Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1878 [PAGE 264]

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264 L O R A N T H A C E i E — M I S T L E T O E FAMILY. Shrubbery, Plants, Parasitic.

PHORADENDRON, False Mistletoe, American Mistletoe, fiavescens, American Mistletoe, native, parasitic south, L a p h a m .

S A U R T J R A C E J S —LIZZABD'S T A I L FAMILY.

SAURURTJS, Hazard's Tail. cernuus, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauloy.

C E R A T A P H Y L L A C 1 L E — H O B X W O B T FAMILY

CBRATOPH YLLUM, Hornwort. deinersiam, native, L a p h a m ; ponds.

Aquatic Herbs.

C A L L I T R I C H A C E J B — W A T E R STABWOBTS. Perennials.

Small Annuals or

CALLITRICHE, Water Starwort. austini, native, Gray, verna, native, Vasey; north, Bebb; St. Clair county, Breudel. heterophylla, native, Gray, autumnaiis, n a t i v e ; St. Clair county, Brendel.

E U P H O R B I A C E L E — S P U B G E FAMILY.

Usually with a milky, acrid juice.

EUPHOTBIA, Sparge. polygonifolia, native, Vasey. geyeri, native, Lapham, Vasey. serpens, native, L a p h a m . glyptosperma, n a t i v e ; St. Clair* county, Richl. maeulata, native, L a p h a m : Champaign county, Macauley. humi strata, native, L a p h a m . hypericfolia, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauley. corallata, native, L a p h a m ; Champaign county, Macauley. helioscopia, L., a weed about gardens. cypaxissias, L . , Qipress Spurge, in gardens and running- wild. dentata, native south, L a p h a m . malginato, cultivated from westward for o r n a m e n t . heterophylia, native, L a p h a m . commutata, Engelm; near Chicago, Babcock; Winnebago and Ogle oountics, Bebb; Lee, Vasey. obsutata, native south, Lapham. lathyris, Caper Spurge, cultivated from E u r o p e . pulcherrima or poinsettia, of Mexico, splendens of t h e Mauritius, fulgrens or jacquins©flora, of Mexico, are shrubbery conservatory species. ACALYPHA, Three Seeded Mercury, a n n u a l s . virginica, native, Lapham, Champaign county. var. graeilens, native, Lapham. Champaign county. caroliniana, native, L a p h a m . Southward. TRAGI A. macrocarpa, wild; P o p e c o u n t y . ' F o r b e s . RIC1NUS, Palma ChrMi, Castor Oil Plant. communis, cultivated from Africa for its seeds and as an o r n a m e n t a l plant. N a t u r alized, Vasey. The census r e t u r n s of castor beans, it seems, probably, a r e a t least partly made with the r e t u r n s of peas and beans in Illinois, and t h e i r relative or absolute production here cannot be d e t e r m i n e d . CROTON, a n n u a l s . glandulosus, native, L a p h a m ; Henderson county, P a t t e r s o n . capitatus, native, L a p h a m . Southward. monanthogynus, native, L a p h a m . Southward. CROTONOPSIS, slender low a n n u a l . linearis, native, L a p h a m . Southward. PHYLLANTHTJS. carolinensis, native, L a p h a m . Southward. BUXUS, Box. sempervirens, Tree Box and v a r r ana, Dwarf Box, are planted from t h e Mediterr a n e a n regions for edging3, e t c . Both need winter protection north, and a r e n o t generally successful in m o r e n o r t h e r n p a r t s of the west.