176 ' LORA OF WINNESHIEK COUNTY. 



// Ofia mnttnni ( M a r>h. I Britt ((''lil/Cl annua Xutt.) 



Bitternut In rather rich soil, quite common. Decorab. M<>n- 

 eek. Also observed al Beeper, ( lanoe creek, both forks of Bear 

 creek, Bluflfton and Kendallville. 



// , , ovata (Mill.) Britt. ( Carya alba Nutt.) Shell-bark 

 Hickory. Bather abundant, in rich BoiL Decorab. Also 

 observed at Eesper, Canoe creek, both forks of Bear creek, 

 Bluffton, Kendallville and Mom 



Order 3. Females. 

 Famt/y 1. Betulactcc 



pinus caroliniana Walt. Bine Beech, nuite common on 

 moist banks, etc. Canoe creek. Eesper. 

 dallville, and both forks of Bear er< 



Ostrya uirginiana (Mill.) Willd. Iron-wood. Common in 

 higher woods. Decorab, Hesper, Ft. Atkinson Also at all 

 other localities here named except Calmar. 



Corylus americana Walt. Hazel-nut. Common in thickets, 

 etc. Kendallville, Hesper, Calmar. Observed at all other local- 

 ities. 



ilus rostrata Ait. Beaked Hazel-nnt. Very rare. Found 

 only at Kendallville, in rich soil. 



1!> tula papyrifera Marsh. Canoe Birch. Common on rocky 

 slopes, etc. Hesper, Canoe creek, both forks of Bear creek, 

 Kendallville, Bluffton, Decorab. 



Alnus iccana (L.) Willd. Hoary Alder. On rocky banks 

 and slopes, not abundant. Bluffton, Coldwater Spring, Canoe 

 creek. 



Family 2 . Fagacea, 



(j, i, n us rubra L. Red <>ak. Quite common, chiefly in upland 

 woods. Typical specimens were obtained at Decorab, Free- 

 port, Eesper, Bighlandville and Plymouth Rock. A variety 

 with typical leaves, but narrow acorns with convex or almost 

 obconical cups was found at Moneek and TIesper. Tt may bo a 

 distinct 



hneckii Britt. Schneck's Bed Oak. (Not in Cray. 

 Bargenl calls this Buckl.) This and the two follow- 



ing Bpecies have been indiscriminately reported as Q. coccinea 

 in Iowa. Tlie writer has not been able to find true Q. <•■ 



