[VoL. 3 
390 ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 
part. They are both abundant in the rocky woods bordering 
Shoal Creek, a little farther south in Newton County. 
VACCINIUM TENELLUM Ait. 2501. 
PRIMULACEAE 
ANDROSACE OCCIDENTALIS Pursh. 545, 696, 3584. 
SAMOLUS FLORIBUNDUS НВК. 1251, 2243, 2537, 2781. 
SrEIRONEMA CILIATUM (L.) Raf. 30, 738, 1090. 
STEIRONEMA LANCEOLATUM ( Walt.) Gray. 3887. 
ПорЕСАТНЕОХ MEADIA L. 585, 919, 920, 1726, 2702. 
CENTUNCULUS MINIMUS L. 3733. 
SAPOTACEAE 
BuMELIA LANUGINOSA ( Michx.) Pers. 28, 927, 2655. 
EBENACEAE 
DrosPvnos VIRGINIANA L. 62, 3974. 
There is mueh variation in the fruit and foliage of the 
persimmon. The common variety sometimes becomes a tree 
10 or 12 m. high, forming small groves or thickets on upland 
prairies. The fruit is scarcely edible until after the first frosts. 
A not uncommon form, growing in similar situations, has large 
pubescent leaves with cordate bases which turn a bright yellow 
in autumn. Small trees producing very large soft pulpy 
fruit ripening early in September may belong to a distinet 
species. 
OLEACEAE 
FRAXINUS AMERICANA L. 924, 1542, 3533, 3636, 3667. 
FRAXINUS LANCEOLATA Borkh. 12, 117, 1513, 1776. 
FRAXINUS QUADRANGULATA Michx. 1124, 1515, 2080. 
ADELIA ACUMINATA Michx. 1249, 1627, 2074, 2188. 
APOCYNACEAE 
AMSONIA SALICIFOLIA Pursh. 296. 2488 
This species grows usually along gr avelly branches, in 
large frutescent clumps 1 m. or more high. The leaves are 
narrower and the flowers smaller than in the next species, 
from which it appears quite distinct. 
А мвомтад TABERNAEMONTANA Walt. 921, 1819. 
APOCYNUM CANNABINUM L. 208, 1093, 1094, 3188. 
