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rare in the coastal plain farther north. A few of the other species 
seem to be more abundant in South Carolina than in any state 
farther north, probably for the same reason, as I have previously 
pointed out.* 
The next 44 miles, from about the Salkehatchie River to the 
North Fork of the Edisto, were through a more hilly, less sandy, and 
more cultivated region, a continuation of the Eocene region of 
Georgia. In 1906 I passed through the same region for a similar 
distance in Aiken and Barnwell counties, between the Savannah 
River and Allendale. This part of South Carolina was included 
by Governor Draytonj in the “‘middle country,’ and described 
by Hammond}{ as the “upper pine belt” and “‘red hills.” According 
to Hammond, in 1880 about 30 per cent. of the region was under 
cultivation, and over one third of that in cotton. (The proportion 
of cultivated land at the present time is probably at least 50 per 
cent.) The following list is made up from two sets of notes, in 
the same manner as the preceding. 
TREES 
10+21 Pinus Taeda 5+2 Magnolia glauca 
8+20 Pinus palustris I+4 CORRES FOCINE 
7+15 Liriodendron Tulipifera 4+o0 Salix nigra 
7+10 Liguidambar Styraciflua o+3 Quercus falcata 
1+9 Nyssa biflora 0+3 Quercus marylandica 
2+7 Quercus Catesbaei 1+2 Acer rubrum 
7+1 Pinus serotina 2+1 Taxodium distichum 
4+3 Taxodium imbricarium o+2 Nyssa uniflora 
SHRUBS 
2+3 (Prunus angustifolia) 2+2 Myrica cerifera 
I+3 Alnus rugosa 0+3 (Sassafras variifolium) 
HERBS 
1+4 Scirpus Eriophorum o+2 Vernonia angustifolia 
0+4 Eupatorium rotundifolium 2+0 Ludwigia suffruticosa 
4+0 Tillandsia usneoides 2+0 Pontederia cordata 
This list contrasts with the preceding in many ways. The 
scarcity of (indigenous) visible herbs is striking. That seems to be 
characteristic of many originally well-wooded regions with vege- 
tation approaching the climax, as compared with pine-barrens, 
*Bull. Torrey Club 34: 364. 1907. 
TA view of South Ca Phe Q-II. 18 
t‘South Carolina” 71-116. 1883; tet Census U. S. 6: 481-488. 1884. 
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