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Summers : near Hinton. jMason : near Point Pleasant. Bar- 

 bour : near Tygart Junction ; and Tucker near Parsons 

 {Greenman). ■ 



POINSETTIA R. Grab. 

 P. DENTATA (Michx.). Small. (Euphorbia dentata Michx.). 



Rich soil. Ohio : near Wheeling. 



TITHYMALUS Adans. 

 T. Darlingtonii( Gray) Small. (Euphorbia Dwlingtonii A.Gray) . 

 Damp woods. Pocahontas : along the mountains (Hop- 

 kins). Randolph: Blister Swamp near Gandy Creek (Green- 

 man). 

 T. OBTUSATUS (Pursh.) Small. (Euphorbia obtusata Pursh.). 

 Rich soil. Ohio : near Wheeling (Mertz & Guttenberg) . 

 T. Cyparissias (L.) Hill. "Grave-yard-weed." (Euphorbia 

 Cyparissias L.). 



A frequent escape from cemeteries. Monongalia : near 

 Morgantown. Cabell : near Huntington. 

 T. COMMUTATUS (Englm.). Kl. & Garcke. (Euphorbia commn- 

 tata Englm.). 



Woodlands. Jefferson : near Harper's Ferry (Mertz & 

 Guttenberg) ; near Shepherdstown. Mineral : near Keyser 

 (Workman) along Knobby Mountains. Summers: near 

 Hinton, abundant. Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble). 

 Hampshire : near Romney. 

 T. Lathyrus (L.) Hill. "Mole-weed.'' (Euphorbia Lathyrus'L.). 

 Escaped from gardens, where it is cultivated with the 

 idea of keeping out moles. Randolph: roadside up Point 

 Mountain. 



ACALYPHA L. 



A. ViRGINICA L. 



Fields and waste places. Common throughout the State. 

 forma intermedia Millsp. Prel. Cat. Fl. W. Va., 436. 



A form apparently uniting A. Virginica, L. with A. Caro- 

 liniana. Ell. especially in the matter of leaves and bracts, is 

 found near Nuttallburg (Nuttall), and Hawk's Nest; as well 

 as along New River opposite Hinton. 



PHYLLANTHUS Linn. 

 P. Carolinensis Walt. 



Dry situations. Mason : near Point Pleasant (Sheldon 

 1940). 



