Family CELASTRACEAs 159 
3. Vitis vulpina L. Early Wild Grape. 
Common along streams throughout the state. Anselmo; Indianola; 
Nebraska City; Newcastle; Peru; Pine Ridge; Plummer Ford; Te- 
cumseh; Thedford; Valentine. 
4. Vitis cordifolia Michx. Frost or Chicken Grape. 
Nebraska, according to Britton & Brown. 
2. Ampelopsis. 615. 
1. Ampelopsis cordata Michx. 
Along the Missouri in the southeastern part of the state. Peru; 
Nemaha. 
3. Parthenocissus. 616. 
1. Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. Virginia Creeper. 
Psedera quinquefolia (L.) Greene. 
In woods and thickets, mostly along streams, throughout the state. 
Banner county; Natick; Pine Ridge; Valentine. 
3. CELASTRACEZ. 
Staff-tree Family. 
Shrubs with opposite leaves. 1. Euonymus. 
Climbing vines with alternate leaves. 2. Celastrus. 
1. Euonymus. 605. 
1. Euonymus atropurpureus Jacq. Burning Bush. 
Rather common in the southeastern part of the state and extending 
along the Niobrara as far west as Pine Ridge. Crete; Lincoln; 
Long Pine; Peru; Pine Ridge; St. James; Wahoo; Weeping Water. 
2. Celastrus. 606. 
1. Celastrus scandens L. Climbing Bitter-sweet. 
Common along streams throughout the state. Bellevue; Cushman; 
Franklin; Kearney; Lincoln; Omaha; Plummer Ford; St. Helena; 
Valentine; Wymore. 
4, STAPHYLEACE2. 
Bladder-nut Family. 
1. Staphylea. 606. 
1. Staphylea trifolia L. Bladder-nut. 
In the southeastern part of the state. Bellevue; Florence; Nebraska 
City; Peru. 
5. ELAEAGNACEA. 
Oleaster Family. 
1. Lepargyrza. 647. 
1. Lepargyrza argentea (Nutt.) Greene. Buffalo-berry. 
On sandy banks, mostly in the northern and western parts of the 
state. Anselmo;’ Cedar Creek; Clearwater; Crawford; Franklin; 
Fremont island; Kearney; Niobrara; Peru; Ponca; Valentine. 
