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On the western slope, facing the head-waters of John’s river, 
were Leucothoé recurva, Gray, Pyrus arbutifolia (L.), L.f., and a 
few plants of Asplenium montanum, L. 
Goodyera pubesceus (Willd.), R. Br., was also found on the 
mountain top. 
On the Ist of August, taking advantage of the clear weather, 
I started for Table Rock, thirty-five miles distant. For ten miles 
I followed the banks of John’s river, and then turned to the right, 
going across the mountains by way of Wilson’s creek and Pied- 
mont Spring. Fora part of the distance the road is a mere path, 
and the way of the traveler is hard, especially when there are no 
foot bridges, and the only thing that can be done is to “ pull off” 
and wade. 
In the woods along the mountain road were occasional plants 
of Tipularia unifolia (Muhl.), B.S.P., at one place a bush of Py- 
rularia oletfera, Gray, and on the crest of Long Mountain a pa jx = 
of what seems to be a mountain form of Liatris graminifolia, 
Willd. This, and two from Blowing Rock, one of which has 
turned out to be a new species, [ have sent out as L. spicata (L.), 
Willd. 
' The summit of Table Rock was reached late in the afternoon 
ofthe second day. This rock-capped mountain is a peculiar place, 
and a magnificent view can be had from it. 
Less than an hour is a very little time to spend at such a place, 
but yet I managed to find some interesting things. One of the 
first things that met my eye was Scleria triglomerata, Mx. 
Zygadenus leimanthoides, Gray, was plentiful, as was also Vaccin- 
zum corymbosum, L., var. pallidum (Ait.), Gray. On the very sum- 
mit were Pyrus nigra (Marsh.), Sargent, only a few inches high, 
but fruiting abundantly, Hypericum prolificum, L., with broader 
leaves than usual, Calopogon tuberosu (L.), B.S.P., and Xerophyl- 
lum asphodeloides (L.), Spreng. 
It seems to me that the top of a mountain almost 4000 feet 
above sea level is a strange place to find some of the things men- 
tioned above. 
Another visit to Grandfather on the 11th of August, while on 
the road to Roan, added Letophyllum buxifolium (Berg.), EIl., 
var. prostratum, Gray, Solidago glomerata, Mx., Geum genicula- 
