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EUPHORBIACE^E ; URTICACE^ ; PLATANACEiE. 



Latin Names. 

 Apliora, Nutt. 

 *A. mercurialina, Nutt., 

 Phyllanthus, L. 

 P. Caroliniensis, "Walt, . 



Ulmus, L., 

 U. fulva, Mich., 2 . 

 U. Americana, L., 3 

 U. alata, Mich., 4 . 

 U. crassifolia, Nutt., 

 Celt is, Tour., 

 C. occidentals, L., 5 

 C. Mississipiensis, Bosc, 

 Moms, Tour., 

 M. rubra, L., 6 

 Urtica, Tour., 

 *U. gracilis, Ait., . 

 *U. urens, L., 

 *U. purpurascens, Nutt. 

 Laportea, Gaud., . 

 L. Canadensis, Gaud., 

 Boehmeria, Jacq., . 

 *B. cjliudrica, Willd., 

 Parietaria, Tour , . 

 *P. Pennsylvanica, Muhl 

 Cannabis, Tour., . 

 C. sativa, L., 7 

 Humulus, L., 

 H. Lupulus, L., 8 



English Names. Geolog'l Station. Natural Habitat. 



. Red River plains. 

 Limestone, . Banks. 



TJrticaceae. 1 Kettle Family 



Elm. 



Nettle-tree. Hackberry 

 Sugarberry, 



Mulberry. 



Nettle. 



Wood-Nettle. 

 False Nettle. 

 Pellitory. 

 Hemp. 

 Hop. 



Limestone 

 a 



u 



Alluvial, 

 Sand, 



Limestone, 



Alluvial, 



Limestone 



Limestone 



Limestone 



Platanus, L., . 



P. occidentalis, L., 9 



Platanacese. 



. Plane-tree. Buttonwood. 



. Sycamore. " Alluvial, 



Rich woods. 



Moist rich soil and gravel. 



Everywhere. 



Rocks and prairies. 



Rich moist soil. 

 Banks and barren. 



Banks and rich woods. 



Moist ground. (Nutt. Cat.) 

 Waste ground. u 



Shady, rocky places. 



Moist rich woods. 



Woods. (Nutt. Cat.) 



Shaded banks. 



Gravelly banks, waste 

 [places, &c. 

 Banks of streams. 



Rich banks. 



1 Plants very different in size, forms, and properties. Some are poisonous to the highest degree. 

 Some, like the Fig-tree, bear wholesome fruits; some, like the Pepper, have aromatic berries ; some a 

 fine wood, like our Elms ; and some a tough flexible bark, like the Hemp, the Nettle, &c. 



a A small tree, with mucilaginous inner bark, eaten by children and used as emollient in infusion. 

 The heart wood is of a dull red color, less compact than that of the following species. 



3 Wood dark brown, very strong, but easily decaying. It attains a great size. 



4 Most common in Arkansas, but mostly a shrub. Grows everywhere; and on every kind of soil. 



8 According to Michaux, the wood is but little esteemed. When perfectly seasoned, it is hard, com- 

 pact, and tenacious. 



6 A small tree. Wood durable, strong, valuable for making posts. Its leaves have been used, like 

 those of the White mulberry, for the food of the silk-worms. 



1 The Hemp is scarcely cultivated in Arkansas, being replaced by cotton. It needs for its culture a 

 good, deep, fertile soil, or a bottom land not too retentive of water. The use of its bark is well known. 

 From its leaves and flowers is made the Hachichin, a preparation which acts on the body like opium, 

 causing a kind of delirious drunkenness which enervates and kills like a slow poison. 



8 Cultivated in gardens and escaped. Its use is well known. 



9 Tree very large. Wood of but little value. 



