WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 293 



SIMARUBACEAE. 



AILANTHUS Desf. 



A. GLANDULOSA Desf. Tree of Heaven. 



Naturalized from China. The seeding-in of this culti- 

 vated species is so profuse in the following localities as to 

 render it a great nuisance. Monongalia : near Morgantown. 

 Gilmer: De Kalb P. O. Lewis: near Weston. Kanawha: 

 at Pocotaligo. Jackson : near Sandyville. Marion : Fairmont. 

 Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Jefferson: near Harper's 

 Ferry, and Charlestown. 



POLYGALACEAE. 



POLYGALA L. 



P. viRiDESCENS L. Red Milkwort. (P. sanguinea L.). 



Sandy fields. Wood : near Kanawha Station. Webster : 



Upper Glade. Preston : near Terra Alta. Fayette : near 



Nuttallburg, alt. 2,400 ft. (Nuttall). Preston: near Aurora 



(Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 



Forma, albiflora Wheelock. 



In the glades of Webster and Preston counties. 

 P. Mariana Mill. P. fastigiata Nutt. 



Damp places. Preston : near Terra Alta. 

 P. CuRTissii Gray. 



Glady spots. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 P. cruciata L. Cross Milkwort. 



Margins of Glades. Preston : near Reedsville. Webster : 

 Upper Glade. 

 P. VERTiciLLATA L. ^^'horled Milkwort. 



Dry places. Wirt : near Burning Springs. Lewis : near 

 Leading Creek. Upshur : near Buckhannon. Summers : 

 near Hinton. 



P. AMBIGUA Nutt. 



Dry soils. Wood : near Lockhart's Run. Wirt : near Eliza- 

 beth. Calhoun : on Nigh-Cut Hill. Monongalia : hills below 

 Morgantown. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Pres- 

 ton : Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele) . 

 P. NUTTALLII T. & G. 



Mountain woods. Favette : near Nuttallburg, alt. 2,000 ft. 

 (Nuttall). 

 P. Senega L. Seneca Snake-root. 



Rocky soils and rich bottoms. Mineral: near Keyser 



