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of the Watauga. At one place I picked up a single plant of 
Chelone obliqua, L., and further on, near the foot of Grandfather, 
a plant of Corallorhiza multiflora, Nutt., which is not at all plen- 
tiful in that section, and I believe never found before in North 
Carolina, although it has been oe ute from Tennessee by Dr. 
Gattinger. 
Climbing Grandfather is a feat not to be despised, ‘especially 
by one who is trying such a thing for the first time. It was slow 
and toilsome work, but soon a little inspiration was given by the 
finding of a patch of Goodyera repens, (L.), R. Br. 
About half way up is what may be termed the moss belt, for 
the ground, trunks of trees, logs and rocks, are covered with a 
thick cushion of moss, and growing in it was Oxalis Acetosella, 
L., with its pretty pink-veined petals. 
A half mile from the summit is a spring of almost ice-cold 
water, which flows from the base ofa large cliff. Here was Carex 
canescens, L., var. alpicola, Wahl., and Glyceria elongata, (Torr.), 
Trin., hitherto reported only from Roan. 
What we may call the first landing of the summit was covered 
with Saxifraga leucanthemifolia, Mx., and Clintonia borealis 
(Ait.), Raf. From the spring until almost to the summit, were 
large patches of Chelone Lyoni, Pursh, its pink-purple flowers mak- 
ing a very pretty appearance. Monarda didyma, L., was also well 
represented, while upon the summit was an abundance of dwarf 
Aster acuminatus, Mx. 
Streptopus roseus (Pers.), Mx., Diphylleta cymosa, Mx., Hy- 
drangea arborescens, L., and Viburnum lantanoides, Mx., were 
found at different points along the trail. But the crowning point 
was the finding of Aconitum reclinatum, Gray, a short distance 
below the spring. 
The wet weather interfered much with my collecting, for it 
rained during the greater part of the time that I spent in the 
mountains. Nevertheless I managed to do a little collecting 
around Blowing Rock, and on the eastern slope of the mountain 
found Letophyllum buxifolium (Berg.), Ell., Microstylis untfolia 
(Mx.), B.S.P., two plants of Corallorhiza multiflora, Nutt., Habe- 
narta ciliaris, (L.), R. Br., and a slender, large-leaved form of 
Gnothera fruticosa, L. 
