WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 339 



L. CANESCENS (Michx.) Lehm. Puccoon. 



Open woods. Mineral : on Knobby Mountain ( JVorkiiiaii). 

 Hardy: near Old Fields (Hopkins) ; and Moorefield (Gam- 

 ble). Hampshire : near Romney (Millspaugh) . 



ECHIUM L. 



E. vuLGARE L. "Blue Weed." "Blue Devils." "Blue Thistle." 

 "Blue Stem." 



Fields and waste ground. Jefferson : abundant especially 

 near Charlestown, where there are many fields absolutely 

 blue with the plant. Dr. Gray says of his trip through this 

 country : "From the moment we entered the valley, we 

 observed such immense quantities of Echium vulgare, that 

 we were no longer surprised at the doubt expressed by 

 Pursh whether it were really an introduced plant ;" near 

 Shenandoah Junction; Shepherdstown and Harper's Ferry. 

 Randolph : along Tygart's A-^alley River ; near Huttonsville, 

 and up Riffles Creek. Berkeley : near Martinsburg, plentiful. 

 Morgan: near Hancock, Cacapon and Orleans X Roads. 

 Mineral : near Keyser, and Piedmont. Fayette : near Kana- 

 wha Falls (James) ; near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Kanawha: 

 opposite Coalburg. Summers : near Hinton. Jefferson : near 

 Summit Point. Greenbrier: near White Sulphur Springs. 

 Hardy : near Aloorefield. 



Also reported from : Jefferson : near Ripon, Summit Point, 

 Middleway and Kabletown. Berkeley : near Oakton and 

 Hedgesville. Morgan : near Rock Gap. Hampshire : near 

 Slanesville, Concord, Romney, Three Churches, Dillon's Run, 

 Higginsville, Sedan, Purgitsville and Springfield. Mineral : 

 near Blaine. Hardy: near Moorefield, Wardensville and 

 Old Fields. Grant : near Medley, Greenland and Petersburg. 

 Tucker : near Hendricks and St. Georges. Pendleton : near 

 Franklin and Upper Tract. Pocahontas : near Lobelia. 

 Greenbrier : near Williamsburg and Fort Spring. Summers • 

 near Talcott. Mercer : near Princton and New Hope. Mc- 

 Dowell : near Squire Jim. Wood : near Waverly. Lewis : 

 near Vadis and Aberdeen. Barbour : near Old Field. Web- 

 ster : near Replete. Wetzel : near Endicott. Doddridge : 

 near Smithton. Marshall : near Lowdenville. Roane : near 

 Clio and Walnut Grove. Kanawha : near Tornado. Taylor : 

 near Thornton ; and Clay : near Valley Fork. 



