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plain, and does not occur above an altitude of 350”. 
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A large tree reaching a height of 25 to 32” and a diameter of 0.8 to 1.1", 
with an oval or oblong crown and spreading branches, the rough checkered 
bark of the trunk dark gray or blackish and somewhat striped, that of the 
limbs smoothish and dark gray. River swamps eastern Virginia and North 
Carolina to southwestern Georgia. Although not a common tree, several 
specimens usually occur together where it is found. It is usually associated 
with Quercus Michauxt, Q.nigra, and Liguidambar. The original locality of 
Elliott is on the Roanoke river near Weldon, N. C.; he also found it in South 
Carolina. I have found it on the bottom lands of the Roanoke, Neuse, and 
Cape Fear rivers in North Carolina, where it extends some distance westward 
in the Piedmont plateau region; and in southwestern Georgia where it occurs 
along the Flint river. 
This tree is evidently not a hybrid, as it shows no intermediate characters 
between Q. digitata and any other species. The shape of the nut is globular 
as is that of Q. digztata, the cup somewhat deeper ; the pubescence is white, 
while that of Q. digitata is more often tawny and is more persistent than 
that of Q. pagodefolia. 
Quercus TEXANA, which is a rare tree in the Atlantic states, seems 
to be entirely absent from the coastal region. In North Carolina it is 
confined to the Piedmont plateau, but does not occur above an altitude 
~ of 200". In northern Georgia it is found as high as 350". In certain 
parts of the Flint river valley of southwestern Georgia it is more com- 
mon, often being associated with the red oak, from which, under the 
common name of spotted oak, it is often not distinguished by the 
inhabitants. ; 
ILex La#vicatus (Pursh) Gr. occurs abundantly in certain parts of 
eastern North Carolina and South Carolina, though it does not seeml 
to have been recorded at all from this region. There can be but little - 
doubt that this is the //ex /anceolatus of Chapman’s Flora i Brines 
lanceolatus Hill, Veg. Syst. 16: 57. p/. 67) as the description and distri- 
bution agree well with that given for the Prinos /anceolatus. In this 
case the earlier /anceolatus will replace /evigatus. I have specimens of 
the plant from nine localities in North and South Carolina, all of them 
between 40 and 100 miles of the coast. 
ILex AMELANCHIER M.A. Curtis. Several stations have been found 
for this uncommon plant in North Carolina and one in southern Vir- 
ginia. It has not hitherto been reported from further north than the 
OrigrBal Stxtion a Society Hill, S.C. While not entirely confined - 
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