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find magnificent beds of Silene rotundifolia, Nutt,, with stems very 
brittle at the nodes. I did not see it, (or, at least, very excep- — 
tionally,) in the open ground, where S. Virginica, L., seemed to take — 
its place; Azalea arborescens, Pursh, was almost out of flower, though i 
in cooler places I found good specimens. Careopsis senifolia, Michx., — 
everywhere,—the smooth variety ‘common, the soft hairy form, (im — 
no other way different,) not common: this plant, and variety, 17 
first found at the Mammoth Cave, thence going south, common — 
every where. On the top of the mountain, on the rocks, Talinum — 
teretifolium, Pursh; Parthenium integrifolium, L.; Helianthus tomen- — 
tosus, Mchx.; Schrankia uncinata, Willd., (all through the South); — 
Phlox Walteri, Chap.; Rhus Toxicodendron, L.; Var. quercifolium, — 
Mchx , very queer; Pentstemon Digitalis, Nutt.; Ligusticum actwi- 
folium, Mchx., (the natives call it Angelica root); Rudbeckia fulgida, — 
Ait.; Vaccinium arboreum, Marshall, very common all over; Caly- — 
canthus floridus, L., along the streams; Stenanthium angustifolium, — 
Gray, grows under the cliffs, at the Point. Along down the moul- — 
tain sides, Phlox maculata, L., and divaricata, L., (fruit); Oxyden- — 
drum arboreum, DC.; Polypodium incanum, Swartz; and Asplenium — 
montanum, Willd.; Clitoria Mariana, L.; Salvia urticifolia, L.; Ipomed — 
pandurata, Meyer; Robinia hispida, L., quite common, but with no | 
traces of flowers or fruits. In an old yard, I found Heliophytum In- — 
dicum, DC. Every where in fields and open woods is found Ruellia — 
strepens, L., growing singly and strictly erect. At Chicago, Mr. — 
Babcock showed me a locality of Ruellia ciliosa, Pursh, which grows — 
in clumps and is prostrate. J found R. strepens always quite hairy. | 
At Lula Lake and Falls on Lookout Mt., six miles from the Point — 
grows abundantly Rhododendron Catawbiense, Mchx., (I only found - 
it in fruit,) also Diervilla sessilifolia, Buckley, Xanthorrhiza apiifolia, — 
Marshall, Rhamnus lanceolatus, Pursh; and magnificently wild, Yucca — 
Jilamentosa, L. Gnothera glauca, Mchx., I found wherever I went oD — 
the Mountain. T. F. ALLEN. 
65, A few days since, at Saratoga Springs, in the woods near the — 
Excelsior Spring, amongst a large number of plants of Aspidum — 
thelypteris, Swartz, I found several with the stipe or rachis enameled, — : 
black and shiny, like that of Adiantum pedatum, L., or of Asplenium — 
ebeneum, Ait. The blades of the fronds had a somewhat coppery — 
tinge. Some were beginning to fruit, but most showed no signs of 
fructification. I gathered a dozen or so, but the extreme heat 0! 
the sun withered and spoiled them before I could get them in press 
Near by were many Osmundas (either 0. cinnamomea or O. clay- 
tonia—probably the latter,) with many fronds of that puzzling 
shape that so nearly resembles Onoclea—specimens of which I have 
now and then seen, and which I have never before been able to 
place. | July, 28th. Lon 
66, Pyrus coronaria, L., is said to oceur at Old Tappan, N. J., | 
the farm of the late Thomas Waring; also at New Bridge. It is 
not rare in Morris Co. about Mendham! Suceasunny ! Chester 
Peapack! ete. It also oceurs throughout Western and Southe 
New Jersey, and about Port Jervis, N. J.! a eee 
