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OLEACE.E ; ARISTOLOCHIACEJE ; NYCTAGINACE.E, 



Latin Names. 

 *A. paniculata, Dec, 

 *A. longifolia, Ell., 



English Names. Geolog'l Station. Natural Habitat. 



Sand, . . Barren. Nutt. Cat. 



" . . Moist. Fort Smith. 



E. albida, Nutt., River banks. 



Gonolobus, Mich. 



G. macrophyllus, . River banks? (M. Cox.) 



Oleaceae.' Olive Family. 



Olea, Tour., . . . Olive. 



*0. Americana, L., 2 . Devil-wood. 



Chionanthus, L , . . Fringe-tree. 



? C. Virginica, L., 



Fraxinus, L., . . Ash. 



F. Americana, L., 3 . White ash, 



F. viridis, Mich., . . Green ash, 



F. sambucifolia, Lam., . Black ash, 4 



*F. quadrangulata, Mich., Blue ash, 



*F. platycarpa, Mich., . Caroline water ash, 



Forestiera, Poir. 



F. acuminata, Poir., .... 



*F. pubescens, Nutt., .... 



Sand, 

 Sandstone? 



Limestone, 



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Limestone, 



Nutt. Cat. 



River banks. 



Rich woods. 

 Banks of streams. 

 Swamps and banks. 

 Moist rich woods. 

 Wet woods. 



Banks of White River. 

 Plains of Red River. 



Asarum, Tour., 

 A. Canadense, L., 6 . 

 Aristolocliia, Tour , 

 A. serpentaria, L., 7 

 *A. tomentosa, Sims., 



Aristolochiacese. 5 Birthwort Family. 

 Asarabacca. 



Birthwort. 

 Virginia Snakeroot, 



Sandstone, 

 Limestone, 



Rich woods and hillsides. 



Woods and rocks. 

 Rich woods. 



Oxibaphvs, Vahl. 

 *0. nyctagineus, Sweet. 

 *0. angustifolius, Sw., 

 0. albidus, Sweet, . 



Nyctaginaceae. Four O'clock Family. 



Limestone, . Rocky places. 



. Nutt. Cat. 

 Magnesian Li mest., Barrens. 



1 Trees with bitter and astringent bark. 



2 Wood compact, fine-grained, extremely hard, and difficult to split. Hence its name. It grows ordi- 

 narily near the coasts, but is mentioned in Nuttall's catalogue as found in Arkansas. 



3 Wood tough, hard, and elastic. Especially used by wagonmakers and for agricultural implements. 

 Extensively exported to Europe for the use of the navy. The exudation of the bark of the White Ash 

 is used as a lenient purgative. All the species hare the same property, and the wood is also of the same 

 kind. 



1 Wood very tough, easily separated in thin layers for making baskets, &c. 



* Roots bitter, tonic, stimulating, of no well-defined properties. 



8 An Indian medicine. Its bitter root is known as Wild Ginger. It has probably some stimulating 

 property. 



1 Easily known by its peculiar flower, placed near the root, and with the tube of the corolla curved 

 like a pipe. Root aromatic and stimulant. Has been used against the bite of snakes. 



