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its color is not “pale,” but a rather dark yellow. The young 
corolla, scales, etc., correspond to Mr. Matthew’s figures; * but 
one corolla-segment is always narrower than the other four, some- 
times only one-half as broad. This is probably a transition to 
a four-cleft state of the perianth which exists in some species. 
The filaments on the persistent corollas develop so as to appear 
as small segments, carrying out the fringed scale with them. 
Lonicera riava Sims, Bot. Mag. ¢. 13778 (1810). 
Heretofore only two localities for this rare and showy Lonicera 
have been known. According to Sims,t Lonicera flava was dis- 
covered by Mr. Fraser and his son on the exposed and rocky 
Summit of Paris Mountain, South Carolina, noting that they failed 
to find it elsewhere. In 1836 Dr. Boykin found the species in 
the “upper districts of Georgia,” but unfortunately failed to give 
any definite station. In April, 1891, Mrs. J. G. Smith rediscov- 
ered it at the original locality. 
About the middle of April, 1893, I encountered the plant in 
full bloom on the summit of Little Stone Mountain, Georgia. 
This mountain js situated south of Stone Mountain, distant about 
nine miles. It is a flat, granite dome, rising about one hundred 
and fifty feet above the surrounding plain; the slopes are nearly 
bare, consisting of flat, granite pavements, but a small area of the 
top is capped by a layer of sandy soil several feet thick. This is 
Covered by a rather dense growth of shrubs and trees, except the 
highest point, which is several square yards in extent. Here 
three plants of Lonicera flava grow, spreading over the under- 
Shrubs and the ground. The stems are covered with a loose, 
fibrous bark, and root freely at the nodes where they lie on the 
Sround. It is a most handsome plant when in flower, the corolla 
being of a bright, golden color. On a second visit to that region 
i July the abundant fruit was just about maturing. During a 
Month’s exploration of the vicinty no other station was observed 
until my last trip on Stone Mountain, where I came upon several — 
Plants growing in the woods on the northern cliffs of the 
Mountain, oa ; 
SIS are eee 
* Bull. Torr. Club, 20: pi. 164. 
t Bot. Mag. ¢, 1378, 
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