FOREST TREES AND SHRUBS. 95 



59. L. involucrata. On the North Platte and on the Niobrara. 



60. Bush Honeysuckle (Dicrvilla Irifida.) Counties on the Mis- 

 souri, north of the Platte and on the Niobrara. 



61. Elder (Sambucus Canadensis.) Sometimes is here ten feet 

 high. Common and abundant. 



62. Red-berried Elder (S. pubens.) Rare. Have seen it only 

 on the Niobrara. 



63. Maple-leaved Arrow-wood ( Viburnum acerifolium?) Have 

 seen it only on the Niobrara. 



64. Var. pauciflorum. Extreme western Nebraska, and the Nio- 

 brara. Rare. 



6$. Button Bush [Cephalanthus occidentalism Sparingly in east- 

 ern Nebraska, along the Missouri. 



66. Small Cranberry (Vacciniuni oxycoccus.) In bogs at the 

 head waters of the Loups and their tributaries. Four to nine feet 

 high. 



67. Dwarf Bilberry (V. caespitosum.) Rarely met with in north- 

 east Nebraska, and on the Niobrara. 



63. Bearberry [Archtostaphylos Uva-ursi.) In the middle Nio- 

 brara region. 



69. Canadian Sheperdia {Sheperdia Canadensis?) On the Nio- 

 brara. 



70. Buffalo Berry (S. argentea.) Common in northeastern Ne- 

 braska, in most timber belts, especially on the Missouri bottoms, 

 and on the Platte. Is very abundant on the Republican, and in 

 places almost to the west line of the State. On the Elkhorn and 

 Loups. Abundant on the Niobrara. Deserves cultivation for 

 its beauty, hardihood and fruit. Grows sometimes into a small 

 tree. 



71. Dwarf Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinoides.) On the Missouri 

 bottoms and edge of bluffs. Nemaha, Elkhorn, and on the Niobrara. 



72. Beaked Hazelnut (Cory/us rosirata.) Northern and north- 

 eastern Nebraska. 



73. Wild Hazelnut (C Americana?) Abundant and widely dis- 

 tributed. Along almost the whole length of the Niobrara, on the 

 Elkhorn, Missouri bluffs, Platte, Loups and Republican. 



74. Sweet Gale (Myrica gale.) In Dakota, Dixon and Cedar 

 counties, and on the lower Niobrara. 



75. Sweet Fern (Comptonia asplenifolia.) Found occasionally 

 on the sides of bluffs over eastern Nebraska. 



