Dodecatheon 



Sapotaceae 



751 



50 



Map 1605 



Dodecatheon Meadia L. 



50 



Map 1606 



Bumelia lycioides (L.) Pers 



o 50 



Map 1607 



Diospyros virginiana L. 



6341. DODECATHEON L. 



1. Dodecatheon Meadia L. Common Shootingstar. Map 1605. Mostly 

 on high, wooded banks and bluffs of streams and in prairies, more rarely 

 on wooded slopes, and very rarely in marshes. 



The flowers vary in color from white to deep pink. Plants with white 

 flowers are known as f. alba Macbride (Field Museum Nat. Hist. Publ. 

 Bot. Ser. 8: 129. 1930.) 



Pa. to Man., southw. to Ga. and Tex. 



239. SAPOTACEAE Reichenb. Sapodilla Family 

 6374. BUMELIA Swartz 



1. Bumelia lycioides (L.) Pers. BUCKTHORN BUMELIA. Map 1606. Our 

 only station for this shrub or small tree is the talus slope of the sandstone 

 cliffs of the Ohio River about 3 miles above Cannelton, Perry County. 

 When I found it in 1912 there was one specimen about 10 feet high and 

 several other specimens of lesser height. The area has been pastured and 

 in 1929, there were only two small specimens surviving. 



Va. to s. 111., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



240. EBENACEAE Vent. Ebony Family 

 6406. DIOSPYROS L. 



1. Diospyros virginiana L. Common Persimmon. Map 1607. This tree 

 was doubtless a native of southern Indiana from Franklin County to 

 Parke County and southward. Probably introduced northward. For the 

 most part it is a scattered tree throughout this area, occurring more fre- 

 quently and in greater abundance in the unglaciated area. It is found most 

 frequently in dry ground but in the southwestern counties it is found in 

 low ground where it reaches its greatest size. In old abandoned fields it 

 forms thickets, due to its ability to spread from root shoots. 



Conn, to s. Iowa, southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



