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THE FLORA OF MISSISSIPPI. 



Numerous interesting herbaceous species occupy the 

 ground beneath the taller growth. Clinging to the lime- 

 stone ledges are the following: 



Sa xifraga Virginiensis , 

 Heuchera Americana, 

 Heuchera villosa, 

 Anemonella ihalictroides, 



Camptosorus rhizophyllus , 

 Asplenium angustifoUum, 

 Cardamine Pennsylvanica. 



In the dry open woodlands are the following: 



Hypoxys ere eta, 

 Lithospermum hirtum, 

 Hier actum scabrum, 

 Viola palmata, 

 Silene stellata, 

 Fragaria Virginiea. 



Ranunculus Jascicularis , 

 Delphinium, virescens, 

 Viola pedata, 

 Silene Virginiea, 

 Houstonia cerulea, 

 Phlox pilosa, 



On the damp slopes and stream banks grow red maple 

 {Acer rubrum), red bud {Cercis Canadensis), mulberry 

 {Mar us rubrum), black walnut (Juglans nigra), white 

 walnut (/. cinerea), yellow poplar {Liriodendron tupilifera), 

 and tupelo gum {Nyssa uniflora). Beneath these grow 

 oak-leaved hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia,) (Hydrangea 

 arborescens) , spice bush (Lindera benzoin), and woodbine 

 (Lonicera sempervirens) . Herbaceous species growing in 

 similar places are the following: 



Ranunculus abortivus, 

 Ranunculus recurvatus, 

 Adiantum pedatum, 

 Phegopteris hexagonoptera. 

 As arum Canadense, 

 Smilax herbacea, 

 Dioscorea villosa, 



Viola pubescens, 

 Oakesia sessilifolia, 



Viola cucullata, 

 Trillium sessile, 

 Chimaphila maculata. 

 Iris cristata. 



Asplenium ebeneum, 

 Epigaea repens, 

 Uvularia perfoliata, 

 Boehmeria cylindrica, 

 Hepatica triloba, 

 Hepatica acutiloba. 

 Podophyllum peltatum, 

 Arisaema triphyllum, 

 Laportea Canadensis, 

 Smilacina racemosa, 

 Solidago caesia, 

 Ruellia strepens, 

 Dentaria multifida. 



