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The Ohio Naturalist, 
[Vol. VI, No. 5, 
()()4a. Quercus imbricaria x rubra. Franklin County, W. 
Fischer, 1895. This interesting tree, now growing on a vacant 
lot in the city of Columbus, was discovered by the writer in 
September, 1895, and regarded at that time as a cross between 
Q. rubra and Q. imbricaria. Specimens in the herbarium, how- 
ever, have always been labeled Q. imbricaria x velutina. If this 
oak is to be regarded as a hybrid of the shingle oak and some 
one of the red oak group, the evidence is certainly in favor of 
Q. rubra being one of its parents. A few small entire leaves, the 
pubescence on the under side of all the leaves, and the size of 
the fruit are probably characters inherited from Q. imbricaria; 
while the form of the majority of the leaves and of the acorn, 
especially the cup, also the habit and general aspect of the 
entire tree all point strongly to a Q. rubra ancestry. 
llGOa. Croton monanthogynous Michx. Franklin County, 
AV. Fischer, 1905. Quite a patch of this western plant was 
found along a railroad track at North Columbus. 
1593a. Perilla frutescens (L.). Warren County, W. Fischer, 
1905. Around an old deserted dwelling and barn near Loveland, 
where it has been doing well and multiplying for the past fifteen 
years. 
1900a. Coreopsis lanceolata L. Franklin County, AV. Fischer,. 
1905. Escaped from gardens at Marble Cliff, where is has been 
spreading the last four or five years. 
AA'hile botanizing during the past summer and fall a few 
other plants more or less rare were added by the writer. Some 
of these had not been in the herbarium before, although pre- 
viously reported for the State. 
Another hybrid oak, probably Q. imbricaria x velutina, was 
discovered in AA'arren County near Loveland. This tree is 
remarkable for having an aspect entirely that of Q. imbricaria. 
The leaves are medium in size and almost entire, the majority 
being wavy in outline, while lobed ones are very scarce. The 
fruit resembles that of Q. velutina more closely than that of any 
other of the red oak group. 
Aster sagittifolius urophyllus (Lindl.) and A. Lowrieanus 
Porter, from the dry wooded hills of Fairfield County; and A. 
puniceus lucidulus A. Gray and A. junceus Ait. on Cranberry 
Island, Buckeye Lake, Licking County, the last named also in 
streams in Franklin County. 
Helianthus Maximiliani Schrad. and H. mollis Lam., both 
western sunflowers, the former reported for Lake County in 1900 
and the latter for Erie County in 1895, were found growdng in 
considerable quantities near Marble Cliff in Franklin County. 
