HARPER: VEGETATION OF THE COASTAL PLAIN 423 
literature, though Clayton probably explored the territory pretty 
thoroughly in the eighteenth century,* and a few plants were 
collected near Mobjack Bay, a little farther east, in the nine- 
teenth century.t 
The following list of plants will give some idea of the general 
appearance of the vegetation at the present time. 
TREES 
41 Pinus Taeda 10 Quercus falcata 
28 Liquidambar Styracifiua 9 Quercus Phellos 
19 aeartes ies oo 6 Nyssa biflora ? 
19 Cornus flor 6 Salix nigra 
18 Quercus a 4 Oxydendron arboreum 
18 Pinus virginiana 3 Taxodium distichum 
13 Acer rubrum 2 Quercus marylandica 
12 Fagus grandifolia 2 Nyssa uniflora 
Il Pinus echinata 
SHRUBS 
7 Myrica cerifera 2 Alnus rugosa 
3 (Sassafras variifolium) 
HERBS 
9 (Daucus Carota) 2 pene anges 
3 Pieris aquilina 2 Nympha 
Trees are here much more numerous than conspicuous herbs, 
doubtless for the same reason as in the ‘‘middle districts”’ or ‘upper 
pine belt’? of South Carolina, described a few pages back. The 
only new element in this list is Pinus virginiana, but that comes in 
rather suddenly, immediately taking its place considerably above 
the middle of the list.t Oxydendron, Taxodium and Myrica ap- 
pear here for the last time. They all extend somewhat farther 
north, but only in the coastal plain, and after passing Richmond 
I kept too close to the fall-line to see them until I got entirely 
beyond their northern limits. This vegetation is naturally very 
similar to that of the Delaware peninsula, which I had examined 
in the same superficial way about a year before.§ 
I had about three hours to wait in Richmond, and while stroll- 
ing about the city I was surprised to see ‘‘cut flowers” of Polygala 
lutea, Sabbatia lanceolata, and Habenaria ciliaris, typical pine- 
*See Barnhart, Torreya 9: 242. 1909 
See Leggett, Bull. Torrey Club 6: ea: 1875. 
tSee Torreya 9: 226. 190 
§See ‘Peewera 9: 221-223. 1909. 
