240 Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



The second list is that of a collection made by Thos. G. Lea, during 

 the ten years between 1833-44, and published in 1849, after his 

 death. 



This is a catalogue par excellence, and has not for completeness 

 been equaled by any of the local lists. It names nearly 1,150 species 

 of plants, including about 698 species of Phenerogams belonging to 

 358 genera, and 515 species of Cryptogams, belonging to 167 genera, 

 including 19 species of Ferns, 2 species Equisetacese, 89 species 

 Musci, 16 species Hepaticse, 68 species Lichens, of which 4 were new to 

 science, and about 320 species Fungi, of which about 50 species were 

 new. The work of identifying the collection was divided between W. 

 S. Sullivant, who arranged the Phenerogams, Mosses and Hepaticse; Ed. 

 Tuckerman, the Lichens ; and the eminent fungologist, M. J. Berke- 

 ley, whose notes on the new species, with descriptions, are added as 

 foot notes to the catalogue. 



This list is very hard to obtain, and is valuable for the notes and 

 descriptions above mentioned.* It is arranged according to the 

 Natural System. 



The' third flora is that published under the title of— " A catalogue 

 of flowering plants and ferns observed in the vicinit}^ of Cincinnati, by 

 Joseph Clark, with an appendix by Robert Buchanan, adopted and 

 published by the Western Academy of Natural Sciences," in 1852, three 

 years after the publication of Mr. Lea's list. This contains a smaller 

 number of species than that of Lea, numbering 368 genera, and 686 

 species (that of Lea numbering as above, 698 species). It is arranged 

 alphabeticall}^ and continued the only check list till the appearance 

 in April, 1879, of the fourth of our Cincinnati Floras, that of my 

 brother. J. F. James. This list contains, arranged under the Natural or- 

 ders, a greater number of species in the higher orders than an}' pre- 

 vious list, and includes all the phenerogamous plants and ferns observed 

 by Lea and Clark, as well as those collected and noted by the author and 

 his friends. It names 1,220 species, including ferns and fungi. The 

 list of Fungi is reprinted from Lea's list, with a few additions, and a 

 revision of the nomenclature by Prof. Chas. H. Peck. The Phenero- 

 o-ams alone number 869. or 171 more than Lea's. 



Another list printed, but not published, in Cincinnati, is sometimes 

 spoken of in connection with Cincinnati Botany, that of the Clark 

 Herbarium, by Miss Eachel Bodlej^, and printed in 1865. Those 



■■■ The only copy knoAvn to the writer in this city, is in the collection of the Historical 

 Society. 



