Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  1 
April,  1892.  j 
Flora  of  Northern  Ohio. 
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Cooperi,  Gray,  Cassia  marilandica,  Lin.,  Quercus  Prinus,  Lin.;  from  the 
creek  at  Parma  :  Aristolochia  Serpentaria,  Lift.,  the  Virginia  snakeroot, 
Ivonicera  ciliata,  Muhl ,  Festuca  nutans,  Willd.,  Carex  pedunculata,  Muhl., 
C.  platyphylla,  Carey,  C.  Willdenowii,  Schkuhr,  Carex  plantaginea,  Lam., 
Eatonia  pennsylvanica,  Gray,  E.  obtusata,  Gray,  Cynoglossum  virginicum, 
Lin.,  Conocephalus  conicus,  DumOrt ;  from  the  creek  near  Brecksville: 
Goodyeara  pubescens,  R.  Brown ;  from  Nelson  Ledges  :  Veronica  offici- 
nalis, Lin.,  Carex  Jamesii,  Schiueinitz,  Camptosurus  rhizophyllus,  Link, 
(afterwards  found  in  several  ravines  always  on  sandstone  rocks)  ;  from  Little 
Mountain  :  Myrica  asplenifolia,  Endl.,  Cypripedium  acaule,  Ait.,  Aralia 
hispida,  Vent.,  Circaea  lutetiana,  Lin.,  C.  alpina,  Lin.,  both  on  the  same  big 
piece  of  rock  in  a  moist  place.  The  Valley  of  the  Cuyahoga  is  wide  and 
extends  far  ;  an  excursion  of  a  few  days  even  would  not  make  the  botanist 
familiar  with  its  plants,  and  indeed  he  has  for  several  years  spent  his  leisure 
hours  there  without  having  reached*  the  end  of  his  explorations,  which  fur- 
nished him  the  following  rare  or  important  plants  :  Cacalia  suaveolens,  Lin. 
(in  one  place  only  about  50  specimens),  Solidago  squarrosa,  Muhl.  (very  rare), 
Gentiana  quinquefiora,  Lam.,  Prenanthes  alba,  Lin.,  Gaura  biennis,  Lin., 
Quercus  palustris,  Du  Roi,  Silphium  perfoliatum,  Lin.,  Lophanthus  scrophula- 
riaefolius,  Benth.,  Holcus  lanatus,  Lin.,  Eragrostis  Purshii,  Schrader,  E. 
Frankii,  Meyer  (3  specimens  only),  Sporobolus  vaginae fiorus,  Vasey,  Solanum 
carolinense,  Li?i.,  Riccia  natans,  Lin.  In  its  upper  parts  the  river  forms  a  ravine 
with  a  most  grotesquely  beautiful  scenery.  People  from  near-by  and  far-off 
come  to  see  this  romantic  place,  Cuyahoga  Falls.  Neither  the  big  rocks  and 
the  cataracts,  however,  nor  the  roaring  of  the  water  alone  drew  the  friend  of 
nature,  the  botanist,  to  this  place  ;  his  expectation  to  become  acquainted  with 
new  friends  was  no  less  the  cause  of  his  departure  from  home.  He  did  not  go 
in  vain,  as  the  names  of  Asplenium  montanum,  Willd.,  Muhlenbergia 
glomerata,  Irin..  Conioselinum  canadense,  Torr.  and  Gray,  Chrysosplenium 
americanum,  Schwein.,  were  entered  here  on  his  list,  as  also  Aconitum 
noveboracense,  Gray,  a  plant  occurring  in  several  counties  in  the  State  of  New 
York  ;  it  grows  here  abundantly  (several  hundred  specimens)  in  the  shade 
of  moist  rocks. 
Although  the  above  lines  give  the  names  of  many  plants,  which  grow  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  botanist's  home,  yet  none  of  his  friends  would  from  this  list  get 
an  exact  idea  of  the  vegetation  there  ;  he  cannot  therefore  resist — it  is  his  duty 
to  do  it — extending  the  same  by  communicating  quite  a  number  of  more  or 
less  important  ones,  which  were  found  by  him  in  that  hill  and  valley  district,  but 
of  which,  it  is  needless  to  state,  many  were  also  met  with  in  one  or  the  other 
of  the  remaining  districts  : 
Clematis  virginiana,  Lin.,  Anemone  cylindrica,  Gray,  A.  virginiana,  Lin.,  A. 
pennsylvanica,  Lin.,  A.  nemorosa,  Lin.,  Hepatica  triloba,  Chaix,  H.  acutiloba, 
D  C.,  Anemonella  thalictroides,  Spach,  Thalictrum  purpurascens,  Lin.,  T. 
dioicum,  Lin.,  T.  polygamum,  Muhl.,  Ranunculus  abortivus,Zz>2.,  R.  recurvatus, 
Poir.,  R.  ambigens,  Watson,  R.  pennsylvanicus,  L.f.,  Caltha  palustris,  Lin  , 
Aquilegia  canadensis,  Lin.,  Cimicifuga  racemosa,  Nutt. ,  Actsea  alba,  Bigel.,  A. 
spicata  var.  rubra,  Aiton,  Coptis  trifolia,  Salisb.,  Hydrastis  canadensis,  Lin., 
Magnolia  acuminata,  Lin.,  Liriodendron  Tulipifera,  Lin.,  Menispermum  cana- 
dense, Lin.,  Caulophyllum  thalictroides,  Michx.,  Jeffersonia  diphylla,  Pers., 
