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PONTEDERIACEAE 



36. Piaropus crassipes (Mart.) Britton. — Waterlilies, Marks- 



ville, La. 



37. Pontederia cordata L. — Black potato, Venice, La.; cow, 



cooter or dog-tongue wampee, Santee Club, S. C. Called 

 cooter wampee because cooters or fresh-water terrapins 

 eat the leaves. It is said that hogs avoid this plant. 

 Gerard* also notes the use of this name in South Carolina 

 and states that it is sometimes applied to Arisaema 

 triphyllum in addition to Pontederia and Peltandra. It is 

 of interest that the term wampee is employed in China to 

 distinguish a plant of the citrus family {Cookia punctataX). 



Smilacaceae 



38. Smilax spp.- — Called by the very appropriate name hell- 



ropes in Arkansas. Devil's clothes-line is the apt ver- 

 nacular in parts of Maryland. 



Saururaceae 



39. Saururus cernuus h. — Swamp lily, Big Lake, Ark. 



Fagaceae 



40. Quercus laurifolia Michx. — Red, pin or water oak, Abbeville, 



La. 



41. Quercus lyrata Walt. — Spanish oak, Big Lake, Ark. 



42. Quercus michauxii Nutt. — White oak, Abbeville, La. 



43. Quercus nigra L. — Bastard oak, Santee Club, S. C. 



44. Quercus texana Buckl.^ — Willow oak, Abbeville, La. 



Ulmaceae 



45. Planera aquatica (Walt.) J. F. Gmel. — Chataignier, Marks- 



ville. La. Quite a new application of this French name for 

 Castanea vesca. 



46. Celtis mississippiensis Bosc. — Hen-turd tree, Church's 



Island, N. C. 



* Garden and Poorest, IX, No. 439, July 29, 1896, p. 303. 

 t Smith, J. Dictionary of Economic Plants, 1882, p. 434. 



