2 BULLETIN 710, U. S. DEPAHTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



North Carolina, Avitli very sandj? soil. The country' is nearly fiat and 

 has numerous swamps, at a slightly lower level, which are known as 

 bays. The soil of the swamps, of course, is more largely composed of 

 decayed vegetable material than is true of the more elevated land. 

 Locally such soil is loiown as sand-rock soil, by which apparently is 

 meant a more or less ferruginous sand, which is somewhat compact. 

 The Chrosperma in this neighborhood seemed to be mostlj^ confined to 



Fig. 1. — Chrosperma miiscwtoxicmn ; young plants in bud. 



the sand-rock soil and was found most abundantly on the slopes of the 

 bays. It did not appear to grow upon either the more elevated land 

 or the wet land, but in the region intermediate between the two. It 

 was found in patches, sometimes several square rods being covered 

 very thickly with it. At the time of the first visit, April 2, 1911, it 

 looked very much like grass, was from 4 to 6 inches in height, and was 

 the most conspicuous green vegetation upon the surface. The bulbs 



