Seed Plants, Ferns, Fern Allies of the Austin Region 59 



STYRACACEAE Storax Family 



Styrax platanifolia Engelm. 



In moist ravines of the Edwards Plateau. A beautiful shrub with 

 thin, glossy, angled leaves, and clusters of white, bell-shaped flowers. 



Texas. 



OLEALES 



OLEACEAE Olive Family 



Adelia pubescens Kuntze. (Foresteria pubesccens Nutt.) 



One of the most common shrubs in our ravines. Easily recognized 

 by its small oval leaves and opposite branches. It is the first shrub 

 to bloom in the spring, the blossoms appearing before the leaves. 

 The yellow male flowers, though small, are very abundant, and con- 

 spicuous by their fragrance and the swarms of insects which they 

 attract. The flowers of the female bushes are greenish and incon- 

 spicuous. 



Oklahoma to Texas and New Mexico. 



Fraxinus lanceolate Borck. (F. viridis Michx.) Green Ash. Swamp 

 Ash. 

 Ravine near Montopolis Bridge. 

 Widespread in Eastern United States and Canada. 



Fraxinus texensis Sarg. (F. americana var. texensis Gray.) Texas 

 Ash. 

 Hillsides in ravines. Shoal Creek valley, etc. 

 Texas. 



Menodara heteraphylla Moric. 



Dry soil, open ground and in open woods. Campus. 

 Texas and Mexico. 



GENTIANALES 

 SPIGELIACEAE (LOGANIACEAE) Logania Family 



Buddie ia ramosa Torr. 



Abundant in the crevices and ledges of rock bluffs. A low, much- 

 branched shrub with white flowers in small globular clusters. 



Western and southern Texas. 



Coleostylis Lindheimeri Small. (Spigelia Lindheimeri Gray.) 

 Occasional in dry ground. 

 Texas and Mexico. 



