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15. Smilax herbacea L. Found in an open situation near a 

 small brook in 1904. One plant was transplanted in a wild 

 flower garden and has appeared with increased vigor every year 

 since. As this is a staminate plant, there have been no berries. 



10. Panax quinquefolium L. Now rare in this region, but it 

 was once abundant. It is disappearing for two reasons: First, 

 because the rich woods it loves are disappearing; second, because 

 its commercial value invites hunters to dig it up for the roots. 



17. Arenaria serpyllifolia L. This little sandwort is found 

 occasionally growing in the cinders by the railroad tracks and 

 spreads rapidly if circumstances are at all favorable. 



18. Dioscorea villosa L. Said to be found in moist thickets, 

 but one station is known for staminate plants which is on a dry 

 hillside. It is spreading slowly from the woody rootstocks. It 

 is easily transplanted. 



19. Verbena stricta Vent. One plant was found in 1908 on 

 the public school grounds, almost in a footpath. It was thrifty 

 and strong in 1909, and had added a stem to the three seen the 

 year before. V. urticifolia L. is very common in cultivated 

 ground, and V. hastata L. occurs in damp situations. 



20. Galinsoga parviflora Cav. Found growing in one back 

 yard on Walnut Street, Barnesville, Ohio. Its presence is 

 accounted for by the fact that the family living there moved 

 from Washington, Ohio, where Galinsoga is very abundant, 

 growing along the gutters at the sides of the streets or anywhere 

 it can get a start. 



21. Agastache scrophulariaefolius (Willd.) Kuntze. Although 

 A. nepetoides (L.) Kuntze is common, being found in any local- 

 ity, A. scrophulariaefolius (Willd.) Kuntze is rare, only one 

 station having been observed. This is a marshy place by the 

 roadside and was almost exterminated in 1909 bv the road 

 supervisor. 



22. Matricaria inodora L. One plant was found in 1909, 

 about ten rods from the chaerophyllum station. It was evi- 

 dently a stray. 



23. Polygonum arifolium L. One station, a low place in a 

 pasture field. Its rarity has always been a matter of surprise 

 since P. sagittatum L. is very common. 



24. Hieracium aurantiacum L. Has been observed along 

 one roadside in well-set grass. Late in the season it is stoloni- 

 ferous and forms a little colony around each plant. 



25. Sida spinosa L. First seen by the railroad. Last year 

 discovered in a meadow in abundance after the second cutting of 

 clover had been made. Evidently the seed had been sown with 

 the grass seed. 



Barnesville, Ohio. 



