PLANTS COLLECTED OK OBSERVED. 537 



VACCINIACEAE. 



Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. & Gr. Comruon in woodlands, especially in 



open places (Nos. 1070, 1096, 1233,1449,1531). 

 Gaylussacia resinosa (Ait.) Torr. & Gr. In low, mixed woods behind the dunes, 



Virginia Beach, April 30 (No. 33 C. & K.); Cape Henry (No. 1834). 

 Vaccinium corymbosum L. Common in woodlands, especially in dry Boil and 



rather open places (Nos. 37 and 77 C. & K., 1183, 1181, 1198, 1580). 

 Vaccmium vacillans Kalm. In dry woods, especially in open places, common 



(Nos. 32 C. & K., 1103. 1521, 1581). 

 Vaccinium virgatum tenellum (Ait.) A. Gray. Edge of upland pine woods 



near Suffolk, April 30 (Nos. 44, 54, and GO C. & K., 1579). 

 Batodendron arboreum Nutt. Summit of a wooded bluff on Cohoon Creek near 



Suffolk (No. 1-725). Apparently known in the region as "hackberry," the 



name usually applied to species of Celtis. 

 Polycodium stamineum (L. ) Greene. Common in woods (Nos. 27 and 67 C. & 



K., 1003, 1833). 

 Oxycoccus macrocarpus (Ait.) Pers. Edge of a brackish meadow near Virginia 



Beach {No. 2042). 



PRIMULACEAE. 



Samolus rloribundus H. B. K. , Edge of a salt marsh. Great Bridge, May 20 (No. 

 1355). 



Lysimachia angustifolia Michx. In a bog, Newbern, N. C. (No. 105.")). 



Lysimachia quadrifolia L. Sandy soil in open woods near Berkley, May 21 

 (No. 1305). 



Lysimachia terrestris ( L. ) B. S. P. Moist sandy ground at edge of woods, north- 

 west (No. 1562). 



EBENACEAE. 



Diospyros virginiana L. Abundant in dry soil in fields and thickets and on 

 roadsides, and frequent on the inner dunes (No. 1407). 



STYRACACEAE. 



Styrax grandifolia Ait. A small shrub in low woods, scarce. Northwest (No. 

 1091); Pungo (No. 1170). 



SYMPLOCACEAE. 



Symplocos tinctoria (L. ) L'H*'-r. Frequent, especially in low ground (Nos. 35 C. 

 &K., 1166,1172,1201). 



OLEACEAE. 



Fraxinus caroliniana Mill. 1 Common in the wooded swamps (Nos. 1050,1328, 



1030, 1680). 

 Chionanthus virginica L. Swampy banks of Cohoon Creek near Suffolk (No. 



1703). 



LOGANTACEAE. 



Gelsemium sempervirens L. Abundant in almost all formations except the 

 salt and fresh water river marshes (Nos. 1? and 101 C. & K., 1108, 1097). 



Cynoctonum sessilifolium (Walt.) Gmel. In a sedgy bog, Newbern, N. C, 

 August 1 (No. 1902). 



Polypremum procumbens L. Sandy roadside. Suffolk, July 11 (No. 1574). 



Fraxinus determined by Mr. G. B. Sudworth. 



