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A. Tradescanti L. 



In fields and swampy places, Preston : near Aurora {Mr. & 

 Mrs. Steele). 

 A. purpuratus Nees. (A. virgatus Ell.) 



Rocky river banks. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 

 Preston : along Cheat River. Monongalia : near Camp Eden. 

 A. POLYPHYLLus Willd. (A. Faxoni Porter.) 



Rocky or gravelly soils. Barbour : near Tygarts Junc- 

 tion (Greenman 503). 

 A. ericoides L. 



Dry open places. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttatl). 

 Mason : near Point Pleasant. Wood : near Parkersburg. 

 Monongalia : near Morgantown. 

 Var. depauperatus Porter. (var. pusilhis A. Gray.) 



Dry fields. Monongalia : plentiful about Morgantown. 

 Var. piLosus (Willd.) Porter. 



Roadsides, etc. Fayette : near Nuttallburg, common (Nutt- 

 all). Preston: near Aurora {Mr. & Mrs. Steele). IMonon- 

 galia : near Alorgantown. Marion : near Fairmont. 

 Var. viLLOsus T. & G. 



Dry open places. Pocahontas : near Travelers Repose 

 {Greenman. 502). 

 A. lateriflorus (L.) Britt. {A. miser Man. A. diffusus Ait.) 

 Dry or moist grounds : Monongalia : near Morgantown. 

 Frequent throughout the northern counties. Hardy: near 

 Moorefield {Gamble). Ohio: near Wheeli'ng' {Mertz 1254). 

 Preston: near Aurora {Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 A. HiRSUTiCAULis Lindl. "Nail-rod." 



Fields and roadsides. Cabell : near Barboursville. Monon- 

 galia : near Morgantown ; and common throughout the north- 

 ern, central and western counties. 



A. MULTIFLORUS Ait. 



Hardy: near Moorefield {Gamble). 



A. DUMOSUS L. 



Hardy: near Moorefield {Gamble.) 



A. DivARicATUS L. {A. corymbosus Ait.) 



Fayette : in the gulf where the old highway goes over the 



mountain above Gauley Bridge {Eggleston 5533, 5550.). 



Webster: {H. H. Smith). Preston: near Aurora {Mr. & 



Mrs. Steele). Monongalia : near Morgantown {Millspaugh). 



A. vimineus Lam. 



Shaded roadsides and fields. Fayette : near Nuttallburg, 

 alt. 2,000 ft., plentiful {Niittall). Monongalia: near Mor- 

 gantown. Mason : near Point Pleasant. 

 Var. FOLioLosus (Alton) A. Gray. 



Monongalia : near Morgantown, Uffington and Little Falls, 

 common. 



