300 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



mere shrub, yet near Welsh in Grant Co. it assumes the pro- 

 portions of a beautiful tree 20 to 40 ft. high with a strict 

 columnar trunk 5 to 8 inches in diameter (MillspOMgh). 

 Greenbrier Co., on Kate's Mountain^ near White Sulphur 

 Springs, alt. 3,300 ft. (Small; Heller 827). 



A. spicATUM Lam. Mountain Maple. 



Same localities as previous species, except Fayette, but 

 more plentiful where found. Greenbrier : near White Sul- 

 phur Springs. McDowell : near Elkhorn. Preston : near 

 Aurora {Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Pocahontas: {Pollock). 



A. Saccharum Marsh. Sugar Maple. {A. saccharinum, Wang., 

 not L.). 



Plentiful throughout the State, especially, however, in the 

 central counties. Randolph: Summit Point Mountain, alt. 

 3,700 ft. Webster : Bulifalo Bull Range, alt. 27-3,600 ft. In 

 Randolph Co., near Pickens, the sugar maple grows to a 

 diameter of 2 to 4 ft., and a height of 50 to 70 ft. {Mills- 

 paugh). 



A. NIGRUM Michx. Black Sugar Maple. 



With the preceding, and almost as plentiful. 



A. SACCHARINUM L. White or Silver Maple. {A. dasycarpum, 

 Ehrh.). 



Banks of Little Kanawha : Gauley River : Great Kanawha, 

 and Ohio. Fayette : near Nuttallburg {Nuttall) ; and else- 

 where frequent. Large trees 2 to 4 ft. in diameter in Ran- 

 dolph Co., near Pickens. At one station in Webster Co., on 

 Buffalo Bull Mountain, nearly every tree of this species is 

 of the Bird's-eye type {Millspaugh). 



A. RUBRUM L. Red or Swamp Maple. 



Common throughout the State, where it grows upon the 

 hills and in the mountains, as well as in low places. Wood : 

 near the mouth of the Little Kanawha {Michaux) . 



A. Negundo L. Box Elder, Ash-leaved Maple. 



Common near rivers throughout the northern and middle 

 counties. Lewis : along Leading Creek {Millspaugh, Pol- 

 lock). Gilmer: near Glenville {Mapel). Summers: near 

 Hinton. Berkeley : hear Martinsburg. Hardy : near Moore- 

 field {Gamble). Fayette: near Nuttallburg {Nuttall). 

 Wood : near the mouth of the Little Kanawha {Michaux) 



SAPINDACEAE, 



AESCULUS L. 

 Ae. GLABRA Willd. Ohio or Fetid Buckeye. 



Low lands near streams. Wirt: along Straight Creek. 

 Gilmer: near Glenville {Broium). Along the Ohio River, 

 common. Monongalia : near Uffington. 



