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of head waters of Cooper River, not far from Black Oak on the 
SanteeCanal. Ihave also received nuts taken from a tree on Cooper 
River. It seems to be rare and quite limited in range. 
Quercus Georgiana, Crrtis—In 1848, whilst on a visit to Stone 
Mountain, Ga, I found this Oak growing abundantly along the 
road up the mountain. It is rather bushy in habit, and not ex- 
ceeding eight to ten feet in height. The species was described and 
named from my specimens, and [I have never heard of its being 
found elsewhere. 
Eriocaulon Ravenelii, Chapman.—This species was described 
by Dr. Chapman in his Flora of the Southern States, from specimens 
collected by me, many years ago near Pinopolis, a small village, 
not far from Monck’s Corner on the North-Eastern Railroad, and 
about thirty miles north of Charleston, Like its congeners this 
was found in low, wet, grassy places. I have never been able to 
procure any more of it, and the only specimens are those sent to 
Prof. Gray and Dr. Chapman, besides those in my own herbarium. 
It would probably be overlooked for the more common Lachnocaulon 
Michauzxii. 
Cyperus Iria, Z.—This Cyperus (probably introduced) is found 
in damp roadsides and ditches about the neighborhood of Black 
Oak in St. Johns, Berkeley. I have also seen it on the road not far 
from Charleston. | cor y 
Nitella praelonga, 4. Braun.—l found this plant, in 1878, grow- 
ing submerged in the old Santee Canal, some two or three miles 
above Black Oak. It was sent to Dr. Engelmann and by him for- 
warded to Prof. Braun, who described and named it as above. The 
locality is now lost, as the old Santee Canal (cut nearly one hun- 
dred years ago to connect the Santee and Cooper rivers) has been 
abandoned since the opening of the North-Eastern Railroad. It 
may possibly be found in still waters in the vicinity. My specimens 
were collected in June, when in bloom. 
AIKEN, 5. C, H. W. Ravenen 
. § 84. Dr. Torrey’s First Trip to the Pines. 
The members of the Torrey Botanical Club and the readers of 
its Bui.etin will be interested, we are sure, in the following 
characteristic letter, the original of which is in possession of the 
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. It was written by 
Dr. Torrey in his 22d year, just after he had prepared for pub- 
heation his Catalogue of the Plants of the vicinity of New York. 
In connection with Dr. Torrey’s remarks upon the original locality 
of the Schizexa, it is not amiss to state that with the specimens of 
that fern in the Herbarium of the Lyceum of Natural History, are 
the following notes, the first in the hand-writing of Dr. Torrey—the 
second in that of the lamented Wm. Cooper: — 
“First discovered by Dr. C. W. Eddy, near Quaker Bridge, in 
the pine-barrens of New Jersey, about fifty miles from Philadel- 
hia. Dr. E. was in company with J. Leconte, Pursh and C. Whit- 
ow, and though he and Mr, Leconte found all the specimens, Pursh 
has claimed the honor of the discovery himself. Torrey and 
Coopsr, 1818.” 
