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all the petals were replaced by stamens; the plants carpeted the 
ground, covering the stones and spreading everywhere on the 
summit, with Menzzesta ferruginea, Smith, var. globularis, Gray, 
and Potentilla tridentata, Ait. Alnus viridis, DC., and Rhodo- 
dendron Catawbiense, Michx., formed beautiful clumps, like 
prettily planted groups on a lawn, and grow in immense quanti- 
ties. In fact I was disappointed because there were so many of 
these last four plants and so few others. By careful search among 
the bushes on the south slope of the mountain we found Zraut- 
vetterta palmata,, F. and M., in fruit; fine plants of Angelica 
Curtisst?, Buckley, Viola canina, L., var. sylvestris, Regel, and 
V. blanda, Willd.; Prenanthes altissima, L,and P. serpentaria, 
Pursh., var. barbata, Gray; Lobelia syphilitica, L., and Chelone 
glabra, L.; Solidago spithamea, S. patula, S. bicolor, and quantities 
of the cut stems and leaves of Veratrum viride, Ait., which we 
learned had been dug by the natives for the medicinal roots, 
which bring four or five cents a pound. The prettiest of all 
the mountain flowers at this season was the Geum radiatum, 
Michx., with its golden yellow flowers, growing most abundantly 
on the northern slope; and here too we found Geum geniculatum, 
Michx. ; Aspidium spinulosum, Swartz, var. dilatatum, Gray ; Ly- 
copodium Selago, L..; Maianthemum Canadense, Desv., and Cir- 
cea alpina, L. Among the Danthonia on the summit we noticed 
SFuncus articulatus, L., Atra flexuosa, Agrostis rupestris quite 
abundant. We walked down the mountain, preferring this to 
jolting down in the stage. Just as we started down we noted the 
Mountain Ash twenty feet high, in beautiful fruit, with Cornus 
alternifolia, L., and an abundance of Viburnum lantanoides, its 
leaves already turned in their peculiar mottled way. Along the 
path followed by the mail carriers, where the thickets of Rho- 
dodendron maximum, Michx., had been burned through, we saw 
Plantago Rugelii, Gnaphalium purpureum, L.; Warchantia poly- 
morpha, L., and the moss /unaria hygrometrica, Sibth., which 
the French call ‘‘La Charbonniere.” Ferns were numerous and 
the following were noted: Dicksonia pilosiuscula, Willd. ; Adian- 
tum pedatum, L.; Asplenium thelypteroides, Michx.; Aspidium 
acrostichoides, Sw., var. incisum, Gray, and A. spinulosum, Sw., 
var. intermedium, Gray; A. Noveboracense, Sw., and two plants of 
