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Vol. VI, No. 15.) BULLETIN oF THE TorrEY BoranicaL Cus. [New York, Mch., 1876, 
§ 83. Some rare Southern plants.—I wish to place upon record 
the history and localities of some few Southern plants which are 
extremely rare and limited in range, so that in the future they may 
not be lost to botanists. Some of them have been seen and col- 
lected only by myself, and are confined to single localities so far as 
yet known. 
Eryngium praealtum, Gray. (In“fiest’ note to Plante Lind- 
heimerianz, Part IL, Boston Journal of Natural History, Vol. VL, 
No. 11, p. 210, Jan., 1850).—This is the plant described in Elliott’s 
Sketches as #. Virginianum, Lam. Grows in tide lands of Cooper 
River, rice fields, banks, etc.; also near Bluffton, S. C.; and as low 
down as Darien, Ga. 
Eryngium Ravenelii, Gray. (Plante Lindheimeriane, 1. c., 
p- 209).—Grows in flat damp Pine land on the head waters of 
Cooper River, on road leading from Monck’s Corner Station, on 
North-Eastern Railroad, to Stoney Landing, on Cooper River, and 
about midway between the two places. At this spot I found a large 
patch of this plant along the roadside in the wet Pine wood; a few 
specimens have been found a few miles further north, in a similar 
situation. This is the only locality where it has been seen as far as — 
Iam aware. ~ 
Baptisia stipulacea, Ravenel. (In Proceedings of Elliott Society 
of Charleston, June, 1856).—I have found this plant sparingly dis- 
seminated in the poor Sand-hill region in the vicinity of Aiken, and 
within a mile or two of the town. 
- Baptisia Serenae, Curtis. Dr. Curtis described this species from 
afew specimens found near Society Hill in this State on the same 
range of Sand-hills on which Aiken is situated. I have found only 
a single specimen here. These two Baptisias are very rare, whilst 
B. perfoliata is quite abundant all through the Sand-hill region. 
Elliottia racemosa, MuAz. This plant, which has so far. eluded 
all efforts to procure fruit, is yet very rare. Elliott saysit was first 
discovered near. Waynesborough, Burke Co., Ga., and afterward 
sent from the region of the Oconee. In company with Mr, P. J. 
Berckmans, of Augusta, Ga., I have for two seasons past visited a 
patch of it growing about ten or twelve miles west of Augusta in 
the Sand-hill region. On my first visit in September, 1874, we found 
a large number of the bushes covering perhaps an acre or more, 
varying from four or five to ten feet in height. The old flowering 
stems were still remaining, but not a capsule had been formed, In 
July, 1875, we again visited the place and found the bloom just 
over (some few flowers yet remaining) but not a capsule formed, 
The plants had rather a stunted growth from the poverty of the 
soil and appeared to be offshoots from old roots. The question 
naturally arises, What is the cause of the sterility, and the change of 
condition since the period when it must have been propagated by seed ? 
Carya myristicaeformis, Mchx — Michaux described this 
Hickory from specimens brought to him from the swamps of Goose 
Creek, about fifteen or twenty miles from Charleston. Elliott never 
saw the plant but Petron 4 it in his “Sketches” on Michaux’s 
authority. Many years ago I found several trees growing In swamps 
