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possess stigmatic papilla (fig. 41). The brush hairs (fig. 42) are 
short and obtuse. The style of the pistillate flowers is two-cleft. 
The branches are slightly tapering, the stigmatic papilla cover 
the greater part of both faces (fig. 43). The papillae are small 
and obtuse (fig. 44). 
(To be continued). 
Notes onthe Flora of North Carolina, 
By A. A. HELLER. : 
The morning of June 19, 1890, found me in the ‘‘ Old North 
State,’ whither my imagination for many months past had carried 
me almost daily. 
On the road to my headquarters near Heilig’s Miil post-office, 
twelve miles south of Salisbury, many things besides the heat of 
the sun indicated that I was in a part of the world which was new 
to me. 
Ripe blackberries in June were a novelty, and one that claimed 
my attention from an internal point of view. Great bunches of 
the brick-red flowers of Tecoma radicans, Juss., were plentiful 
along the road, and so were those of the pretty, purple-rayed 
Passifiora incarnata, L. But the prettiest of all was Schrankia 
angustata, T. and G., with its heads of pink flowers. 
On the 20th I did my first collecting, on the road from Salis- 
bury to Heilig’s Mill. Polygala Curtissii, Gray, was just coming. 
into bloom, and a few plants of Sz/ene Virginica, L., and Asclepias 
verticillata, L., were found. A plentiful supply of Bupleurum 
rotundifolium, L., was obtained at one place, and a stop of a few 
minutes at the “Rocks,” six miles south of Salisbury, added 
Ilysanthes refracta, Benth., and Utricularia cornuta, Mx., to my 
list. 
On the 21st I made an expedition with the “ Parson” to his 
Bear Creek congregation, twelve miles farther south, and while 
he was dispensing spiritual food in the shape of catechism, I ex- 
plored the vicinity. Some of the more important results were: 
_ A fruiting specimen of Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr. 
Coreopsis senifolia, Mx., which was plentiful, several specimens 
each of Clitoria Mariana, L., and the short, erect form’of 7 ephrosia 
