30 E. Hall on the Flora of Eastern Kansas. 
where in the bushy regions from one foot to forty feet high, fruit-. 
ing abundantly; the very smallest bushes. The White Oak 
(Q. alba) was not met with. I doubtif there isa specimen in the 
State, authors of books on Kansas and travelers to the contrary 
notwithstanding. It is known to be one of the first oaks that 
ee pee and probably does not reach the State at any 
Guat coccinea Was ioe met with, but is not abun- 
dant; all dwarfed spec 
Quercus rubra is more mg ae principally young tr 
ercus palustris, in the southern portion of the ‘State is 
abundant, the principal tree-growth mostly bushes and young 
trees, and some large old specimens of fair proportions on the 
bottoms of the larger streams. 
The Hickory Family is represented by Juglans migra, on the 
streams, but not plentiful ; a few large specimens. 
Carya alba, C. suleata, C. porcina, C. amara and C. oliveformis, 
(the Pecan ;) the latter abounds abundantly in the southern part 
of the State, but so far as seen, in rece! specimens or young 
trees of little promise. Carya alba and C. porcina are the two 
species Springing up ies in the rare regions, and are des- 
tined soon to afford an abundance of the best of fuel; are 
Becady of size for hoop. poles in many places northward. U/l- 
mus fulva and Ulmus Americana abound on the streams. These 
the two SRP elms everywhere westward; the latter 
eticivally prevail 
Populus irnlinds ‘the common cotton-wood, was frequently 
met with, but is probably not plenty after leaving the Missouri 
river. Neither ot the Aspens, so common in the regions further 
north, was seen. e maples are rare trees. Acer sacharinum 
was not ees A few well grown trees of Negundo aceroides, (the 
box elder). The Diospyros Virgmiana, (Persimmon,) is an 
abundant shrub southward, and the Pawpaw (Asimina_triloba) 
is scarcely less common in that region. - 
THE Herpaczous Fiora, as would be expected, partakes 
much of the character of the high plain flora west of the Mis- 
souri river; the country being chiefly prairie: the number of 
.. is smnll but individuals aggregate immensely. Of the 
3 he fureatus, A. sco i’ and he ahief I nu- 
This grass seat sscanlls 
nig rte 
os oa it affects the moister and flatter 
most common southward. It is isa 
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