TREES, SHRUBS AND VINES OF MISSOURI. 389 



SAPODILLA FAMILY (Sapotace^). 



260. Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers. 



Buckthorn A spiny tree, 40 or 50 feet in height, found in the State south of a 

 hne drawn from Louisiana to Nevada. Occurs in Barton, Cedar, Cole, Franklin, 

 -Greene, Jasper, Jeflferson, Madison, McDonald, Oregon, Shannon, St, Charles, 

 St. Louis, Warren and Wright counties. 



261. Bumelia lycioides (L.) Pers- 



Southern buckthorn. A southern species, which has been reported from the 

 southeastern part of the State. Bumelia tenax Willd. , reported from Miller county, 

 Is probably the last species. 



EBONY FAMILY (Bbenaceje). 



262. Diospyros Virginiana L. 



Persimmon. A well-known tree with luscious fruit, which is quite promising 

 for cultivation. The fruit is very variable in size, quality and earliness of ripen- 

 ing. In Dunklin county, where I observed it very closely one year, there was 

 some very fine fruit that was ripe and gone before frost, and other equally as fine 

 that did not ripen until it frosted. Others again were indiflerent and did not ripen 

 until they were frozen . It is found throughout the state, except perhaps in the 

 northwestern part where it appears to be absent. It is found in Barry, Barton, 

 Bollinger, Butler. Cape Girardeau, Carroll, Carter, Clay, Dade, Dunklin, Greene, 

 Bowell, Jackson, Jasper, Jeiferson, Linn, Madison, McDonald, Miller, Mississippi, 

 New Madrid, Newton, Pike, Ray, Shannon, St. Francois, St. Louis, Stoddard, 

 Wayne and Wright counties. 



STORAX FAMILY (Styrace^). 



263. Styrax Americana Lam. 



Storax. A small southern shrub, lately found in Butler, Dunklin and New 

 Madrid counties. 



OLIVE FAMILY (Oleace^). 



264. Fraxinus Americana L. 



White ash. A large and valuable tree, found thoughout the State in various 

 kinds of soils. Reaches its greatest development in the lowlands of the south- 

 eastern part of the state, where there are trees three feet in diameter and 100 feet 

 in height. It has been found in Atchison, Butler, Clark, Dunklin, Greene, Holt, 

 Jackson, Lafayette, Livingston, Madison, McDonald, Miller, Mississippi, Newton, 

 Oregon, Pike, Ripley, Shannon, St. Francois, St. Louis and Webster counties. 



265. Fraxinus Americana profunda B. F. Bush. 



Swamp ash. A species of ash which grows in the swamps of the southeastern 

 part of the State, almost to the exclusion of the other species. In habit it is much 

 like the Tupelo, having swelled butts and thick branchlets. It has been found in 

 Dunklin, New Madrid and Stoddard counties. 



