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Additions to the flora of the Carolinas 



W. C. COKER 



Collections made at intervals at Chapel Hill, Orange County, 

 North Carolina, and in Darlington County, South Carolina, have 

 resulted in the addition of the following species to the known flora 

 of these states ; 



Acer floridanum (Chapman) Pax. 



This tree is not uncommon on the sandy banks and alluvial 

 bottoms of Morgon's Creek near Chapel Hill, North Carohna. I 

 have found it at several places here ; and there are a number of 

 medium-sized trees on the streets in the town of Chapel Hill that 

 have been brought in from the surrounding country. In the creek 

 bottoms the tree grows to a large size, forty feet or more high and 



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two or more feet in diameter. The species has not been reported 

 before from North Carolina, and the only South Carolina collec- 

 tion seems to be from " near Charleston '* by ]. H. Mellichamp 

 1896 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Garden). It is possible that this collection 

 was made from a tree brought in from a distance and planted by 

 Michaux, but supposing it to be native at Charleston, the discovery 

 of this species at Chapel Hill extends its known range about 230 

 miles northw^ard, 



Acer fioridannm seems to approach nearest to Acer leucodcrme 

 Small, but according to Dr. Small the two are quite distinct, not 

 only in characters of foliage and fruit, but also in habit. I have 

 not seen A. leucoderrHe in the field, but it is said to be a shrub or 

 small tree, preferring rocky banks in the piedmont or middle dis- 

 tricts, while A, floridanum is a large tree of alluvial bottoms, and 

 confined principally to the coastal regions. That A, icucodcrme 

 also is present in Orange County seems certain, as it has been col- 

 lected in the adjoining county of Durham to the east (herb. N. Y. 

 Bot, Garden, from Biltmore Herb.), 



Habenaria Nuttallii Small. 



Collected in wet soil on the south side of Paper Mill Lake, 



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