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authorities and best acquainted with the swamp area of the south- 

 western counties, at first thought it was a member of our flora, but later 

 decided that it should be excluded. 



Michael Catt, 83 years old, who lived nearly 75 years about three 

 miles west of Decker on the border of the cypress swamp in the south 

 part of Knox County, told me that he is positive that the tupelo gum 

 was an occasional tree in the cypress swamp west of Decker. 



Fraxinus caroliniana Miller. WATER ASH. This species was 

 included in Coulter's Catalogue of Indiana Plants upon the authority 

 of Dr. Schneck. It is asserted that specimens were sent to Missouri 

 Botanical Gardens for verification. The writer has carefully examined 

 all the specimens of Fraxinus in the Missouri Botanical Gardens, and 

 all of Schneck's specimens in the herbarium are now correctly named 

 Fraxinus profunda. Since this species is not in our range it should be 

 dropped from our flora. 



