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Apocynum androsaemifolium 



Ilirracium scabrum 

 Eatonia nitida 

 Polygala verticillata 

 Knciffia frutlcosa. 



The most characteristic of the hygrophilous species are: 



Aster puniceus 

 Aster cordifolius 

 Solidago caesia 

 Viola lanceolata 

 Geum canadense 

 Lobelia inflata 

 Ranunculus abortivus 

 Scrophularia marylandica 

 Senecio aureus 

 Steironema ciliatum 

 F.upatorium perfoliatum 

 Vernonia noveboracensis 

 Uvularia sessilifolia 

 Medeola virginiana 

 Asplenium filix-focm ina 

 Collinsonia canadensis 

 Polygala mariana 

 Li n ii in v i rginianum 

 Polygonatum biflorum 

 Oxalis stricta 

 Penihorum sedoidcs 



Eavine Slopes. — The Ravine Slopes of the Wicomico terrace fall 

 into two distinct groups, those with gravel soil and those with loam 

 en sandy loam soil. The former are the slopes of the beach of the 

 Talbot sea, the latter are slopes due to erosion on the Wicomico for- 

 mation. On the gravel Ravine Slopes the Chestnut and the Chestnut 

 Oak are the dominant trees from the vicinity of Denton and Wye 

 Mills northward. The White and Black Oaks are the dominant spe- 



