BOTANY. 125 



Fraxinus nigra Marsh. (F. sambucifolia 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. CHPONANTHUS L. Fringe-tree. 



Chionanthus virginica L. 



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



182. LIGUSTRUM Tourn. Privet. 



LlGUSTRUM VUEGARE L. 



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



XXVII. Order STYRACACEAE. Storax Family. 



183. MOHRIA Britton. [Halesia Ellis.) Snowdrop or Siever BEEE-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. 



XXVIII. Order EBENACEAE. Ebony Family. 



184. DIOSPYROS L. Date-Peum. Persimmon. 



DlOSPYROS VIRGINIANA L. 



Throughout the southern half of the state. 



XXIX. Order PRIMULACEAE. Primrose Family. 

 184a. HOTTONIA L. Featherfoie. Water Vioeet. 



HOTTONIA INFLATA EH. 



New Lyme (Ashtabula Co.) Florence Tuckerman. 



185. DODECATHEON L. American Cowseip. 



DODECATHEON MEADIA L. 



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

 W. S. Sullivant (Cat.) 



186. LYSIMACHIA Tourn. Loosestrife. 



Lysimachia ntjmmuearia L. Money wo. t. 

 Escaped from cultivation. 



