Dec, 1901.] Botanical Correspondence. 159 



I534rt. Scutellaria parvula ambigua Fernald. " Ohio," Nuttall. Greene 



Co., E. L. Moseley ; Montgomery Co., W. U. Young ; Frankln 



Co., E. E. Bogue ; Gallia Co., J. W. Davis. 

 1556a. Salvia lanceolata Willd. Lance-leaf vSage. By roadside near 



Columbus. W. A. Kellerman. 

 1586 a. jNIentha longifolia (L.) Huds. Horse Mint. Painesville, Lake 



Co. Otto Hacker. 

 1600 a. Physalis francheti ]Mast. Chinese Lantern Plant. Escaped. 



Painesville, Lake Co D. W. Talcott. 

 1609 '/2 a. Datura metel L. Entire-leaf Thorn-apple. Escaped. Painesville, 



Lake Co. Otto Hacker. 

 161 1 <^. Kickxia spuria (L.) Dumort. (Elatinoides spuria Wetzst.) Paines- 

 ville, Lake Co. Otto Hacker. 

 i6gua. Diodia teres Walt. Rough Button-weed. Painesville, Lake Co. 



Otto Hacker. 

 1702 a. Asperulahexaphylla All. Asperula. Escaped. Painesville, Lake 



Co. Otto Hacker. 

 1712 a. Viburnum lantana L. Wayfaring Tree. E.scaped. Painesville, 



Lake Co. Otto Hacker. 

 1732 a. Valeriana officinalis L. Garden Valerian. Escaped. Painesville, 



Lake Co. Otto Hacker. 

 1756 a. Arnoseris minima (L.) Duniort. Lamb Succory. Painesville, Lake 



Co. Otto Hacker. 

 1756(6. Hypochaeris glabra L. Smooth Cat's-ear. Painesville, Lake Co. 



Otto Hacker. 

 1766 r. Lactuca virosa L. Strong-scented Lettuce. Confused with L. 



scariola according to Britton, being the commoner of the two 



species. (A. D. Selb}', Meeting Ohio Academy of Science, 



November, 1901. ) 

 1775 a. Hieracium pilosella L. Mouse-ear Hawkweed. Painesville, Lake 



Co. Otto Hacker. 

 1990^ a. Tanacetum vulgare crispum DC. Tansy. Painesville, Lake Co. 



Otto Hacker. 



BOTANICAL CORRESPONDENCE, NOTES AND 

 NEWS FOR AMATEURS, I. 



Conducted by W. A. Kei^LERMAN. 



//em I. It has been a.sked how many species of plants occur 

 in Ohio. Only a guess can at present be made. In the Cata- 

 logue of Ohio Plants, by Kellerman and Werner, prepared in 

 1893, there were listed 1,925 Spermatophytes, 68 Pteridophytes, 

 335 Bryophytes, and 1,400 Thallephytes. The Fourth Cata- 

 logue, by the writer, publi.shed in 1899, gave 2,025 .species of 

 Pteridophytes and Spermatophytes. While many additions to 

 the previous list were included, very many species formerly 



