BALSAMINACEiE ; RUTACE/E; ANACARDIACE^E ; VITACE/E. 



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Latin Names. 



Impatieiis, L., 

 I. pallida, Nutt, 



English Names. 



Balsaminaceae. 1 



Jewel-weed. 



Pale Touch-me-not, 



Spotted Touch-me-not, 



Geolog'l Station. 

 Balsam Family. 



Limestone, 

 it 



Natural Habitat. 



Mammoth Spring. 

 Wet shady places. 



Zanihoxylum, Col., 2 



? Z. Americanum, Mill., " 



*? Z. Carolinianum, N., . 



*Z.macrophyllum,Nutt , 3 



Ptelea, L., . . . Hop-tree 



Rutaceae. Rue Family. 

 Prickly Ash. 



Ailanthus, Desf., 



. Chinese Sumach. 



Limestone, 



Limestone, 



Rocky places. 

 a a 



it a 



Rocky banks. 

 Cultivated. 



Rhus, L , 



*R. cotinoides, Nutt., 



R. glabra, L., 



R. typhina, L., 



R. copalliua, L., 



Anacardiaceas. 6 Cashew Family. 

 . Sumach. 



. Smooth Sumach, 

 . Staghorn Sumach, 

 . Dwarf Sumach, 



? R. venenata, D C., 7 . Poison Sumach, 

 R. Toxicodendron, L., 8 . Poison Ivy, 



R. aromatica, Ait., 



Limestone 



Mostly climbing, 



Fragrant Sumach, . Limestone, 



Banks of Grand River. 

 Rocky, barren places. 

 Hillsides and prairies. 

 Barren. 



Swai 



ips. 



Rocks and barren. 



Vitacese. Vine Family. 



Vitis, Tour., . . . Grape. 



*V. bipinnata, T. & Gr., . ........ Damp, rich bottoms. 



*V. incisa, Nutt., Prairies and copses. 



*V. indivisa, Willd., ......... Swamps and bottoms. 



V. labrusca, L., . . Northern Fox grape, Limestone, . Moist thickets. 



V. aestivalis, Mich., . Summer grape, . Cherty limestone, Dry rocky places. 



*V. cordifolia, Mich., . Frost grape, Thickets along rivers. 



*V. riparia, Mich., u " " 



V. vulpina, L., . . Muscadine, . . Limestone, . Rocky places. 



1 Fine name, but no valuable property. 



3 Shrubs with pinnate leaves and prickly stems. Bark bitter, aromatic, causing in the mouth the flow 

 of saliva ; used against toothache, paralysis of the tongue and of the muscles of the mouth. Also a sudo- 

 rific medicine. 



3 Nuttall says that this species grows in Arkansas rather than the former. 



4 Fruit bitter, aromatic, used as a substitute for Hops in the fabrication of beer. 



5 Fine shade tree, but objectionable on account of the bad odor of the flowers and its disposition to 

 run. 



6 No American species of this family has any good property. Some species are poisonous. 



1 Very poisonous. I have not seen it in Arkansas, but people said it was abundant in the swamps. 

 8 Poisonous, like the former, to the touch. Milk sickness is attributed to it in some countries. 



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