Phytogeographical explorations In the coastal plain of Georg 



in 1903* 



Roi-ANu M. Harper 



My work in the coastal plain of Georgia in 1903 began on the 

 eastern border of Effingham County, where the Seaboard Air Line 

 crosses the Savannah River, about sunrise on June 12, and ended 

 at Macon on September 25. During the summer notes and col- 

 lections were made in the following counties : Effingham (nos.' 

 1810-1S15, 1837-1840), Chatham {i8i6-i8j6, 2841, 1842), 

 Bryan {184J-18J6), Tattnall {18^1-1862), Montgomery {i86_ 





1872, igSi^iggd), Telfair {i8jj\ Dodge [iSj^-iS'/d, 1977- 

 igSo), Wilcox, Dooly {1955-1964), Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Ran- 

 dolph {^1877-1898, 1905), Quitman {1899-1902), Clay, Calhoun, 

 Early (^1904,-1914), Miller [1915-1919), Decatur (^1920-1955), 

 Baker (^1956), Mitchell (/pj/), Thomas {1958, /pj^), Colquitt 

 [1940-1948), Dougherty (1949-1954), Worth, Berrien, Irwin, 

 Houston (^965-1962), Bibb {1968-1971), Twiggs, (1972-1976), 

 Pulaski, Coffee [1991-1992, 2010-2014), Appling {^1993, 1994), 

 Liberty {1995, ^996), Wayne {1997-1998, 2007-2009), Glynn, 

 Mcintosh [T999--2006), Pierce, and Macon (2015-2018). Num- 

 bers 18 10-1866 were collected in June, 1867-1908 in July, 1909- 

 1958 in August and 1959—2018 in September. Forty-tw^o num- 

 bers of fungi and bryophytes, numbered separately, were also 

 collected. During the season I traveled by rail through the coastal 

 plain about 1400 miles (nearly half of which distance was through 

 territory I had not previously explored), and took about 275 pho- 



tographs. 



On this trip I made considerable study of the Altamaha Grit, 



one of the most interesting (from a phytogeographical standpoint 

 at least)' and extensive (covering at least i r,ooo square miles) geo- 

 logical formations in the state. Very little work has been done in 



* Investigation prosecuted with the aid of a grant from the Herrman Fund of the 

 Council of the Scientific Alliance of New York. 



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