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Bell, Boyd, Estill, Floyd, .Johnson, Knott, Knox, Lawrence, 

 Leslie, Letcher, Menifee, Monroe, Morgan, Owsley, Perrv. Pike, 

 Rockcastle, Rowan, Trigg, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe. 



Yellow Birch (lietula lutea) . — 

 Bath, Gallatin. 



River Birch (Bctula nigra). — Our commonest birch. Pretty 

 closely restricted to the banks of streams. 



.ml, Bai , Boyd, Boyle, Bullitt, Butler Carroll, 



Casey, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Elliott, Estill, 

 Floyd, Fulton, Gallatin, Bancock, Hart, Hickman, Hopkins, Knott, 

 Knox, Laurel, lieslie, Letcher, Livingston, Lyon, Martin, Mc- 

 Cracken, McLean, Menifee, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Owsley, 

 Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Spencer. 

 Todd, Union, Warren, Whitley, Wolfe. 



Smooth Alder (Alnus rugosa). — An alder presumed to be this 

 is common in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky along streams. 

 M [as Price records the species as occurring in Warren County. The 

 leaves vary from broad oval to lanceolate. Alders are common 

 thruout Western Kentucky in wet places. A specimen in the col- 

 lection from Aden Springs, Carter County, has closely pubescent 

 twigs, and may represent A. mollis. Its catkins are immature. 



Beech Family {Fagaceae). 



Beech (Fagus grandifolia) . — Very common locally, and widely 

 distributed in the State. Not common on the best soils of Blue- 

 grass Kentucky, hut a few may be found on Kentucky River ever, 

 in Fayette County. The "soggy beech flats of eastern Fayette 

 County" have all but disappeared. 



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

 Boyle, Bracken, Breckinridge, Breathitt, Bullitt, Butler, Campbell, 

 Carroll, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland. 

 Daviess, Edmonson, Elliott, Estill, Fayette (on river), Fleming, 

 Floyd, Fulton, Gallatin, Garrard, Green, Hickman, Hardin, Hop- 

 kins, Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence. 

 Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Martin, 

 Mason, McLean, Menifee, Mercer, Metcalfe, Monroe, Montgomery, 

 Morgan, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, 

 Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Rock- 



