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BOTANICAL GAZETTE 



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Back in the country, pine and oak belts alternate for some dis- 

 tance, but no attempt to study this region was made. 



V. CONCLUSIONS. 



Dr. Harshberger^ and Mr. Kearney ^^ ^° have given sufficiently 

 extended discussions of the geographical affinities of the floras 

 of New Jersey, Ocracoke, and Virginia, to render any additional 



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Fig. 10.— Dune west of Rehoboth. 



remarks unnecessary, only a few words being required to place 

 these observations in line. The conditions on the Delaware 

 strand are in general similar to the conditions on the whole 

 Atlantic coast, the Gulf,"'" and Lake Michigan shores. The 

 beach is characterized by a succulent zone, in which Cakile and 



^ Lqc. rzV.,658. 



'The plant covering of Ocracoke island, p. 312 



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Report on a botanical survey of the Dismal Swamp region, p. 458- Contrib. 

 U. S. Nat. Herb. 5 : 321-585. 1901. 



"Lloyd, F. E. and Tracy, S. M.,The insular flora of Mississippi and Louisiana. 

 Bull. Torn Bot. Club 28 : 61-10 1. ph. 8-/T. 1901. 



"Webber, H. J.. Notes on the strand flora of Florida. Science, N. S. 8:658. 



1898. 



