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OLEACEAE. 



FRAXINUS L. Sp. PI. 1057 (1753). 



Fraxinus lanceolata Borck. Handb. Forst. Bot. i: 826 (1800). 

 Fraxinus viridis Michx. f. Hist. Arb. 3: 115, /. 10 (1813). 

 Fraxinus juglandifolia Willd. Sp. PL 4: 1104 (1806), not Lam. 

 A small tree, growing on the river bank at San Antonio, altitude 

 600 feet. 



May 5 (1711). 



LOGANIACEAE. 



MENODORA Humb. &Bonpl. PL JEquin. 2: 98, /. no (1809). 



Menodora heterophylla Moric.; DC. Prodr. 8: 316 (1844). 

 Bolivaria Grisebachii Scheele, Linnaea, 25: 254 (1852). 



In dry ground at Corpus Christi, from sea level to 40 feet, usually 

 growing in patches. Flowers opening in the morning. 



March 5 (1390); type locality, Mexico. 

 Menodora longiflora A. Gray, Amer. Jour. Sci. (II.) 14: 43 (1852). 



On the steep, stony left bank of the Guadalupe at Kerrville, altitude 

 1625 feet. Usually growing in clumps; flowers opening late in the af- 

 ternoon, often remaining open until the middle of the next forenoon. 



June 18 (1880); type locality, "Texas." 



SPIGELIA L. Sp. PL 149 (1753). 

 Spigelia Texana (T. & G.) A. DC. Prodr. 9: 5 (1845). 

 Codostylis Texana T. & G. FL N. A. 2 : 44 (1842). 

 Under a bush along the road about 4 miles northeast of Kerrville. 

 Seen also near Corpus Christi. 



May 8 (1719); type locality, "Texas." 



POLYPREMUM L. Sp. PL in (1753). 

 Polypremum procumbens L. Sp. PL in (1753). 



In rich, dry ground on the edge of a water hole at Corpus Christi, alti- 

 tude 40 feet. 



May 30 (1805); type locality, "in Carolina, Virginia." 



GENTIANACEAE. 



ERYTHRAEA Neck. Elem. 2: 10 (1790). 

 Erythraea Beyrichii T. & G. ; Torr. in Marcy's Rep. 291, /. fj 



