3^4 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



A R A L I A C E AE. 



ARALIA L. 



A. spiNOSA L. Angelica Tree. Hercules' Club 



Rich Mountain woods. Webster: Buffalo Bull Mt. alt. 

 2,595 ft., plentiful {Millspaugh) ; Hacker Valley {H. H. 

 6"miiA 1584). Preston : near Rowlesburg. Summers : along 

 the Greenbrier River ; near Hinton. Fayette : near Nuttall- 

 burg (Nuttall) ; at Gauley Bridge, abundant. Randolph : 

 near Whitman (Greemnan 160). Monongalia: near Mor- 

 gantown. 



A. RACEMOSA L. Spikenard. 



Deep, cold woods, frequent in the Alleghanies. Randolph : 

 Cheat Mountains, alt. 3,350 ft. ; Point Mountain, alt. 3,560 

 ft. Hampshire : Ice Mountain. Tucker : near Falls of Black- 

 water. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Greenbrier: near 

 White Sulphur Springs. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 

 (Nuttall). Summers: near Hinton. Preston: near Aurora 

 (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 



A. NUDiCAULis L. Wild Sarsaparilla. 



Rich woods, frequent. Monongalia : the Flats, Rich 

 Woods, and along the Monongahela. Marion : near Ope- 

 kiska. Randolph : on Point Mountain. Grant : near Bayard. 



A. HisPiDA Vent. 



Rocky soils. Tucker : near Davis, along Blackwater Fork 

 of Cheat. 



PANAX L. 



P. QUiNQUEFOLiuM L. Ginseng. "Sang." 



Rich, deep woods. Wirt: near Burning Springs. Jack- 

 son: near Ripley. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Grant: 

 near Bayard. Randolph : Rich, Cheat and Point Mountains. 

 (One store at Crickard P. O. buys from this neighborhood 

 $1,500 worth annually of the mountaineers.) Webster: Buf- 

 falo Bull range. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Summers : near Hinton. Preston : near Aurora (Mr. & 

 Mrs. Steele). 



P. TRiFOLiuM L. (Aralia trifolia Decn.). 



Moist woods. Upshur: near Buckhannon (Pollock), and 

 near Newlon (A. B. Brooks). 



