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Taxodiiim distichiini (L.) Rich. Seen twice in Somerset County, 

 Maryland, and several times between Suffolk and Drewryville, 

 Virginia. It seems to stop about twenty miles short of the fall- 

 line in Virginia. Sterrett, Williamson, and others have reported 

 it from southern Delaware. 



Plnus virginimia Mill. P'irst seen between Viola and Feltort; 

 Del., thence rather frequent to Cape Charles. It probably does 

 not occur at all in the coastal plain south of Hampton Roads, 

 however. In the Piedmont region of Virginia it begins to appear 

 in Mecklenburg County, and occurs at infrequent intervals from 

 there to the foot-hills of the Blue Ridge. 



Piniis rigida was not seen at all on this trip, which is rather 

 surprising in view of its reported abundance in New Jersey.* 



Pinus Taeda L. Common from Dover, Del., to Emporia, 

 Va., thence more scattered in Brunswick County (in the Pied- 

 mont region), and rather scarce in Mecklenburg County, where 

 most of the specimens seen were second growth. Last seen be- 

 tween South Hill and Union Level, about Ii8 miles west of 

 Norfolk. 



Pinus echinata Mill. Seen once in Maryland, three times in 

 the Virginia part of the Delaware peninsula, and eight or ten 

 times between Norfolk and Emporia. As Pinus Taeda fades 

 away this species becomes more abundant, and it is the prevail- 

 ing pine in the Piedmont region. 



Pinus palustris was not seen anywhere, though the conditions 

 appeared very favorable for it in some places in Nansemond 

 County, Virginia, and it was formerly reported farther north than 

 that.f 



* In this connection Vermeule's remarks on its occurrence in the southwestern part 

 of New Jersey (Ann. Rep. State Geol. N. J. 1899 [Forests] : 97-98. 1900) are of 

 interest. 



I See Bull. Torrey Club 34 : 375. 1907. 



