The Woody Plants of Kentucky. 13 



Red Cedar, Cedar (Juniperns virginiana). — Our commonest 

 and most widely distributed evergreen, occurring from the Big 

 Sandy to Hickman County. The staminate catkins, 4 mm. by 2 

 mm., observed April 1 I. 



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

 Boyle, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Campbell, Carrol!, 

 Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess, Ed- 

 monson, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd. Fulton, Franklin, 

 Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Green, Hancock, Hardin, Hart, Hender- 

 son, Hickman, Jefferson, Jessamine, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Law- 

 rence, Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan (extremely com- 

 mon, April 14, 1895, 45-50 ft. high), Madison, McLean, Menifee, 

 Mercer, Metcalfe, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muhlenberg, 

 Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, 

 Powell, Rockcastle, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, 

 Trigg, Trimble, Wayne, Whitley, Woodford. 



Lily Family (Liliaceae). 



The species entered under this family are sometimes made a 

 separate family, the Smilaceae. They are commonly known as cat- 

 briers, green briers, etc., the species not being closely discriminated, 

 tho sometimes familiar enough on farms as weedy growths in 

 meadows and orchards. 



Green Brier (Smilax rotimdifolia) . — Common. 

 Bell, Fayette, Harlan, Hickman, Henderson. Livingston, Rock- 

 castle and Warren counties. 



Saw Brier (Smilax gauca). — • 



Bell. Harlan, Menifee and Warren counties. 



Smilax bona-nox. — 



Livingston, Warren. 



Smilax hispid;). 

 Smilax pseudo-china. 



