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3. Vitis cordifolia Michx. Frost or Chicken Grape. 
May occur in the southeastern part of the state. 
2. Ampelopsis. 615. 2 
1. Ampelopsis cordata Michx. 
Along the Missouri in the southeastern part of the state. Peru; 
Nemaha. 
3. Parthenocissus. 616. 
1. Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. Virginia Creeper. 
Psedera quinquefolia (L.) Greene. 
In woods and thickets, mostly along streams, throughout the state. 
Banner County; Nattick; Pine Ridge; Valentine. 
3. CELASTRACEAE. 
Shrubs with opposite leaves. 1. Euonymus. 
Climbing vines with alternate leaves. 2. Celastrus. 
1. Euonymus. 605. 
1. Euonymus atropurpurea Jacq. Burning Bush. 
Rather common in the southeastern part of the state and extending 
along the Niobrara as far west as Pine Ridge. Crete; Lincoln; Long 
Pine; Pine Ridge; St. James; Wahoo. 
2. Celastrus. 606. 
1. Celastrus scandens L. Climbing Bitter-sweet. 
Common along streams throughout the state. Bellevue; Cushman; 
Franklin; Kearney; Lincoln; Omaha; Plummer Ford; St. Helena; 
Wymore ;Valentine. 
4. STAPHYLEACEAE, 
Staphylea. 606. 
1. Staphylea trifoliata_L. Bladder-nut. 
In the southeastern part of the state. Bellevue; Florence; Nebraska 
City; Peru. 
5. ELAEAGNACEAE. 
Lepargyraea. 647. 
1. Lepargyraea argentea (Nutt.) Greene. Buffalo Berry. 
On sandy banks, mostly in the northern and western parts of the 
state. Anselmo; Antelope County; Cedar Creek; Crawford; Franklin; 
Fremont Island; Kearney; Niobrara; Peru; Ponca; Valentine.” 
6. SANTALACEAE. 
Comandra. 345, 
Leaves lanceolate to oblong, eastern plants. 
Rootstock underground, stems 1.5-4 dm. high, leaves pale beneath, 
the midrib prominent beneath. 1. G. umbellata. 
