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dendruin, Cornus fiorida, Querciis Phellos, Acer rubrum, Ilex 

 opaca, Diospyros, Fagus, Quercus marylandica, Nyssa aquatica, 

 Quercus nigra, Betida nigra. 



Shrubs. — Anindinaria iecta, Myrica cerifera, Alniis rugosa, 

 Rhus copallina, Clethra alnifolia, Tecoma, Phoradendron flaves- 

 cens, Aralia spinosa, Ilex glabra, Vitis rotundifolia, Rubiis ciinei- 

 foliiis, Prunus angiistifolia (the last two or three weeds). 



Herbs. — Senecio tomentosus (a weed ?), Eupatoriicm rotundi- 

 foliiini, Chrysopsis graniinifolia, Eupatorium capillifolium (a 

 weed), Xyris sp., Pteris aqidlina, Habenaria cristata, Polygo7tmn 

 Hydropiper, Daiiciis Carota (these two introduced), Junais effiisus, 

 Rhynchospora inexpansa, Ambrosia artemisiaefolia (a weed), Ver- 

 bascum Thapsus (introduced), Scirpus Eriophorum, Poly gala lute a, 

 Rhynchospora cornicidata, Rhexia Mariana [f), Mesadenia atripli- 

 cifolia {?). 



This Hst differs from the three or four preceding in the absence 

 of Pinus virginiana, Chamaecyparis, and Castanea, and the pres- 

 ence of Anindinaria, Nyssa aquatica, Betida, Phoradendron, Ilex 

 glabra, Senecio tomentosus, and Eupatorium rottmdifolum. Taxo- 

 dium, Liriodendron, Salix, and Alnus seem to be more abundant 

 west of Norfolk than on the peninsula, perhaps on account of the 

 greater development of streams. 



The following among the species observed from the car 

 windows (or conspicuous by their absence) deserve a little more 

 notice than has been given above. In a few cases notes made on 

 the same trip, in the Piedmont region of Virginia, west of Emporia, 

 have been drawn upon to make the data for certain species which 

 are not confined to the coastal plain more complete, 



Senecio tomentosus Mx. Common along the railroad in 

 Nansemond, Isle of Wight, and Southampton Counties, Virginia, 

 from about 12 to 63 miles west of Pinner's Point. I did not 

 see it elsewhere on this trip, though C, S. Williamson . 

 (Torreya 9 : 166) has reported it as common in southeastern 

 Delaware. 



Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. First seen near the southern 

 edge of Accomac County, Virginia. 



Aralia spinosa L. Not seen in Delaware, but common in 



