The Woody Plants of Kentucky. 35 



? Wild Gooseberry (Ribes rotundifolium) . — Included on the 

 authority of Linney. I have not recognized it. Gattinger reports 

 it from the summits of Roane and Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. 



Wild Black Currant (Ribes floridum) . — Short and Peter's 

 list. It is a common plant in damp woods northward. I have not 

 6een it here. Should be looked for in Western Kentucky. 



Witch Hazel Family (Hamamelidaceae). 



Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana). — A rather common tree 

 of small size growing along banks of streams and in openings of 

 woods. 



Adair, Allen, Ballard, Bath, Bell, Boyd, Carter, Edmonson, 

 Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Green, 

 Hart, Jessamine, Johnson, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, Livings- 

 ton, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Oldham, Owsley, 

 Ferry, Powell, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Warren, Whitley, 

 Wolfe, Woodford. 



Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua) . — One of our hand- 

 somest trees, the fine star-shaped leaves coloring agreeably in the 

 fall. Occurs thruout the State, but partial to rather damp soil, 

 and hence generally seen along streams in Eastern Kentucky. In 

 the west it sometimes constitutes a large proportion of the woody 

 growth on wet flats. 



Adair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, 

 Bracken, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Campbell, Car- 

 roll, Casev, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson. 

 Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Fulton, Gallatin, Garrard, Graves. 

 Green, Hancock, Hart, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Jessamine. 

 Knott, Knox. Laurel, Leslie, Letcher, Lewi?, Lincoln, Livingston. 

 Logan, Lyon, Madison, Marion, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe 

 Monroe. Montgomery, Morgan, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Nicholas 

 Ohio, Owsley, Pendleton, Perrv. Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson 

 Rowan, Russell. Simpson, Spencer, Taylor, Todd, Trig?, Union, 

 Warren, Wavne, Webster, Whitlev. 



