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  Harper: 
  A 
  week 
  in 
  eastern 
  Texas 
  

  

  range, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  characteristic 
  plants 
  were 
  then 
  unfamiliar 
  

   to 
  me. 
  In 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  191 
  8 
  a 
  trip 
  through 
  the 
  coastal 
  plain 
  

   from 
  Virginia 
  to 
  Texas, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  collecting 
  Ilex 
  vomitoria 
  

   from 
  representative 
  localities 
  for 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture,* 
  gave 
  me 
  a 
  long-clesired 
  opportunity 
  to 
  investigate 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  interesting 
  phytogeographical 
  problems 
  of 
  the 
  "Lone 
  

   Star 
  State." 
  On 
  this 
  trip 
  I 
  spent 
  a 
  week 
  in 
  Texas, 
  taking 
  notes 
  

   on 
  the 
  vegetation 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  twenty 
  counties, 
  and 
  walking 
  around 
  

   in 
  the 
  forests 
  and 
  prairies 
  of 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  of 
  them, 
  where 
  I 
  could 
  

   thus 
  make 
  more 
  accurate 
  guesses 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  identity 
  of 
  unfamiliar 
  

   species 
  than 
  was 
  possible 
  from 
  a 
  train. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  

   territory 
  to 
  be 
  covered 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  practicable 
  to 
  

   carry 
  any 
  sort 
  of 
  manual 
  with 
  me 
  or 
  to 
  collect 
  miscellaneous 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  for 
  subsequent 
  identification, 
  but 
  Professor 
  Bray 
  had 
  given 
  

   me 
  some 
  useful 
  information 
  by 
  letter 
  before 
  I 
  started, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  ■ 
  

   University 
  of 
  Texas 
  Miss 
  M.S.Young 
  (since 
  deceased), 
  of 
  the 
  

   Department 
  of 
  Botany, 
  helped 
  identify 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  that 
  

   I 
  described 
  to 
  her 
  as 
  having 
  seen 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  before. 
  

  

  r 
  

  

  My 
  itinerary 
  in 
  Texas 
  in 
  August, 
  1918, 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   On 
  the 
  afternoon 
  of 
  the 
  20th 
  I 
  entered 
  the 
  state 
  near 
  the 
  

   southeastern 
  corner 
  of 
  Newton 
  County 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Orleans, 
  

  

  ixico 
  Ry. 
  (Gulf 
  Coast 
  Lines)— 
  which 
  comes 
  into 
  Texas 
  

  

  M 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  Kansas 
  City 
  Southern 
  tracks 
  — 
  and 
  stopped 
  at 
  Beaumont, 
  

   about 
  25 
  miles 
  farther 
  on. 
  On 
  the 
  21st 
  from 
  Beaumont 
  to 
  Port 
  

   Arthur 
  (about 
  20 
  miles) 
  by 
  trolley 
  car, 
  and 
  back 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  

   except 
  for 
  getting 
  off 
  and 
  walking 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  through 
  the 
  coast 
  

   prairies, 
  from 
  Neches 
  Junction 
  to 
  Nederland. 
  On 
  the 
  22d 
  from 
  

   Beaumont 
  to 
  Kountze, 
  25 
  miles 
  northwestward, 
  by 
  the 
  Texas 
  

   & 
  New 
  Orleans 
  R. 
  R. 
  (Southern 
  Pacific 
  system), 
  and 
  after 
  ex- 
  

   ploring 
  the 
  long-leaf 
  pine 
  forests 
  around 
  Kount^e 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  hours 
  

   I 
  went 
  w^estward 
  by 
  the 
  Gulf, 
  Colorado 
  & 
  Santa 
  Fe 
  Ry., 
  getting 
  

   well 
  into 
  Montgomery 
  County 
  by 
  nightfall, 
  changing 
  to 
  the 
  H. 
  & 
  

   T. 
  C. 
  at 
  Navasota, 
  and 
  arriving 
  at 
  College 
  Station 
  about 
  mid- 
  

  

  niQfht. 
  

  

  s 
  

  

  J 
  

  

  Austin 
  by 
  the 
  International 
  & 
  Great 
  Northern 
  Ry. 
  The 
  24th 
  

  

  * 
  For 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  trip, 
  see 
  F. 
  B. 
  Power 
  and 
  V. 
  K. 
  

   Chestnut, 
  Ilex 
  vomitoria 
  as 
  a 
  native 
  source 
  of 
  caffeine. 
  Jour. 
  Am. 
  Chemical 
  Soc. 
  41 
  : 
  

   1307-1312. 
  Aug., 
  1919- 
  

  

  