Feb., 1912.] Plants from Cuyahoga and Lake Counties. 471 
This rubber content in fresh latex is 2.36%. 
The above figures refer to latex taken from plants near the 
end of the growing season. 
Apocynum also gives apocynin, a drug having a similar 
action to digitalis and, according to Biddle, being an efficacious 
remedy in dropsy. The bark of this plant gives a strong, tough 
fibre, ' at one time much esteemed by the American Indians for 
bowstrings and fishing nets. 
Akron, Ohio. 
PLANTS NOT RECORDED IN THE OHIO LIST FROM 
CUYAHOGA AND LAKE COUNTIES. 
Edo Claassex. 
1. Crucibulum vulgare, Tul. On dead willow-bark. Cuyahoga 
and Lake; on manure: Cuyahoga; on plant-remnants: Cuyahoga. 
2. Cyathus stercoreus, (Schw.) De Ton. On manure: 
Cuyahoga. 
3. Cyathus striatus, (Huds.) Hoffm. On the ground and 
on decayed bark between moss: Cuyahoga. 
4. Cyathus vemicosus, (Bull.) DC. On clayey ground; 
Cuyahoga. 
5. Erysiphe cichoracearum, DC. Cuyahoga. On Aster 
macrophyllus, L. ; collected September 10. Helianthus tuberosus, 
L. ; collected September 20 and October 10. Phlox paniculala, L.; 
collected October 10 and 16. 
6. Microsphaera alni, (DC.) Winter. Cuyahoga. On Ligus- 
trum vulgare, L. (cult.), collected October 2 and 10 and 20. 
1. Aristida oligantha, Michx. ; Cuyahoga. 
2. Eragrostis pectinacea, (Michx.) Steud. ; Cuyahoga. 
Specimens of the above plants are contained in the writer’s 
herbarium. 
