42 LOWER KOCEXE FLUiUS OF SOUTHEASTEHX NOHJ U AMEKICA. 



Paliurus auiiusUi^. Celastrus minor. 



Paliurus mL-<.sLs,<ippiensis. rinnamomtiin vera. 



Reynosia itroeiiunlia. Dixlona-a wilcoxiana. 



Sabalites ^rayam^^'. Dryciphyllum tennesseensis 



Sapindihs lorm(i?us. Ilex oolinnitica. 



Sapimlus linoariloliu?. Paliurus aiii;ustut^. 



Solanite.s .>iaiM)rtana. 



Sophora wilcoxiaiKl. EAHI.Y GROVE, MAK.SIIAI.E COLXTY 



The larger opLMiiiiij (lu llic iiortli slope shows 

 3 to 5 feet' of l)r<.wnish argillaceous sand, under- ^arly Grove is situated in northeastern Mar- 

 lain hv about 20 feet of grav stratified clav in ^^'"^'1 CVnmty, Miss., at an elevation between 

 l).-ds that are alternatelv oif different degrees ^''^ ^'''^ ^OO feet, less than 15 miles directly 

 of purity or sandiness. " At the base of tlie "1""? ^^"^ ^^'''^^ '"""^'1 °^ ^^^'^ Pl'^"^ locality at 

 exposure in a near-bv ravine the following ^oUy Springs. The exact locality is at Well- 

 species were collected: !^o''"^' ^^o"* ^ ^^^^^ southeast of the town and 

 ,, . . ^ just east of the public road, where extensive 

 Cassia emai-gmata. n- i i i 1 ■ , 

 Cedrela wilcoxiana. gullies have been eroded m tlie upland. The 

 Celastnis bruckmauuifolia. following section is exposed: 



SfClion 0/ lloUij Sjiriiif/s sand iil Enrli/ (Sroic. Miss. 



Feet. 



1. Orange, brown, yellow', and gray compact coarse cross-bedded sand, grading downward into 



Xa 2 ! \..' 15 



2. Gray, more or less ferruginous stratified sand ; thin iron crust at base 15 



3. Gray, pinkish, and white arenaceous laminated clay, containing in places thin iron crustsand 



poorly preserved impressions of leaves, grading downward into No. 4 8 



4. Brownish-drab, rather pure clay, thickly laminated, and containing thin films of fine liglit 



sand with well-preserved leaf impressions; exposed 4-5 



A small collection was made here in 1S.S9 by Hetcrocalyx saportana. 



L. C. Jolmson from Xo. 4, and three specimens ^^'^^ vomitoriaiolia. 



from No. 3 were collected bv W J McGec Inga imsstssippiensis. 



Lvcododites ( .') eoligniticus. 



shortly afterward. McGee's specimens are Mimosites variabilis. 



Cassia eolignitica Berry, Engelhanltia (Oreo- Paliurus mississippiensis. 



munnea) mississippiensis Berry, and Sapindus Sapindus linearifolius. 



mississippiemis Berry. I visited this locality Sapindus mississippiensis. 



in 1910 and 1913 and collected mucli material hurleys, bextox coi'XTY. 



from the lower member. A study of this col- rp^jg y^^^y.^y^ l^lo,^^, ^s Hurlevs schoolhouse, 



lection and that made by Jolmson furnishes ^nd formerly in Tippah County ])ut now in 



the foUowmg list of species: Bentim Comity, was discovered by E. W. 



Antholithus marshallensis. Ililgard before the Civil War, and his collection 



Avicennia nitidaiormis. formed the basis for a number of species 



Bumclia pseudotenax. described by Lesquereux in 1S69. 



Bumelia wilcoxiana. The outcrop is 4 miles west of the town of 



iBsa pinia ^M ( oxiana. Blue Mountain, Miss., and had not been re- 



Canavalia acuminata. ■ • i -i • i- 1 1 t-. at t 



Capparis eocenica. Visited untd it was rediscovered by E. N. Lowe 



Cassia eolignitica. in 1912. I visited it in company with Dr. 



Cassia glenni. Lowe in 1913. The schoolhouse has long since 



Cassia mar.,hallensis. disappeared, and its site, on the summit of a low 



Cassia teniiesseensis. ' 1 'ii • • 1 1 t^i ^ t-> i /-11 1 /-\ 



^ , , hill, IS occupied by l^lat Itock Church. On 



Cedrela mi.ssi.ssip])iensis. ' . 



Celastrus eolignitica. the slopes of the hill the leaf-bearing clay iron- 



Celastrus veatchi. stone outcrops as an almost concealed ledge 



Engelhardtia ettingshauseni. about 20 feet below the top of the hill, overlain 



Engelhardlia mis.sis.sippiensis. ^^. |,j.p^^,j ,,j. rp^ijiigh^ ^^^^^.^ oj. j^^^ hlduraled 



Euonvmus splendens. " 1 mi i /• i • i ■ n 



Exostemapseu.locarib«;um. f'"l- ^he leaf-bearing layer is generally 



Ficus mjTtifolius. "'ee fi'om sand and is laminated and high in 



Glyptostrobus europaeus. iron. Below this stratum lies an undetermined 



