PLANT LIFE IN OKLAHOMA. 65 



GENUS CHrONANTHUS. 



Fringe tree. 

 Ghionanthus Virginica. 



FIGWOKT FAMILY. SCEOPHULARTACEAE. 

 GENUS PAULOWNIA. 



Imperial paulownia. (Paulownia tree.) 



BIGNONIA FAMILY. BIGNONIACAE. 

 CATALPAS. GENUS CATALPA. 



Indian bean. (Southern catalpa.) 



Catalpa hignonmdes or Catalpa catalpa. 



Hardy catalpa. (Western catalpa. Catawba tree.) 



Catalpa speciosa. 



Japanese catalpas. (c). 



Catalpa Kaempferi and Catalpa Bungei. 



Dwarf forms growing from 5 to 10 feet, umbrella-shaiped tops. Grown 



in cities and parks. 



LAUEEL FAMILY. LUKACEAE. 

 BAY TREE. GENUS PERSEA. 



Red .bay. 

 Persea Borhonia. 



SASSAFRAS. GENUS SASSAFRAS. 



Sassafras. 

 Sassafras sassafras or Sassafras officinale. 



GENUS LINDERA. 



Spice bush. (Benjamin bush.) 

 Lindera Benzoin. 



OLEASTER FAMILY. ELAEAGNACEAE. 

 Several members of the family in cultivation. A specimen of the 

 RUSSIAN OLIVE, or OLEASTER, was observed which was at least 

 20 feet in height. The DESERT WILLOW, cMopsis linearis, from 

 Texas is found m. Oklahoma City. The BUFFALO BERRY or RABBIT 

 BERRY has been found by the writer growing along the Canadian in 

 the western part of Cleveland County. 



NETTLE FAMILY. URTICACEAE. 

 ELMS. GENUS ULMUS. 



American or white elm. Slippery or red elm. 



Ulmus Americana. Ulrmis fulva or U. pubescens. 



Wahoo or winged elm. 

 Ulmus alata. 



GENUS PLANERA. 



Planer tree. (Water elm.) 

 Planer a aquatica. 



HACKBERRIES. GENUS CELTIS. 



Sugar berry. (Hackberry.) Hacbberry. 



06103 occidenytdis. Celtis var. 



