154 ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA. 



BLACK BELT. 



(Pages 84-94.) 



Fic. ;!!. Tyijical l)lack belt u])lan(l scene, with whitish 

 Sehiia chalk exposed in gullies, about a mile U(M-th of Emelle, 

 Sumter Co., looking east. A few cedars (Jiiiiipcnts Vir- 

 i^iiiiaiia) scattered in middle distance. This area may have 

 been partly treeless originally ; but all the forest was cut away 

 long ago, and it is now mostly pasture. Feb. 2T, 1913. 



Fig. 32. Exposure of Selma chalk with abundance of small 

 cedar trees, about a mile southwest of Epes, Sumter Co. April 

 15, 1913. 



Fig. 33. ( )ak woods in rich soil derived from the Selma 

 chalk, about a mile north of Panola, Sumter Co. Evergreens 

 are entirely absent, probably because the rich soil enables the 

 hardwoods to monopolize the situation. Feb. 26, 1913. 



