TREES, SHRCBS AND VINES 01 »UBI. 





BAFODILLA FAMILY (8APOTA01 I ■ 

 '. Bamelia lanuginosa tfiohx.) Pars. 



tAom A spiny tree. 40 or 50 feet in height, found in the State south of a 

 line drawn from LoallteM to Nevada. Oecurs In Barton, Cedar, Cole, Franklin, 

 Greene, Jasper. Jetferson, Madison, MeDonald, Oregon, Shannon, St. Charles, 



St. LoulB, Warren and Wright eounties. 



.. Bumelia lycioides (L. Pers. 



- .<m hmeUkem. A southern species, which has been reported from the 

 southeastern part of the State. B«Mtta Umax Willd. . reported from Miller county, 

 is probably the last spi 



EBONY FAMILY Kbenace.i:. 

 j. Dtospyroe Virginians L- 



Per*. A well-known tree with luscious fruit, which is quite promising 



' for cultivation. The fruit is very variable in size, quality and earliness of ripen- 

 ing. in Dunklin county, where I observed it very closely one year, there was 

 tome very tine fruit that was ripe and gone before frost, and other equally as line 

 that did not ripen ui^til it frosted. Others again were indifferent and did not ripen 

 until they were frozen. It is found throughout the state, except perhaps in the 

 northwestern part where it appears to be absent. It is found in Barry, Barton, 

 Bollinger, Butler. Cape Girardeau, Carroll. Carter. Clay, Dade, Dunklin, Greene, 

 Howell. Jackson. Jasper, Jeflerson. Linn, Madison, McDonald, Miller, Mississippi, 

 Madrid. Newton, Pike. Kay, Shannon, St. Francois, St. Louis, Stoddard, 

 Wayne and Wright counties. 



STOJIAX FAMILY (Styrace.e). 

 I . St vi ax Americana Lam. 



Stonx. A small southern shrub, lately found in Butler, Dunklin and New 

 Madrid cout. 



OLIVE FAMILY (Oleace-E). 



V, Fraxinue Americana L. 

 WMU aiA. A large and valuable tree, found thoughout the State in various 

 kinds of soils. Reaches its greatest development in the lowlands of the south- 

 eastern part of the state, where there are trees three feet in diameter and 100 feet 

 In height, it has been found In Atchison, Butler. Clark, Dunklin, Greene, llolt, 

 Jackson, Lafayette. Livingston, Madison, McDonald, Miller, Mississippi, Newton, 

 Oregon, Pike. Kipley, Shannon. St. Francois, St. Louis and Webster counties. 



Si Fraxiinis Americana profunda B. F. Lush. 

 Syeamp a»h. A species of ash which grows in the swamps of the southeastern 

 part of the State, almost to the exclusion of the other species. In habit it Is much 

 1 ke the Tupelo, having swelled butts and thick branchletB. It has been found In 

 D;nklin, New Madrid and Stoddard counties. 



