TORREYA 



LIBRARY 

 NHW YOmC 



bOTANICAL 

 OaKUBN 

 Vol. 20 No. 2 



March-April, 1920 

 SOME LOCAL NAMES OF PLANTS— III* 



By W. L. McAtee 



The present contribution to an enumeration of the local names 

 of American plants is compiled from several sources. It includes 

 names learned by the writer on field trips, both official and per- 

 sonal, others kindly contributed by friends (to whom credit is 

 given in connection with the names), local terms gleaned from 

 herbarium sheets and a few from old books. In the latter case 

 opportunity was taken to rescue from apparent oblivion the 

 more interesting plant appellations contained in the Arctic 

 Zoology (T. Pennant, 1785) and in Travels in the Confederation 

 (1783-4, Schoepf, J. D., translated by Alfred J. Morrison, 191 1). 



Whenever possible the locality where each name is or has been 

 used is cited. Like previous contributions this list is numbered 

 and indexed. As a point of interest, it may be mentioned that 

 of the 95 specific groups of plants catalogued 52 were named by 

 Linnaeus. Original authorities for names only are cited, and 

 except in the case of Linnaeus are spelled out. 



POLYPODIACEAE 



1. Pteridium aquilinum L. — Po man's soap, Alabama. (E. 

 G. Holt.) 



Equisetaceae 



2. Equisetum spp.— Fishpoles, Traverse City, Mich. 



PiNACEAE 



3. Pinus strobus L. — The name cork pine, applied to mature 

 trees of this species, appears not to be recorded in current man- 

 uals and glossaries. 



* No. I of this series was published in Torreya, 13: 225-236, 1913, and No. 2 

 in Torreya, 16: 235-242, 1916. 



[No. I, Vol. 20 of Torreya, comprising pp. 1-16, was issued i April 1920] 



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