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LIST OF PLANTS COLLECTED BY C. S. SHELDON AND M. A. 

 CARLETON IN INDIAN TERRITORY IN 1891. 



By J. M. JIor.zixGER. 



Tills paper is a report on two collections of plants, chiefly from Indian 

 Territory, the first made by Mr. C. S. Slieldon, the other by Mr. M. A. 

 Carleton, whose paper on the native i)lants of Oklahoma Territory and 

 adjacent districts appears licrewith. 



Mr. Sheldon collected during June, July, and Aiigust in the southern 

 half of the territory. Mr. Carleton was in the field from the middle of 

 April to the last of September, covering- the north half of Indian Terri- 

 tory and the adjacent parts of Kansas, "New Mexico, and Texas. 



Yaluable help and suggestions were received in the determinations 

 from Dr. George Vasey, who also determined the grasses. The Carices 

 were referred for verification to Prof. L. H. Bailey. 



I.— C. S. SHELiDON'S COI.I.ECTION. 



Mr. Sheldon's route lay through Colbert, Caddo, Atoka, the Sans 

 Bois Mountains, Stooewall, McAlester, Erin Springs, Fort Sill, Cash 

 Creek, Anadarko, the Wasliita River, Mount Scott, the Shawnee Hills, 

 and Hartshorn. 



MENISPERMACEiE. 



Cocculus Carolinus DC. Quite variable. Frequent tlirougbout sontliern Indian 

 Territory. August. No. 258. 



CRUCIFERiE. 



ITasturtium officinale 11. Br. Abundant at Cress Creek, but not seen elsewhere in 

 the Territory. August. No. 264. 



CAPPARIDEJE. 



Cleomella angustifolia 'l^orr. On wet ground near streams. Fort Sill. July. No. 



244. 

 Polanisia uniglandulosa DC- Qnanali's ranch. July. No. 213. 



CISTINEiE. 



Lechea major Mx. Stonewall^ Chickasaw Nation. Infrequent. July. No. 124. 

 Lechea tenuifolia Mx. Quauah's ranch. Gravellysoil. Common, but local. July. 

 No. 205. 



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