BOTANY. 125 



Fraxinus nigra Marsh. {F. sambuci folia Lam. ) Black Ash. 

 Generally distributed over the state. 



Fraxinus viridis Michx. Green Ash. 



"General," J. S. Newberry (Cat.) ; Miami Valley, A. P. Morgan (Flora). 



181. CHIONANTHUS L. Fringe-tree. 



Chionanthus VIRGINICA L. 



Rio Grande (Gallia Co.,) Ruth B. Brockett. 



182. LIGUSTRUM Tourn. Privet. 



Ligustrum vulgare L. 



Lorain Co.. A. A. Wright (Cat.) 



XXVII. Order STYRACACEAE. Storax Family. 



183. MOHRIA Britton. (Halesia Ellis.) Snowdrop or Silver BELL-TREE. 



Mohria Carolina (L.) Britton. Halesia teraptera L. 



Given by Lazenby and Werner (Sup. List.) on the authority of Dr. Warder, but 

 no specimens seem to have been found in the state. The plant occurs in 

 West Virginia. 



XXVIx'I. Order EBENACEAE. Ebony Family. 



184. DIOSPYROS L. Date-Plum. Persimmon. 



Diospyros virginiana L. 



Throughout the southern half of the state. 



XXIX. Order PRIMUIyACEAE. Primrose Family. 



184a. HOTTONIA L. Featherfoil. Water Violet. 



Hottonia inflata Ell. 



New Lyme (Ashtabula Co.) Florence Tuckerman. 



185. DODECATHEON L. American Cowslip. 



Dodecatheon meadia L. 



Springfield, Mrs. E. Jane Spence ; Cincinnati, Jos. F. James (Cat.) ; Franklin Co., 

 W. S. Sullivant (Cat.) 



186. LYSIMACHIA Tourn. Loosestrife. 



LySimachia nummularia L. Money wo. t. 

 Escaped from cultivation. 



