WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 3 II 



"Two or three feet high, divergently branched, the 

 branches ascending. Leaves linear, elongated, 2-4-in. long, 

 134-4-lines wide, acute; flowers solitary in the axils of the 

 upper leaves or bracts, yellow; sepals ovate-lanceolate acute, 

 narrower than those of L. alternifolia ; branches and both 

 sides of the leaves somewhat pubesent. Petals apparently 

 remaining on the plant longer than those of L. alternifolia, 

 which, as Dr. Millspaugh observes, commonly fall away when 

 the plant is shocked." 



"Appearing very distinct from typical L. alternifolia, but 

 presumably but a variety of it. From the description it may 

 be the Rhexia lincarifolia, Poir, in Lam. Encycl. vi. 2, said 

 to come from Carolina." 



CHAMAENERION Adans. 



C. ANGUSTiFOLiuM (L.) Scop. Fire-wced. (Bpilobium spicatum 

 Lam.). 



In new clearings. ]Mineral : Grant : and Tucker : along the 

 W. Va. Cent. R. R. Randolph : summit of Point Mountain, 

 alt. 3,700 ft. Cheat Mountain, alt. 27-3,600 ft. ; near Pickens 

 {H. H. Smith 1396; 1454). Preston: near Aurora {Mr. & 

 Mrs. Steele). Pendleton: on Spruce Knob {Greenman 173). 

 Hardy: near Moorefield {Gamble). 



EPILOBIUM L. 



E. coLORATUM Muhl. Willow-herb. 



Ditches, and wet rocks. Greenbrier : near White Sulphur 

 Springs. Fayette: near Nuttallbur^ {Nuttall). Preston: 

 near Aurora {Mr. & Mrs. Steele). Mason: near Pt. Pleas- 

 ant ; and frequent throughout the State. 

 E. LINEARE Muhl. 



In swamps, Preston: near Aurora {Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 Pocahontas : in Cranberry Glades {Sheldon 3848). 

 E. ADENOCAULON Haussk. 



A\'et places. Randolph : in Blister Swamp near Gandy 

 Creek {Greenman 427). 



OMAGRA Adans. 



O. BIENNIS (L.) Scop. Evening Primrose. {Oenothera biennis 1^). 



Frequent or common, throughout the State. 

 Var. GRANDiFLORA (Ait.) Lindl. 



Frequent. Randolph : Cricard, P. O. ; Point Mountain. 

 Wood : near Kanawha Station. Preston : near Tunnellton ; 

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



