1080 Excluded Species 



that the presence of this species, when investigated, will show that it was 

 planted. 



Introd. from Europe. 



491. Chionanthus virginica L. White Fringetree. This species was 

 reported from Clark County by Smith. Investigation convinces me that 

 the plant reported had persisted about an old squatter habitation. 



492. Ligustrum vulgare L. European Privet. This species was re- 

 ported from Monroe County by Andrews without any data; from Mont- 

 gomery County by Grimes, who says : "Roadsides and waste places" ; and 

 from the Lower Wabash Valley by Schneck, who says "found occasionally 

 in woods and fields." Specimens have been found in St. Joseph County. 

 I have never seen this species as an escape and I believe when a rigid in- 

 vestigation is made it will be found as a relict from some habitation, as in 

 the case of the two preceding species. 



Introd. from Europe. 



493. Polypremum procumbens L. This species was reported for the 

 vicinity of Lawrenceburg by Collins (Indiana Geol. Rept. 16: 382. 1889). 

 No data were given. Since the range is south of our area and there is no 

 specimen the species is excluded. 



Md. to Fla., Tex., and Mo. ; also adv. in N. J. and Pa. 



494. Sabatia brachiata Ell. (Sabbatia concinna Wood of Wood, 

 Class-book of Botany, ed. 2: 451. 1847.) This species was described by 

 Wood in his second edition of his Class-book of Botany as occurring in 

 "dry, grassy prairies, la., abundant." The Editors of the Botanical Gazette 

 in a catalogue of the Plants of Indiana repeat this report. Coulter, in his 

 Catalogue, reports it from Jefferson County for J. M. Coulter but J. M. 

 Coulter does not give it in his list of the plants of Jefferson County. Both 

 of our late Manuals cite it as found in Indiana. I have written to the 

 curators of both the Gray Herbarium and the New York Botanical Garden 

 and they have no specimen from Indiana. Since there is no existing speci- 

 men, the species is excluded. 



N. C. to Fla. and La. 



495. Centaurium pulchellum (Sw.) Druce. Reported from the Cal- 

 umet District of the dunes, without any definite locality, by Peattie (Flora 

 of the Indiana Dunes, p. 303, 1930.) I have not seen his specimen. I have 

 a specimen of this species collected by Agnes Chase in 1901 in a pastured 

 prairie in South Chicago, Illinois. Since this is an introduced species it is 

 best to wait to see whether it establishes itself. 



496. Centaurium umbellatum Gilib. This species was reported by 

 Babcock as local along a roadside south of Michigan City (Lens 1: 148. 

 1872). There are three small specimens of this collection in the Gray 

 Herbarium. Since it has not been seen since that time it is best to exclude 

 it. I have watched the roadsides about Michigan City for years with the 

 hope that I might find it but I have failed. 



Nat. of Eu. 



