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ROLAND M. HARPER 



birds of Arkansas, by A. H. Howell, 1911, contains a few photo- 

 graphs of vegetation taken in the same general region. Almost 

 the only signs of civilization between Madison and Memphis 

 were some small sawmill settlements and a few cultivated fields, 

 most of the latter in recent small clearings. The native vegeta- 

 tion was therefore in excellent condition for study; and the 

 species named in Table D were noticed more than once. 



TABLE D (MADISON TO MEMPHIS) 



Five other trees, six other shrubs and vines, and two herbs were 

 each seen once. More herbs might perhaps have been identified 

 earlier in the day; but this trip was made after 6 p.m., and dark- 

 ness began to interfere with my observations toward the end of it. 

 The only evergreen in the list is the Arundinaria. 



No important conclusion is to be derived from any of the fore- 

 going notes, perhaps, but if they stimulate others to study the 

 phytogeography of this comparatively neglected part of the 

 coastal plain they will not have been published in vain. 



