Dec., 1901 .] Botanical Correspondence. 1 5 9 
1534a. Scutellaria parvula ambigua Fern aid. “ Ohio,” Nuttall. Greene 
Co., E. L. Moseley ; Montgomery Co., W. U. Young ; Frankl n 
Co., E. E. Bogue ; Gallia Co., J. W. Davis. 
1556 a. Salvia lanceolata Willd. Lance-leaf Sage. By roadside near 
Columbus. W. A. Kellerrnan. 
1586a. Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. Horse Mint. Painesville, Lake 
Co. Otto Hacker. 
1600 a. Physalis francheti Mast. Chinese Lantern Plant. Escaped. 
Painesville, Lake Co D. W. Talcott. 
1609!^ a. Datura metel L. Entire-leaf Thorn-apple. Escaped. Painesville, 
Lake Co. Otto Hacker. 
16116. Kickxia spuria (L.) Duihort. (Elatinoides spuria Wetzst.) Paines- 
ville, Lake Co. Otto Hacker. 
1690 a. Diodia teres Walt. Rough Button-weed. Painesville, Lake Co. 
Otto Hacker. 
1702a. Asperula hexaphylla All. Asperula. Escaped. Painesville, Lake 
Co. Otto Hacker. 
1712 a. Viburnum lantana L. Wayfaring Tree. Escaped. Painesville, 
Lake Co. • Otto Hacker. 
1732 a. Valeriana officinalis L. Garden Valerian. Escaped. Painesville, 
Lake Co. Otto Hacker. 
1756a. Arnoseris minima ( L. ) Dumort. LambSuccory. Painesville, Lake 
Co. Otto Hacker. 
17566. Hypochaeris glabra L. Smooth Cat’s-ear. Painesville, Lake Co. 
Otto Hacker. 
1766 a. Lactuca virosa L. Strong-scented Lettuce. Confused with L. 
scariola according to Britton, being the commoner of the two 
species. (A. D. Selby, Meeting Ohio Academy of Science, 
November, 1901.) 
1775 a. Hieracium pilosella L. Mouse-ear Hawkweed. Painesville, Lake 
Co. Otto Hacker. 
1990^ a. Tanacetum vulgare crispum DC. Tans}'. Painesville, Lake Co. 
Otto Hacker. 
BOTANICAL CORRESPONDENCE, NOTES AND 
NEWS FOR AMATEURS, I. 
Conducted by W. A. ^Ei.x.ERMAN. 
Item 1. It has been asked how many species of plants occur 
in Ohio. Only a guess can at present be made. In the Cata- 
logue of Ohio Plants, by Kellerrnan and Werner, prepared in 
1893, there were listed 1,925 Spermatophvtes, 68 Pteridopliytes, 
335 Bryophytes, and 1,400 Thallephytes. The Fourth Cata- 
logue, by the writer, published in 1899, gave 2,025 species of 
Pteridopliytes and Spermatophytes. While many additions to 
the previous list were included, very many species formerly 
