372 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Dunklin, Greene, Howard, Jasper, Madison, McDonald, Mississipi, Oregon, Pike,. 

 Shannon, Stoddard, Wayne and Wright counties. This is Lindera Benzoin Blume. 



117. Benzoin melissivfolium (Walt.) Neee. 



Spice-bush. A species similar to the last, and said to have been collected in. 

 Greene county. This is Lindera melissaefoUa Blume. 



SAXIFRAGE FAMILY { Saxifragace^.) 



118. Hydrangea arborescens L. 



Wild hydrangea. A small shrub found south of the Missouri river in the State. 

 It has been found in Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Greene, McDonald, Newton, Pike, 

 Shannon, St. Charles, St. Louis, Webster and Wright counties. 



119. Hydrangea radiata Walt. 



Wild Eydrangea. A similar shrub to the last, with densely tomentose leaves ; 

 has been said to have been found in Greene county. 



120. Itea Virginica L. 



Itea. A small shrub found in the swamps of the southeastern part of the- 

 State, in Butler, Dunklin and Pike counties. 



121. Ribes aureum Pursh. 



Missouri currant. A yeilow-flowered species of the west, and not known, 

 certainly to occur in the State, but commonly credited to our territory. 



122. Ribes Cynosbati L. 



Prickly gooseberry. Stems either smooth or prickly, and bearing prickly ber- 

 ries. Has been found in Boone, Clark, Gasconade, Henry, Shannon and St- 

 Louis counties. 



123. Ribes floridum L'Her. 



Wild black currant. This has been found in' St. Louis county only. 

 12'i. Ribes gracile Michx. 



Missouri gooseberry. Common in the northern and western part of the State^ 

 appearing to be absent from the southeastern part. Found in Adair, Andrew, 

 Atchison, Cape Girardeau, Clark, Clay, Daviess, Holt, Jackson, McDonald, Miller,. 

 Pike, Platte, St. Francois, St. Louis and Webster counties. This has commonly 

 been called Ribes rotundifolium Michx. 



WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY (Hamamelidace^). 



125. Hamamelis Yirginiana L. 



Witch-hazel. A curious shrub found along rocky streams in the southeasterc 

 part of the State, having the peculiarity of blooming in the fall and winter and 

 ripening its fruit the next year. It has been found in Bollinger, Christian, Iron, 

 Madison, Ozark, Shannon, Stoddard and Wayne counties. 



126. Liquidambar Styraciflua L. 



Siceei gum. A very large tree in the lowlands of the southeastern part of the 

 State, where it sometimes attains a girth of 20 feet and a height of 150 feet. Is cut 



