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PHRYMACEAE. 



PHRYMA L. 



P. Leptostachya L. Lop-seed. 



Rich open woods. Greenbrier: near White Sulphur 

 Springs. Fayette : near Kanawha Falls (James) ; near Nutt- 

 allburg (Nuttall). Kanawha: near Charleston. Mason: 

 near Point Pleasant. W'ebster : at Pugh (H. H. Smith 

 1653). Preston: near Aurora {Mr. & Mrs. Steele); and 

 frequent throughout the State. 



PLANTAGINACEAE. 



PLANTAGO L. 



P. major L. Plantain. 



Waste ground. Ohio : near Wheeling (Mertz & Gutten- 

 berg). Fayette: Nuttallburg (A/'wifa/Z). Monongalia : Mor- 

 gantown. 

 P. RuGELii Decne. Common Plantain. 



Common throughout the State, near dwellings. 

 P. lanceolata L. "Buck Plantain." "Ripple." "Buck-horn 

 Plantain." 



Becoming a common weed throughout the State; very 

 little as yet however in Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan 

 counties. Greenbrier : near White Sulphur Springs. Fay- 

 ette: near Nuttallburg {Nuttall). Mercer: near Princeton. 

 P. Virginica L. White Plantain. 



Sandy soils. Fayette: near Nuttallburg {Nuttall). Mon- 

 ongalia : near Morgantown ; and frequent throughout the 

 State. Hardy: near Moorefield. 

 P. aristata Michx. 



Dry meadows near Bargers Spring, Summers County, alt. 

 1,500 ft., July 13, 1900 {Morris 983). Marion: near Farm- 

 ington {Boiitlou). Monongalia: found, in 1912, near Mor- 

 gantown {Sheldon 4459). Wirt: near Newark {Hoff). 



R U B I A C E AE. 



HOUSTONIA L. 



H. coerulea L. Bluets. Innocents. 



Moist fields. Monongalia : Marion : Preston : Wood : 

 Wirt : Calhoun : Lewis : and Upshur. Gilmer : near Glen- 

 ville {Brown; Mapel). Kanawha {James). Mineral: Jef- 



