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The writer greatly appreciates the assistance of Mrs. Agnes Chase, 

 W. E. Maxon, S. F. Blake and G. P. Van Eseltine in determining 

 plants of groups in which they specialize. For other names in the 

 list the writer is responsible, and those of Aster and Solidago should 

 be treated with reserve. Of the English names given the first is the 

 book or otherwise recognized name, if there is a worthy one; any 

 others are local names in use on Church's Island. The authorities 

 for botanical names are spelled out except in the case of Linnaeus who 

 named so large a proportion of plants of the Middle Atlantic States. 

 IvTotes are inehidod on the stage of flowering or fruiting observed, 

 data which is lacking in too many local lists. For this purpose the 

 following abbreviations are used : fl., flower ; f r., fruit ; inim., im- 

 mature; mat., mature. When fr. only is used maturity is to be as- 

 sumed. When no month accompanies these notations October is to 

 be understood. 



LIST OF PLANTS 



SubMngdom Euthallopthyta (Algce, etc.) 



Chara spp. Muskgrass, nigger wool, oyster grass. Blankets the bottom of 

 almost the whole of Currituck Sound; oogonia, August — ^October. 



Suhkingdom, Pteridophyta (Ferns, etc.) 



FAJIILY OSMUNDACE.l': 



Osmunda regalis L. Royal fern, a few plants seen, in marsh and other wet 

 places. 



FAJIILY polypodiace-t: 



Dryopteris thelypteris (L.) A. Gray. Marsh Shield-fern.; common in marsh. 

 Folypodium polypodioides (L.) A. S. Hitchcock. Gray Polypody. A few 

 plants seen on trunk of sweet gum. 



Subkingdom Spo-matophyta. (Seed plants.) 



FAJrilA' PINACE.E 



Pinus taeda L. Loblolly pine. The dominant tree of the island, reproduction 

 admirable; produces wood enough for the requirements of the island 

 without diminution of the stand. The fallen needles are carefully 

 gathered for use as a stable litter; in this state they are called straw 

 or pine-straw. 



Juniperus virginana L. Red cedar. Common along liigh bank of Sound; less 

 so elsewhere, but grows even in edge of marsh; some specimens dwarfed 

 by grazing are very dense and remarkable in appearance; fr. 



