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cumstance that the name ‘chinquapin’ is in that region almost uni- 
versally applied to the fruit of Quercus Muhlenbergi.”’ The Posey 
County record was based on a specimen in Dr. Schneck’s herbarium, 
which proves to have been taken from a cultivated tree near Posey- 
ville. 
ited to our flora by Will Scott in his ecological study of ‘“The Lees- 
burg Swamp” in Kosciusko County, published in the Indiana Acad- 
emy of Science, 1905, page 225. in areply to an inquiry addressed 
to him he says no herbarium material was preserved. This eco- 
logical work was done during the summer months while working at 
the biological station at Winona Lake. In a footnote in this 
paper we are informed that for the identification of the trees listed, 
Apgar’s Trees of the Northern United States was used. In this 
key to the trees, Quercus velutina (Black Oak) is given only as a 
variety of Quercus coccinea (Scarlet Oak), and the distinction be- 
tween Quercus velutina with its many formed leaves, and Quercus 
ilicifolia is not made apparent. In view of the fact that the 
natural habitat of Quercus ilicifolia is sandy barrens and rocky 
hillsides and its western range is eastern Ohio, it is believed what 
Mr. Scott had in hand was a variable form of Quercus velutina, 
which is frequent in that vicinity. The evidence is not encourag- 
ing enough to include it. 
Quérecus nigra Linneus. Water Oak. This species has been 
reported by several authors for Indiana. It is believed that a 
majority of the records should be transferred to velutina and imbri- 
caria or marylandica. Gorby and Schneck call Quercus nigra black 
jack oak, which is generally the common name for Quercus mary- 
landica. Ridgway in his writings of the tiera of the lower Wabash 
Valley, likewise sneaks of Quercus nigra as iack oak and says it is 
found in poor soii. Coulter in his catalogue of Indiana plants re- 
garded tnese references to nigra as errors and did not include it in 
his list. The report for Crawford County by Deam should be 
transferred to marylandica. ‘Since the range of the species is not 
north of Kentucky, the reference to the species in the State should 
be dropped. 
The published records are as follows: Carroll (Thompson); 
Crawford (Deam); Delaware, Jay, Randolph and Wayne (Phinney) ; 
Jay (M’Caslin); Fountain (Brown); Miami (Gorby); Parke (Hobbs). 
Quércus Phéllos Linnzus. Wittow Oak. This species has been 
reported from various counties of the State. The tree is said to 
grow in swamps and on sandy uplands, ranging from Staten Island, 
