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JOURNAL OF 
THE NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB 
Vol. 15. : June, 1913. No. 174. 
NOTES ON THE FLORA OF MARYLAND AND VIRGIN IA,-—I. 
Ivar TIDESTROM. 
In a booklet! on the Coniferae of Maryland and Virginia, the 
writer presented a review of the species growing in Maryland and 
Virginia. A fairly complete synonymy was there given so as to 
enable any one who might be interested in the history of our Coniferae 
to trace their record in literature to the earliest sources. In the last 
five years a good deal has been added by several workers to our 
knowledge of the distribution of the species. This information is 
summarized in these notes. 
In regard to the genus Pinus which occupies fully as important a 
place as Quercus in our flora there is much to be added and — cor- 
rected. The several distinct floral regions of our area have each some 
particular pine, which along with certain oaks is characteristic of the 
landscape, as for instance, Pinus virginiana in the western part of the 
coastal plain of Maryland, or Pinus Taeda on the Eastern Shore. It 
is often true that whatever pine inhabits a region constitutes the 
most characteristic element in the scenery. 
PINUS VIRGINIANA Mill. The range of this species is given in the 
most recent book covering our region? “from Long Island to South 
Carolina, Alabama and Southern Indiana. I have observed the 
species throughout Maryland with the exception of Garrett County 
in the western extremity of the state. My observations in western 
Maryland extend only to a point two or three miles west of Cumber- 
land where I found the species common on slopes. In Virginia my 
1 Elysium Marianum 1: pt. 2, 1908. 
? Gray's Manual ed. 7, p. 64. 
