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ing the summer of 1896, I was surprised to find the species both 

 on the slopes and summit of Paris Mountain near Greenville, and 

 on the slopes of Table Mountain. At the former locality it oc- 

 curred at an altitude of about 500 metres, and on Table Mountain 

 it ranged from 800-900 meters. Its characters hold perfectly. 



LoNiCERA FLAVA Sims. Bot. Mag.,//. 1318. 1 8 10. 



About two years ago I recorded* several new localities for this 

 handsome honeysuckle. Further exploration of the southern end 

 of the Blue Ridge has revealed additional stations. In the sum- 

 mer of 1894 I found some bushes on the upper slopes of Currahee 

 Mountain, an isolated peak nearToccoa, Georgia, and a little later 

 noticed several bushes on Stone Mountain. During the past sum- 

 mer I collected it on Paris Mountain, South Carolina, the original 

 locality, where it grows at several points along the rocky summit, 

 and later discovered a new station on the precipitous cliffs of Table 

 Mountain, in the same state. At the latter place the shrubs were 

 more robust and vigorous than at any of the other stations. 



The finest flowering specimens I have ever seen were sent me 

 by Mr. A. M. Huger, who secured them on Tyron Mountain, Polk 

 County, North Carolina, last spring. Mr. Huger's discovery ex- 

 tends the range of the species into another state, but although we 

 now have specimens showing the species to range from North 

 Carolina to Georgia, it is not common at any of the localities, a 

 few bushes only existing at the different places, 



II. The Genus Gaylussacia in the Southern States. 



During several seasons I have had ample opportunity to study 

 this imperfectly understood group in the field and have made ob- 

 servations on all except one of the species recognized in the ap- 

 pended revision. As far as I can see, the forms hitherto con- 

 sidered as varieties of other species are abundantly distinct and 

 should be treated as species. Mr. Nash came to the same con- 

 clusion during his field-work in Florida. The diagnostic char- 

 acters are brought out in the following key and descriptions. 



* Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 305. 



