BUtLETIN OF THE LABORATORIES 



Distribution as to Soil. 



Dry, rocky woods, 7 1 species. 



Rocky, wooded hillsides, but not dry, 55 



Rocky hillsides, not wooded, , 10 



Bare sandstone rocks, 16 



Open woods, 72 



Rich woods, much shade, 116 



Alluvial soil, river banks, etc., in 



Sandy or gravelly soil, not alluvial, 25 



Swamps and shallow water, 174 



Floating or in deep water, 22 



Meadows, fields and roadsides, 131 



Waste places and cultivated grounds, 89 

 Found in various soils, generally distributed', 53 



Total number of species and varieties, 945 



Comparison With Other Ohio Floras. 



Number of species common to Licking and Lorain Counties, 672. 



" "' ." " " " Franklin " 745. 



" Fairfield " 625. 



" " " " " " " Cincinnati, 690. 



In the above the word species stands for varieties as well, it be- 

 ing difficulf to separate them in the different synonymy. 



The geographical situations of the above counties are as follows: 

 Licking county is about the centre of the State, Fairfield county be- 

 ing the adjacent county on the south, while Franklin is adjacent on 

 the west. Lorain county borders on Lake Erie, while the Cincinnati 

 Flora includes the territory surrounding Cincinnati on both sides of 

 the Ohio River. 



