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small growth ; Dog-wood (Cornus florida), Red or Scarlet Maple 
(Acer rubrum), Swamp Laurel (Magnolia glauca), with a luxuriant 
undergrowth of Kalmia latifoiia, and K. angustifolia, Clethra 
alnifolia, Lyonia paniculata, Hudsonia ericoides, Honey-suckle, 
Azalea mediflora, Sweet Fern, Comptonia aspleniifolia, Button 
Bush, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Leiophyllum buaifolium, Aseyrum 
Cruz Andree? and À. stans., Gay-Lussacia (Vaccinium), fron- 
dosa? now in full ripe fruit of a glaucous colour, and agreeable 
flavour; Candle-berry (Myrica cerifera), with many other ligneous 
plants of more general occurrence. Of the smaller and herbaceous 
plants were remarked Xyris caroliniana, Iris versicolor (out of 
flower), Cyperus mariscoides, Eriocaulon decangulare (extremely 
common), Bartonia (Centaurella) paniculata, Pin-weed (Lechea 
minor), Sabbatia 2; a Carex, of which I collected ripe 
seeds, Orontium aquaticum, Pontederia cordata, Nymphaea 
odorata, Gratiola aurea, Hypericum angulosum, prolificum, 
Sarothra, mutilum and Canadense. Of Orchidaceæ we picked 
Habenaria flava, and a Spiranthes (probably S. cernua) was seen 
growing remarkably tall and luxuriant out of the swamps, but 
wholly inaccessible from the heavy rains of the earlier summer, 
which much impeded our attempts at exploring these morasses. 
Two beautiful Polygale, P. purpurea and P. lutea, were collected, 
the latter with its lovely bright orange (not yellow) flowers in 
dense terminal heads, was abundant in many places, and is one 
of those southern species which, with certain others common to a 
lower latitude, range along the east coast far beyond their ordinary 
limits, being favoured by the moderating influence of the ocean 
on the climate, and the facility afforded to their migration north- 
ward, by the uniformity of soil, surface, and other physical con- 
ditions of the great Atlantic Plain. 
I was surprised at the dearth of animated objects on this day’s 
journey. Birds were very scarce, as I found them to be generally 
over the United States, at least as compared with the number of 
species and individuals in England. A few Blue-birds (Mota- 
cilla sialis), and Partridges (Tetrao virginianus), were almost the 
only kinds of the feathered tribes seen, and these but seldom. 
