WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 33I 



MENYANTHACEAE. 



MENYANTHES Linn. 



M. TRiFOLiATA Linn. Buckbean. 



In cool bogs, Preston : near Cranesville (Sheldon) . Poca- 

 hontas : Cranberry Glades (Brooks). 



APOCYNACEAE. 



APOCYNUM L. 



A. ANDROSAEMiFOLiuM L. Spreading Dog's-bane. 



Meadows, fields, and borders of thickets. Randolph : 

 near Cricard P. O. ; near Valley Head. Greenbrier : near 

 White Sulphur Springs. Mason : near Point Pleasant, 

 Brighton and Buffalo. 

 A. CANNABiNUM L. "Rheumatism weed." Indian Hemp. "Wild 

 Cotton." 



Moist grounds, fields, and banks of streams. Frequent 

 or common throughout the State. Tucker : banks of the 

 Blackwater River near Hendricks (Greemnan 274). Jeffer- 

 son: dry uplands near Harpers Ferry (Greene). 

 A. ALBUM Greene. 



Jefferson : alluvial banks of both rivers at Harpers Ferry 

 (Greene). 

 A. PUBESCENS R. Br. 



Hardy: near Moorefield (Gamble). 



ASCLEPIADACEAE. 



ASCLEPIAS L. 



A. TUBEROSA L. Pleurisy-root. 



Fields and meadows. Wood : near Leachtown. Monon- 

 galia : near Morgantown and at Camp Eden. Lewis : along 

 Leading and Stone Coal Creeks. Webster : near Long Glade. 

 Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall).; near Kanawha Falls 

 (James) ; liear Gauley Bridge (Millspangh) ; near Hawk's 

 Nest (Holt on). Jackson: near Fisher's Point. Gilmer: 

 near Glenville (Mapel; Broivn). Doddridge: near Smith- 

 ton. Jefferson : near Shenandoah Jc. Berkeley : near Mar- 

 tinsburg. Hardy : near Moorefield ( Gamble) . Upshur : 

 near Buckhannon (Pollock). 



A. RUBRA L. 



Damp woods. McDowell : near Elkhorn. 



