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cumstance that the name 'chinquapin' is in that region almost uni- 

 versally applied to the fruit of Quercus MuhlenhergiV 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. 



Quercus ilicifolia Wagenheim. Bear Oak. This species is cred- 

 ited to our flora by Will Scott in his ecological study of 'The Lees- 

 burg Swamp" in Kosciusko County, pubUshed in the Indiana Acad- 

 emy of Science, 1905, page 225. In a reply 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. 



Quercus nigra Linnseus. 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 imhri- 

 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 flora of the lower Wabash 

 Valley, likewise speaks of Quercus nigra as jack oak and says it is 

 found in poor soil. Coulter in his catalogue of Indiana plants re- 

 garded these 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 pubhshed records are as follows: Carroll (Thompson); 

 Crawford (Deam) ; Delaware, Jay, Randolph and Wayne (Phinney) ; 

 Jay (M'Caslin); Fountain (Brown); Miami (Gorby); Parke (Hobbs). 



Quercus Phellos Linnaeus. Willow 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, 



