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KALMIA L. 



K. LATiFOLiA L. Mountain Laurel. Calico-bush. Spoon-wood. 

 Dry or moist hillsides and thickets ; forming impenetrable 

 masses in the mountains. Calhoun : Laurel Run. Upshur : 

 Sand Run (Millspaugh, Pollock). Webster: Buffalo Bui' 

 Mountains. Kanawha: near Charleston (Barnes). Nicho- 

 las : near Beaver Mills. Monongalia : near Ice's Ferry and 

 Cheat View. Preston : Laurel Hills, thence southward 

 throughout the eastern counties. Fayette : near Nuttallburg 

 (Nitttall). Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry (Mertz & Gut- 

 tenberg). 



K. ANGUSTiFOLiA L. Sheep-laurel. Lamb-kill. 



Hillsides. Calhoun : Laurel Run. Upshur : Sand Run. 

 Nicholas : near Beaver Mills. Randolph : near Cheat Bridge. 

 Hardy : near Moorefield. 



PIERIS D.Don. 



P. Mariana (L.) Bth. & Hook. Stagger Bush. (Andromeda 

 Mariana L.). 



Low grounds. Webster : Long Glade. Summers : near 

 Hinton. Pocahontas : near Greenbank (Sivcmk) . 

 P. floribunda (Pursh.) Bth. & Hook. (Andromeda ilorihunda 

 Pursh.). 



Mountain woodlands. Greenbrier : in the mountains (Rum- 

 sey). 



XOLISMA Raf. 



X. ligustrina (L.) Britton. "Seedy Buckberry." 



Wet grounds. Preston : Morgan's Glade and Terra Alta. 



Upshur : near Buckhannon. Webster : Upper, Long and 



Welch Glades. Nicholas : Collett's Glade. Fayette : near 



Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Var. PUBESCENS (Gray). (Andromeda ligustrina pubescens A. 



Grayj. 



Swampy place. Fayette : near Nuttallburg, alt. 2,000 ft. : 



a variation with a six-lobed corolla and six-celled ovary 



(Nuttall). 



OXYDENDRUM DC. 



O. ARBOREUM (L.) DC. Sour Gum. 



Rich woods. Wood : near Leachtown. Randolph : near 

 Valley Bend. Gilmer: near Glenville (Mapel). Kanawha: 

 near Charleston (James). Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nutt- 



