No. 491] 



PLElSTOi 'EXE PLANTS 



phic hills in Lee county, and is not a member of the Loiiisianian 

 flora. In a fossil state it has been previously recorded from Mary- 

 land and North Carolina. At Abercrombies Landing it is confined 

 to the peat. XoUsma foliosi flora (Michx.) Small which Mohr* 

 considers to be only a variety of this s[)ecies, and which is common 

 in the Alabama coastal plain and on lowlands westward into 

 Louisiana and northward as far as A'iro-inia, is apt to have leadiery 

 leaves which arc usually distinctly serrulate. It may be considered 



