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A Vaccinium (Nos. 980 and 995) does not answer to any of — 
our described species. _The two are different in habit, but evi- 
dently the same species. No. 995 is a low bush not over a foot — 
high, while 980 is a large spreading bush, with wand-like 
branches, ‘six or seven feet high.. Collected June 14th, near 
Franklin, in: fruit only, Without flowering specimens, I will not 
venture to assign a specific to either this or the Gaylussacia. 
‘ VACCINIUM ATROCOCCUM (A. Gray). 
Vaccinium corymbosum var. atrococcum A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, _ 
250 (1856). 
This plant, long since proved to be a very distinct species, 
must bear the name given above, all the others with which it has ; 
‘been associated at different times being homonyms. 
GaLax ApHYLLA L, Sp. Pl. 200 (1753). 
We are often surprised at finding coast plants growing upon 
the higher mountain tops of the South, but here is a reversal of 
affairs. On June 8th this plant was collected about two miles east 
of Suffolk, Nansemond county, less than forty miles from the ex- | 
treme coast line of Virginia. The list of elevations of the N. and 
W.R.R. give Suffolk as 53 feet above sea level. According to 
my own observations in the mountains of North Carolina, the 
__ plant hardly descends to 2,000 feet, and is most abundant at about — 
4,000, rarely being found much higher. Wherever Galax occurs — 
to any extent, there is a peculiar odor, somewhat suggestive of ss 
' polecats. This odor was very noticeable at the Suffolk station. 
/ ASCLEPIAS INCARNATA L., forma ALBIFLORA. 7 2 
In a meadow at Mt. Crawford, Rockingham county, were — 
several plants with white flowers. They were growing at some — 
distance from any having flowers of the ordinary color, and were : 
lower, Stouter and more spreading. Altitude, 1,300 feet. 3 
SABBATIA CALYCINA (Lam). 
Gentiana calycina Lam. Encycl. 2: 638 (1786). 
Chironia dichotoma Walt. Fl. Car..93 (1788). 
Chironia calycosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 147 (1803). 
Sabbatia calycosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 138 (1814). 
At Franklin, in pees —_ but not Pin 
