BOTANY. 137 



240. NES^A Commers. (Decodon Gmel.) Swamp loosestrife. 



Nes^a verticillata (L.) H. B. K. {Decodon verticillata Ell.) 



Northern Ohio (W. Krebs, W. C. Werner, A. A. Wright (Cat.) ); Licking Reser- 

 voir (Licking Co.) H. L. Jones (Cat.) ; Dayton, Aug. Foerste (Bot. Gaz. VI. 274). 



250. CUPHEA Jacq. 



Cuphea pETiolata (L.) Koehne (C. viscosissima Jacq.) 

 Over the southern half of the state. 



XXXVIII. Order EE.EAGNACE.E Oleaster Family. 



251. SHEPHERDIA Nutt 



SHEPHERDIA CANADENSIS, Nutt. 



Frequent in northern Ohio. 

 XXXIX. Order THYMEL^EACE^S. Mezereum Family. 



252. DIRCA L. Leatherwood. Moosewood. 



DlRCA PALUSTRIS L. 



Scarce but generally distributed. 



XL- Order CACTACE.E. Cactus Family. 



253. Opuntia Tourn. Prickly Pear. Indian Fig. 



OpunTia humieuSa Raf. (O. rafinesquii Engelm.) 

 Cedar Ppint (Ottawa Co.) W. Krebs. 



Opuntia vulgaris Mill. - . 



Southern Ohio, J. A. Warder (Woody PI. of Ohio) ; Cincinnati, Jos. F. James; 



(Cat). 



XEI. Order PASSIFL-ORACE^E. Passion-flower Family. 



254. .PASSIFLORA L. Passion-Flower. 



Passiflora lutea L. 



Sugar Grove (Fairfield Co.) E. V. Wilcox; Castine (Darke Co.) John Longen- 

 baker; Lawrence Co., W. C. Werner; Cincinnati; Jos. F.James (Cat.) 



