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Vacdnium vacillans Kalm. 



grow 



tions than the last. It is often common in the sandy woods. 



Vacdnium corymbosum L. A species confined to the sandy bogs and wet 

 sandy woods. It is a shrub, often growing with a single tree-like stem, up 

 to a height of two or three meters. 



Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC. This shrub is confined to the low sandy 

 woods and sandy bogs. 



Rhododendron oblongifolium (Small) Millais. This pretty flowering 

 shrub of the southern states is local and rather rare in sandy bogs near 

 McNab . 



SAPOTACEAE 



Bumelia lanuginosa (Michx.) Pers. A common small tree, sometimes 

 found in the low woods, but more abundant in the uplands and especially 

 in the sand hills section. 



EBENACEAE 



Diospyros virginiana L. A not uncommon species, growing both in the 

 lowlands and flat open woods. It is most abundant in thickets and 

 opening along the borders of the uplands. So far as I have observed the 

 larger fruited form (var. platycarpa Sarg.) does not grow r here. 



STYRACEAE 



Sty rax americana Lam. Growing in low swampy woods and in sandy 

 bogs. 



SYMPLOCACEAE 

 Symplocos tinctoria (L.) L'Her. A small slender tree, growing in low 



McNab 



OLEACEAE 



Fraxinns americana L. A common forest tree, growing sometimes in 

 low woods, but most abundant in the flat uplands. It also is found on 

 bluffs and ridges in the sand hills section. 



Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. lanceolata (Borkh.) Sarg. A common 

 tree, sometimes growing to a large size, in low r w r oods and along the margins 

 of swamps and bogs. 



Fraxinus guadrangulata Michx. This species is apparently rare and 



has been noted only on bluffs w r ith northern exposure near McNab. 



Forestiera acuminata Poir. A common shrub in low woods, swamps and 

 bogs. 



Forestiera acuminata var. vestita, var. nov. Varying from the type in 

 having the leaves, petioles and young branchlets more or less densely 

 clothed with straight short pubescence, which is persistent to the end of 

 the season and even in some cases is found on the slender branchlets of the 

 second season; on the typical form there is only sometimes a slight 

 trace of pubescens on the petioles and veins of the young leaves. 

 A specimen collected by B. F. Bush, No. 2468, Miller County, 



