THE FLORA OF MISSISSIPPI. 



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Symplocos tinctoria, 

 Liriodendron tulipifera, 

 Schizandra coccinea, 

 Smilax rotundifolia, 

 Ostrya Virginica, 

 Sabal minor, 

 Cornus stricta, 

 Fraxinus Americana, 



Acer saccharinum 

 Crataegus arborescens, 

 Magnolia Frazeri, 

 Brunnichia cirrhosa, 

 ■Ilex decidua, 

 Carpinus Carolinianus , 

 Arundinaria macrosperma, 

 Cephalanthus occidentalis. 



A few of the commoner herbaceous forms arc given below 



Polygonum Virginianum, 

 Polygonum acre, 

 Diodia Virginica, 

 Eclipta alba, 

 Mikania scandens, 

 Sanicula Canadensis, 

 Solidago caesia, 

 Galium trifidum, 

 Galium circaezans, 

 Hypericum mutilum, 

 Penthorum sedoides, 

 Impatiens fulva, 

 Phryma leptostachya, 

 Pilea pumila, 

 Euonymus Americanus, 



Arisaema Dracontium, 

 Tillandsia usneoides, 

 Epidendrum conopseum. 

 Cassia Chamaecrista, 

 Viola cucullata, 

 Boehmeria cylindrica, 

 Uvularia perfoliata, 

 Ludwigia alternifolia, 

 Jussiaea decurrens, 

 Mimulus alatus, 

 Dioscorea villosa. 

 Lobelia cardinalis, 

 Phegopteris hexagonoptera, 

 Aspidium Thelypteris. 



The Yazoo Delta. — The delta region comprises all the 

 lowlands of alluvial origin bordering the Mississippi River. 

 It is a narrow strip from one to a few miles wide in South 

 Mississippi, but north of Vicksburg widens to a broad 

 nearly level plain 60 miles wide at its widest part and about 

 200 miles long. The region lies so nearly level that the 

 drainage is poor, and occasionally practically the whole 

 region overflows. The soil is very rich, but presents two 

 well-marked general divisions. Along the streams and for 

 a few miles back the soil is a fine sandy loam which lies 

 a little higher and is better drained than the lower lands 

 in the inter-stream areas, where, owing to the relative 

 lowness and the hea^-"^^ day )ils, much of the surface is 

 permanently occup ;us, lakes and swamps. 



