., on Kate's Mountain, 

 alt. 3,300 ft. (Small; Eggleston, 4342). 

 P. STiPULATUS (Muhl.), Britton. American Ipecac. {Gillenia 

 stipulacea Nutt.). 



Borders of woods. Wood : between Kanawha Station and 

 Lockhart's Run. 



RUBUS L. 

 R. Americanus (Pers.) Britton. {R. triilorous Rich.). 



Open places. Preston: at Craneville Glade {Rumsey). 



