The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-04-20
BOTANICAL.

BOTANICAL.
Preliminary Catalogue or the Flora oi
| Lyon County IS Prepared by
RObt. HGiiIIken.
EDS. NEws-The want of a list OF
catalogue of the plants growing sponta
neously in this county has long beer
felt. and to the end of supplying this
want have prepared the following list
of the plants l have thoroughly exam.
ined and identified.
4 few are species which have escaped
from cultivation and become weeds, and
such, when the fact is known, have in.
dictated with a
do not claim that this is anything
like complete list, but merely a pre-
liminary or Introductory one, to which
hope every friend of the cause of edu-
cation and of horticultural progress in
Lyon county will add the names OF such
others as they are able to identify.
I do not feel hattered to know that the
plants of Lyon county have not been
catalogued, especially when learn of
the work that is done in Montgomery,
Douglas, Atchison, johnson, and in
our near neighbor, Coffey.
I shall be pleased at any time to
assist in arranging lists for publication
if desired.
I have followed in my arrangement
and nomenclature the plan of the bota-
mist of the State Board of Agriculture of
Kansas, Prof j. q. Carruth:
NAT. ORD. RANUNCULARAcElE.
A'emOne, Wind Flower.
A. Caroliniana.
4Quegid, Columbine.
A. Canadensis.
DelpAinsum. Larkspur.
D. Tricorne.
D Tiriscens
NAT. ORD. ANoNAcE.E.
AsmSnd, Pawpaw.
A. Triloba.
NAT. ORB. MENIsPERMACEE.
Menispermuna, Moonseed.
M. Canadensis.
NAT. ORD. NYMPHAcEE.
NeEum6eunl, Sacred bean, Yonkipin.
N. Luteum.
NAT. ORD. CRUcIFERR.
!Stndpsfs, Mustard
s. Nigra, black mustard.
CapselEa, Shepherds purse.
G. Bursa-pastora.
Lepidun, Pepper grass.
L. Virginicum.
NAT ORD. vIoLACER.
Viola, Violet.
v. DelpLinIfolia.
V. Cuculata.
V. Pubescens.
NAT. ORD. CARYoPHYLLACEE.
AOEEOEugd, Carpet weed.
NAT. ORD. PoRTULAcACER.
PortulGccG, Purslane.
P. Oleracea.
NAT. ORD. MALvACEAs.
Abutilon, Indian Msllow.
A. Avicennae.
NAT. ORD. TILIAcEE.
TiliG-BasswoOd, Linden.
T. Americana.
NAT. ORD. LIEACEE.
Liauna, Flax.
L. Sulcatum.
NAT. ORD. GERANACEE.
Oralis, Wood-sorrel.
o. Violacee.
o. Stricta.
NAT. ORD. RUTACE1E.
XanthOryluna, Prickly Ash.
X. Americana.
NAT. ORD. ANACARDIACE4E.
Rhus, Sumac.
r. Glabra.
r. Radicans.
NAT. ORD. sAPINDACER.
deer, Maple.
a. Dasycarpum, soft maple.
NegundO, Box Elder.
N. Aceroides.
EscutLs, Horse chestnut.
A. Glabra, Ohio Buckeye.
NAT ORD. CELAsTRACEE.
CeLdstrus, Bittersweet.
C. Scandens.
Euonymus, Burning bush.
E. Atropurpurens, Wahoo.
NAT. ORD. RHAMNACER.
CeanOthus, Red root, Jersey tea.
G. Americans.
RhGnanus, BuckthOrn.
r. Lanceolatus.
NAT. ORD. VITACEAE.
Vitis-Grape.
V. riparia-Summsr Grape.
V. cordifolia-Frost Grape.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Creeper.
A. quinquefolia.
NAT. ORD. LEGUMINosIE.
ShrankiG-Sensitive BrIer.
s. uncinata.
GymnoclGdus-Coffee Bean.
G. canadensis.
Gleditschid-Honey Locust.
G. triacanthos.
CdssiG-Senna.
c. chamecrista.
G. marylandica,
Desmanthus.
D. brachylobus.
Cercis-Redbud.
c. canadensis.
Baptisid-Wild Indigo.
B. leucophia.
B. aus,ralis.
| DesnaOdium-Beggar Ticks.
| G. acuminatum.
TrJolium-Clover.
| T. refiexum-Buffalo Glover.
ST. repens-White Clover.
Melitotus-Sweet Glover.
IN. oficinalis.
AmorphG-Lead Plant.
A. fruticosa.
A. canescens.
AstrGgalis-Prairie Pea.
A, caryocarpus.
R06fnia-Locust.
ar. Observation-Disclosures Locust.
Ar. hispida-Moss Locust.
AnaphicdrpOcG-Pea Vine.
A monoica.
DISCIPLES OF EsCULAPIUs.
Organization Of the Lyon County Med
ical Society.