THE FLORA OF OAK ISLAND. 



BY HERBERT A. YOUNG. 



The species enumerated in the following list were mostly 

 observed during the. year 1882, although the writer has 

 been familiar with the station for many seasons previous. 

 Representatives of nearly all the species have been pre- 

 served. As the list is therefore based upon the work of a 

 season rather unfavorable for botanical collecting, on ac- 

 count of the drought of July and August, it is probable 

 that other species might be added especially to the list of 

 mosses which owing to their small size are easily over- 

 looked. 



The region was evidently familiar to Dr. Bigelow, for 

 in the "Florula Bostoniensis" he mentions the following 

 species as found on " Chelsea Beach Island :" 



Ranunculus recurvatus, Polr. ' 

 Arabis falcata, Jlichx. 

 Cr^'-ptotrenia Canadensis, D C. 

 Osmorrhiza longistylis, D C. 

 Circaja lutitiana, X. 

 Desmodium cuspidatum, Torrey. 

 Monarda allophylla, Jlicltx. 

 Phryma lepiostachia, L. 

 Scrophularia ]\Iarilandica, L. 

 Lysimachia ciliata, L. 

 Allium Canadense, L. 

 Leersia Virginica, Willd. 

 Botrychium Virginicum, WiUd. 



With the exception of Phryma all have been collected 

 during the past season. The portion of the island to the 



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