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number of them have been recorded in previous articles of this 

 series, particularly cognomens of French derivation prevalent 

 in Acadian Louisiana. Recently there has been published a 

 study of "The survival of French in the old District of Sainte 

 Genevieve" [Missouri] (Univ. Mo. Studies, 10(2), April 1935) 

 by W. A. Dorrance. The specifically identifiable plant names 

 from that work are here reproduced and indicated by (Dor- 

 rance) in parentheses. 



In a previous installment (III, 1920, p. 17), I pointed out 

 how near Linnaeus came to monopolizing the naming of our 

 common plants; the proportion for specific groups at the for- 

 mer reference was 52 out of 95, and in the present case, 51 out 

 of 72. All of the names in this contribution are indexed for con- 

 venient use, especially in connection with other glossaries. 



Ulvaceae 



1. JJlva and Enteromorpha. — Brant salad, coast of Virginia 



and North Carolina fC. Cottam). 



PiNACEAE 



2. Taxodiiim spp. — Swamp cedar. Southern States. 



3. Abies Fraseri Pursh. — The local name here mentioned is on 



record but a little discussion may be clarifying. Years 

 ago in North Carolina I was told about the lash-horn or 

 lash-horn tree as being peculiar to the high mountains, 

 the vicinity of White-top Mountain on the N. Car.-Va. 

 line being specifically mentioned. No more light came on 

 this term until I encountered accidentally, in an article 

 on birds (Rives, W. C, The Auk, 6(1), Jan. 1889, p. 51), 

 this statement about White-top Mountain: "the ex- 

 treme summit is covered with a species of balsam known 

 locally as the lash-horn." Lyon's index (Plant Names, 

 1907) calls for "lashhorn" in connection with Picea mari- 

 ana but it is not given in the text and this assignment of 

 the name would seem to be an error. Sudworth (Check 

 List, (1927) gives "Lashorn balsam spruce" for ^. Fraseri, 

 evidently a combination vernacular and book name. I 

 believe the indigenous term is as given above by the 

 writer and by Rives. Local investigation as to its mean- 

 ing would be of interest. 



