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Nyssa aquadca Linnaeus. Tupelo Gum. This species is in- 

 cluded in Coulter's catalogue of Indiana plants and has been 

 reported from many widely separated counties. But few speci- 

 mens were preserved upon which county records were made. Two 

 of these have been examined which showed that they were variable 

 leaf specimens of Nyssa sylvatica (Sour Gum), no doubt taken 

 from a vigorous branch or a thrifty young tree. It is believed that 

 all the locations of this species occurring in the State should be 

 referred to Nyssa sylvatica. This species has been a puzzle to the 

 systemist who is not acquainted with both species, and so far as 

 is known no one of those who reported aquatica for the State was 

 acquainted with it at the time the report was made. The tree is 

 said to grow in cypress swamps from southern Virginia west to 

 Missouri and up the Mississippi Valley to southern Illinois. If it 

 occurs in our area it would be found in the cypress swamps along 

 the lower Wabash. Dr. Schneck reported it for this region in the 

 early years of his botanical work, but on May 20, 1902, on a speci- 

 men of Nyssa he makes the following note: 'T now believe all the 

 forms of Nyssa are sylvatica." This note is made to cover the 

 forms of the Wabash Valley. Robert Ridgway also reported it 

 for Knox County in his earlier publications, but in a letter from 

 him dated November 11, 1911, he says, "You will observe that Nyssa 

 aquatica is not given in my two catalogues, and I think the species 

 may safely be omitted." 



The published records of its distribution are as follows: Dear- 

 born (Collins) ; Delaware, Jay, Randolph and Wayne (Phinney) ; 

 Franklin (Raymond) and (Meyncke); Gibson (Schneck); Hamilton 

 (Wilson); Jefferson (Coulter); Knox (Ridgway); Kosciusko (Coul- 

 ter); Lake (Barnes); Marion (Wilson); Monroe (Blatchley); Noble 

 (Van Gorder); Posey (Schneck); Putnam (MacDougal); V go 

 (Blatchley). 



Halesia diptera Ellis. Snowdrop Tree, {Halesia Carolina Lin- 

 naeus). This tree has been admitted to our flora upon the authority 

 of Robert Ridgway who reported it as occurring near Evansville. 

 Mr. Ridgway says he quoted from some standard authority but 

 can not recall where he saw it. Since the range of the species is 

 much to the south of our area it is not included in this list. 



Fraxinus caroliniana Miller. Water Ash. This si^kh'ic^s was in- 

 cluded in Coulter's catalogue of Indiana plants upon the authority 

 of Dr. Schneck. It is asserted that si)(-cinicns werc^ verified at the 

 Shaw Botanic Gardens, but an examination of the matei-ial there 

 showed that no specimens from Indiana were (lejxjsitcd (licre. 



