BOTANY. 137 



249. NES.EA Commers. {Decodon Gmel.) Swamp LOOSESTRIFE. 



Xes.Ea verticileaTa (I<.) 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 THYMEI^EACE^E. Mezereum Family. 



252. DIRCA L. Leatherwood. Moosewood. 



DlRCA PALUSTRIS L. 



Scarce but generally distributed. 



XL- Order CACTACE^E. Cactus Family. 



253. Opuntia Touru. Prickey Pear. Indian Fig. 



OpuxTia humifuSa Raf. (O. rafinesquii Engelm.) 

 Cedar Point (Ottawa Co.) W. Krebs. 



Opcntia vulgaris Mill. 



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

 (Cat). 



XLI. Order PASSIFEORACE^E. Passion-flower Family. 



254. PASSIFLORA L. Passion-Flower. 



Passifeora eutea L. 



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

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



