Feb., 1912.] Plants from Cuyahoga and Lake Counties. 471 



This rubber content in fresh latex is 2.36%. 



The above figures refer to latex taken from plants near the 

 end of the gro\ving season. 



Apocynum also gives apocyiiin, a drug having a similar 

 action to digitalis and, according to Biddle, being an efficacious 

 remedy in dropsy. The bark of this plant gives a strong, tough 

 fibre, at one time much esteemed by the American Indians for 

 bowstrings and fishing nets. 



Akron, Ohio. 



PLANTS NOT RECORDED IN THE OHIO LIST FROM 

 CUYAHOGA AND LAKE COUNTIES. 



Edg Claassen. 



1. Crucibulum vulgare, Tul. On dead willow-bark. Cuyahoga 

 and Lake; on manure: Cuyahoga; on plant-remnants: Cuyahoga. 



2. Cyathus stercoreus, (Schw.) De Ton. On manure: 

 Cuyahoga. 



3. CA^athus striatus, (Huds.) HofTm. On the ground and 

 on decayed bark between moss: Cuyahoga. 



4. Cyathus vemicosus, (Bull.) DC. On clayey ground; 

 Cuyahoga. 



5. Erysiphe cichoraceanim, DC. Cuyahoga. On Aster 

 macrophyllus, L.; collected September 10. Helianthus tuberosus, 

 L.; collected September 20 and October 10. Phlox paniculala, L. ; 

 collected October 10 and 16. 



6. Microsphaera alni, (DC.) Winter. Cuyahoga. On Ligus- 

 trum vulgare, L. (cult.), collected October 2 and 10 and 20. 



1. Aristida oligantha, Michx. ; Cuyahoga. 



2. Eragrostis pectinacea, (Michx.) Steud.; Cuyahoga. 

 Specimens of the above plants are contained in the writer's 



herbarium. 



