53(>' BOTANICAL SURVEY OF DTSMAL SWAMP REGION. 



CORNACEAE. 



Cornus ' candidissima Marsh. Swampy banks jf Oohoon Creek, near Suffolk, 



July IS (No. 1704). 

 Cornus norida L. Common in rather dry woodland (Nos. 7 C. & K., 1110). 

 Cornus stricta Lam. Swampy woods near northwest (No. 1110). 

 Nyssa- aquatica L. Abundant in the larger wooded swamps (Nos. Ill and 114 



C. & K., 1111, 1340, 1353, 1015). Known locally as "papaw gum.'' 

 Nyssa biflora Walt. The most abundant tree of the wooded swainps (Nos. 100 



C. & K.. 110S. 1345, 1599,1679, 1713,1792.) Local designations "gum" and 



"black gum." 

 Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. Common in nonpalnstrine woods (Nos. 1034, 1314, 1733). 



CLETHRACEAE. 



Clethra alnifolia L. Abundant in swamps vNos. 30 C. & K., 1439, 1087). 



PYROLACEAE. 



Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh. In dry sandy pine woods inside the sand dunes, 



Virginia Beach (No. 2023). 

 Chimaphila umbellata (L.) Nutt, With the preceding (No. 2024). 



MONOTROPACEAE. 



Monotropa uniflora L. In low woods, Virginia Beach, Oct. 3 (No. 2070). 



ERICACEAE. 



Azalea canescens Michx. In open places in woodlands, frequent, May (Nos. 49 



C. &K.,1062). 

 Azalea viscosa L. Common in wooded swamps, especially in the Dismal Swamp 



(Nos. 90 C. & K., 1042, 1440, 1532). 

 Kalmia angustifolia L. In the Dismal Swamp, along Jericho Ditch, not abun- 

 dant (No. 91 C. & K.). 

 Kalmia latifolia L. In low woods: Deep Creek, May 17 (No. 1202); near Suffolk, 



May 19. 

 Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don. Rather common in the Dismal Swamp, 



especially near Lake Drummond, May 2 (No. 76 C. & K.) ; Deep Creek, May 1 7. 

 Leucothoe racemosa (L. ) A. Gray. Common in low woods and in the open parts 



of the wooded swamps, May (Nos. 7S and 102 C. & K., 1043, 1175, 1494). 

 Pieris mariana (L.) Benth. & Hook. Railway embankment near Suffolk, May 



19 (No. 1226). 

 Pieris nitida (Bartr. ) Benth. & Hook. Abundant in the more open parts of the 



Dismal Swamp (Nos. S5 C. & K., 1592). Known in the region as "hemlock," 



the popular name of Leucothoe catesbaei in the Alleghanies. 

 Xolisma ; foliosirlora (Michx.) Small. Common in the more open parts of the 



wooded swamps, May (Nos. S3 C. & K., 1343, 1000, 1(107, 1058). 

 Xolisma ligustrina (L.) Britton. Frequent in low woods (Nos. 1004, 1442); 



along Jericho Ditch, Dismal Swamp (No. 1007a), but there much less common 



than the preceding. 

 Oxydendrum arboreum (L. ) DC. Common in open woodlands (Nos. 1000, 1578), 

 Epigaea repens L. Summit of a wooded bluff near Suffolk. 

 Gaultheria procumbens L. In a clearing on Lake Drummond, Dismal Swamp 



(No.71C. &K.). 



1 Cornus determined by Dr. W. A. Evans. 

 '■'Nyssa determined by Mr. (t. B. Sudworth. 

 "Xolisma determined by Dr. John K. Small. 



