The Woody Plants of Kentucky. 45 



Cracken, McLean, Meade, M Mercer, Metcalfe, Monroe, 



Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Perry, Powell, 

 Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Scott, Shelby, 

 Simpson, Spencer, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Trimble, Union, Wamu, 

 Washington, Wayne, Webster, Whitley, Wolfe, Woodford. 



Fragrant Sumach (Rhus canadensis). — A common shrub grow- 

 ing along rocky banks and bluffs. Its red berries will enable any 

 one to distinguish it from poison ivy and poison sumach. It has 

 three leaflets. 



Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Mercer, Warren. 



Holly Family (Aquifoliaceae). 



Holly (flex opaca). — A beautiful tree with spiny evergreen 

 leaves and red berries. Often gathered for Christmas decorations. 

 Common in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. Extending west- 

 ward to Edmonson and Grayson counties, but becoming local and 

 rare in this western territory. The largest tree I have ever seen vai 

 observed June 15, 1895, in Wolfe County; it was fully forty feet 

 high and eight inches thru at the base; the bark smooth, opaque 

 gray witli whitish splashes. 



Adair, Allen, Barren, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, But- 

 let, Carter, Clinton, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Elliott, Es- 

 till, Fleming, Floyd, Garrard, Grayson, Hart, Johnson, Knott, La- 

 rue, Laurel, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Logan, Madison, Metcalfe, Mon- 

 roe. Montgomer}', Morgan, Ohio, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pu- 

 laski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Simpson, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe 



Swamp or Meadow Holly (Ilex decidud) . — 



Hickman, Madison, McCracken ; Warren (Miss Price) 



Ilex monticola var. mollis. — 

 Kentucky (Hussey). 



Winter Berry (Ilex verticillata) . — 

 Edmonson, Rockcastle, Warren. 



