310 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



PARSONSIA P. Br. (1756). 

 (Cuphea P. Br. 1756). 



P. PETioLATA (L.) Rusby. "Tar-weed." (C. vise osissima ]a.cq.) 

 Dry soils, and fields. Monongalia, Marion, Wood, Wirt, 

 Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur and Randolph. Fayette : 

 near Gauley Bridge; near Nuttallburg {Nuttall) ; near 

 Hawk's Nest {James). Greenbrier: near White Sulphur 

 Springs. Summers : near Hinton. Monroe : near Alderson. 

 Berkeley : near Martinsburg, and elsewhere. Preston : near 

 Aurora {Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Kanawha : along the Kanawha 

 River near Cabin Shoals {Holton). 



MELASTOMACEAE. 



RHEXIA L. 



R. ViRGiNiCA L. Meadow Beauty. 



Moist, sandy meadows, and river shores. Monongalia : 

 near Camp Eden ; Little Falls. Wood : near Lockhart's Run, 

 Wirt : near Burning Springs. Upshur : near Lorentz. Ran- 

 dolph : along Tygart's Valley River. Berkeley ; near Mar- 

 tinsburg. Putnam : near Buffalo. Webster : Hacker Valley 

 (H. H. Smith. 1533). Kanawha: at the Salinas {Holton). 



ONAGRACEAE. 



ISNARDIA L. 



L PALUSTRIS L. 



Sandy soil. Fayette : in a Sand bar in New River near 

 Nuttallburg {Nuttall). Kanawha: near the Salinas {Hol- 

 ton). 



LUDWIGIA L. 



L. ALTERNiFOLiA L. Seed-box. 



Wet banks. Wood : near Lockhart's Run. Monongalia : 

 along Cheat River near Camp Eden. Fayette : near Kanawha 

 Falls {James) ; near Nuttallburg {Nuttall). Kanawha: near 

 the Salinas (Holton). 



L. LINEARFOLIA Britt. 



With or near the species. Wood : near Lockhart's Run. 

 Fayette: near Nuttallburg {Nuttall). 



Described by Prof. Britton in "Bull. Torrey Club," Dec, 

 1890, as follows : 



