440 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [November 



Senecio aureus, Polygonatum commutatum, A r alia nudicaulis, and 



repens 



pedal 



Ly co podium lucidulum. 



Where the slope is uniform are found: Betula lenta, B. alba, 

 Juglans cinerea, Fraxinus americana, Quercus rubra, Q. alba, Q. 

 Prinus, Carya alba, and Castanea dentata, all over a foot in diameter. 

 Old stumps of Tsuga canadensis and isolated specimens of Pinus 

 rigida and Pinus Strobus tell of the history of the slope. Acer 



small 



Kalmia latifolia, Acer spicatum 



to itself. The following shrubs, 



Cornus florida, evidence better coi 



herbs Uvularia perfoliata, Trientalis americana, Trillium erectum, 



and Maianthemum canadense. The Pteridophyta are represented 



by Adiantum pedatum, Osmunda cinnamomea, Dicksonia punctilo- 



bula, and Polystichum acrostichoides. 



The chestnut-red oak-white oak-hickory stages seem to be tele- 

 scoped (2) on the north side, while on the south face the stages are 

 distinct. 



The talus on the north side below this grouping has much hard 

 maple and many young beech trees 10 inches or more in diameter. 



more 



more 



common 



some 



diameter 



hemlock 



stumps of hard m 



diameter are common 



cation of beech commg in other than occasional one-inch saplings. 

 Herbs show a quicker reaction to environment and are more 

 rapid indicators of changing conditions than trees. The spermato- 

 phytic herbs found near the base of the slope are Uvularia perfoliata. 

 Erythronium americanum, Trillium sessile, T. erectum, T. cernuum, 

 Orchis spectabilis, Habenaria bracteata, Epipactis repens, Actaea 

 rubra, Dicentra Cucullaria; and the Pteridophyta, Phegopteris 

 Dryopteris, P. polypodioides, P. hexagonoptera, Adiantum pedatum, 

 Aspidium spinulosum," Cystopteris fragilis, and Botrychium vir- 

 gin ianum. 



