PLANT LIFE IN OKLAHOMA. 53 



moist soils and along streams in the 'southeim and southeastern part of 

 thti State. -^ 



SAPODILiLA FAMILY— (Sapotaceae).— This family is repre- 

 sented in OUT range by only one species, chittim-wood, the woody bucl:- 

 thorn (Bumelia launginosa). This species occurs in open woods tlirougli- 

 out the State. Southern buckthorn occurs in the Arbuckle Mountains 

 (Bumelia lyciodesq. 



EBONY FAMILY — (Ehenaceae). — This family is represented by 

 one species in our State, the common persimmon {Diospyros Virginia,). 

 This species occurs as a shrub or small tree in creek valleys and draws 

 throughout the State, except in the Panhandle counties. 



STORAX FAMILY— (%mcaceae).— This family is represented 

 by the silverbell or snowdrop tree. It occurs in the southeastern part of 

 the State. 



OLIVE FAMILY— (OZeaceae).— This family includes the ashes 

 of which there are at least 3 species in the State; the swamp privets; 

 and the fringe-tree or old man's beard. 



MINT FAMILY — (Lahiatae). — This family includes a large num- 

 ber of plants which are the fermanders (woodsage), pennyroyal, skull- 

 caps (6), common or white horehound, hyssop, catnip or catmint, ground 

 ivy, carpenter weed or heal-all, dragonhead or lion's heart, henbit, common 

 motherwort, hedgenettle, sage, horsemint, woodmint, pennyroyal (3), low 

 oalamint, mountainmint, water horehounds, spearmint and peppermint. 



POTATOE FAMILY— (-S'oZanareae). —This family includes the 

 night shades (8), among which are the various night shades, named 

 chiefly from the shape of the leaf; the horsenettle; and buffalo hurr 

 (bull-nettle, Santa Fe thistle, sand burr) ; the ground cherries (31) ; and 

 the jimson weeds. 



FIGWOET 'ekMILY—{ScrophuLariaceae). — This family includes 

 the mullins (2), found in the eastern and northeastern parts of the 

 State, the toad flaxes (2) (butter and eggs, blue toad-flax), the figworts, 

 beard- tongues, monkey flowers, hyssops, mullin (fox-glove), gerardia (9), 

 blue-hearts, painted cup, and Indian paint brush. 



BLADDERWOET FAMILY— (Zeni{6«7«mceae).— This family 

 includes certain low, delicate herbs living in water or moist soils. The 

 family is represented by 4 or 5 species occuring in the eastern half of 

 the State, and in the vicinity of the Wichita Mountains. 



BROOM-EAPE FAMILY— (Oro&ranc/iaceae). —This family is rep- 

 resented by 3 species — the Louisiana broom-rape, found in sand soils 

 in the western end of the State, and in the Panhandle counties, and the 

 one flowered broom-rape or cancer root, growing parastic on the roots of 

 several species of herbaceous plants in the eastern part of the State. 



CATALPlA FAMILY— (^ifirnowtaceae).— The family is represented 

 in Oklahoma by the trumpet creeper vine {tecomma radiacans) ; and the 

 western catalpa,( hardy catalpa, cigar tree, cataw;ba tree) (oatalpa 



