CATALOGUE OF THE PLANTS OF JASPER COUNTY, 
MISSOURI 
(FERNwonrS AND F'LOWERING PLANTS) 
ERNEST J. PALMER 
Collector for the Missouri Botanical Garden 
and the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 
INTRODUCTION 
This catalogue is based upon collections of plants made 
by the writer during the years from 1901 to 1913. The 
serial numbers following each species and variety listed re- 
fer to the plants collected by me, unless otherwise indicated ; 
and the specimens are now deposited in the herbarium of 
the Missouri Botanieal Garden. Many duplieates have been 
distributed to herbaria and collectors in various parts of this 
country and abroad. The nomenclature used is, with a few 
exceptions, that of the seventh edition of Gray’s ‘Manual.’ 
I believe that this is the first attempt at enumerating the 
native plants and those growing spontaneously in this part 
of Missouri. Local catalogues and floras have been published 
covering several other sections of the state—Jackson County 
and the vicinities of Louisiana, St. Louis, and Columbia. 
Im 1886 Professor S. M. Tracy published a list of the plants 
then known to occur in the state, and in 1895 a list of the 
woody plants, prepared by Mr. B. F. Bush, was published 
by the State Horticultural Society. In these two works 
reference is made to plants of Jasper County. Two of the 
species mentioned by Professor Tracy as occurring in the 
county have not been found by the writer. These are 
Castanea pumila, said to have been collected by Professor 
Broadhead, and Callirhoe involucrata, which is recorded as 
having been collected by Letterman. The latter is probably 
a geographical error. In Mr. Bush’s list 53 woody species 
are mentioned for Jasper County. All of these, with the 
exception of Castanea pumila and a few which have been 
relegated by changes in nomenclature and more recent study, 
have been confirmed. 
ANN. Mo. Bor. GARD, Vou. 3, 1916 (345) 
