44 MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY [Bull. 
otheca Larmarkii. Pteris serrulata has been noted onee cling- 
ing to the vertical loess bluffs at Natchez, and only once else- 
where in the state, cn the walls of the Old Capitol at Jackson 
several years ago, before the repair of that building. 
The tree growth of the loess hills is rich, both in variety 
and in quantity. In its original state the forests were heavy 
and gloomy on account of the luxurrant growth of the gray 
moss which festocned all the trees, and because of abundance 
of lianas and creepers that matted the forests. Prominent in 
these forests were the following trees: 
Carpinus Caroliniana Castanea pumila 
Ostrya Virginica Carya tomentosa 
Magnolia grandiflora Carya myristicaeformis 
Magnolia acuminata cordata Quercus alba 
Magnolia macrophylla Quercus velutina 
Liriodendren tulipifera Quercus Texana 
Juglans nigra Quereus Durandi 
Juglans cinerea (north) Quercus Michauxii 
Fagus feruginea Quercus aquatica 
Celtis Mississippiensis Ulmus Americana 
Tilia pubescens Ulmus fulva 
\lorus rubra 
Climbers and shrubs cf the region are represented by the 
following species: 
Ampelopsis quinquefolia Calycocarpum Lyoni 
Bignonia capreolata Hydrangea quercifolia 
Tecoma radicans Arundinaria macrosperma 
Rhus radicans Cornus florida 
Cissus bipinnata Cornus stolonifera 
Cissus ampelopsis Hydrangea arborescens 
Vitis rotundifolia Asimina triloba 
Vitis riparia, Euomymus Americana 
Vitis labrusea Hamamelis Virginica 
Berchemia volubilis Callicarpa Americana 
Vitis cordifola Crataegus spathulata 
Rosa laevigata Crataegus viridis 
Gelsemium sempervirens Lindera, benzoin 
Lonicera sempervirens Myrica cerifera (south) 
