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and Hamamelis Virgiiiica I found as a chunky tree, measuring: 

 Hfty inches in circumference of trunk. Alnus viridis'DC., Menz- 

 ies'ia globularis Sali.sb., Salix hiimUis Marsh., Vaccinium corymho- 

 sum L. var. pallidum Gray, Yaecinium erythrocarpwn Miehx., 

 LeiophyUuin buxifoliitui Ell., Rihcs rotundifolmm Miohx., make 

 up the small shrubbery. Of herbaceous plants I would mention 

 lllium mperhvm L., justly called so, every one would concede, 

 who had traversed at the beginning of summer those waving 

 mountain-savannahs, in which it abounds. It attains a height of 

 six feet, with jjyramidal racemes bearing as many as twenty-five 

 blossoms. Mekmihimn Virginicum L., a worthy companion^ 

 spreads its enormous panicles at the same time. Other interest- 

 ing objects are Jlclcinf/iiuinparviflorum Gray, Stenanthium angusti- 

 folium Gray, Streptopus rosens Michx., Clintonia umhellaia Jarv.^ 

 Liliiun Grayi Wats., Convallaria majalis L., Herackmn lanatiim 

 Michx., Angelica Curtisii Buckl., Eubus odoratus L., Galium 

 latifolium L., Hypericum graveolens Buckl., Danihonia comprrcssa 

 Aust., Muhlenbergia Willdenovii Tr\n., Detjeuxia Nv.ttallianaYasey.\ 

 Carex trisperma Dew., C. Ksfivalis M. A. Curtis, C.,juncea Willd., 

 Triestum jjuhistre L.. Beschampsia ficxuosa Beau v., Agrostis 

 canina var. rupjestris Chapm., AHpAdima spimdomim Swarz, Dick- 

 sonia pimctilobida Is^uuze, Lycojwdium Selo go L. All the above 

 abound in the Balds. More scattered over the region we find r 

 Sol idago glome rata Michx., infested with Cuscuta rostrcda Shuttel- 

 worth, Aconitwn reclinatum Gray, Belphinivm exaltatum Ait.,. 

 Trautcetteria palmata Fish. & iSIayer, SoHdago spithamca M. A. 

 Curtis, S. monticola Torr. & Gray, Houstonia serppyllijoHa Michx.,. 

 Circcea cdpina L.,Oxalis Aceto.sella L., Vaccinium hirsidum Buckl. ^ 

 Sedum Rhodiola DC, Sdxifraga leucanthemifolia Michx., S. Car- 

 eyana Gray, Paronychia argyrocoma Xutt., Nabalus Roanensis 

 Chick., Viola renifolia Gray, Cordamine Clemotith Shuttelwo.^ 

 Parnassia amrifolia Vent., Krigm montana Xutt., (jcum genicv- 

 latum Michx , G. radiatum Michx., Arenaria glabra Michx. 



Descending into the second region, we find Gaylussacia brachy- 

 cera Gray, and Vaccinium hirsutum Buckl. forming the common 

 undergrowth (on Big Frog Mountain), Gaultheriaprocumbens G., 

 Rhododendron maximum I^., R. calendulaceuin Torr. and R. vis- 

 cosum Torr., Clethra acuminata, Michx. This is the finest pine 

 region of the State. Pinus Strobus L. and Tmga Canadensis 

 Carr. grow tf) the largest dimensions. Pinus pungens Michx., 

 intermixed with P. rigida Mill., predominates in .several districts 

 in the Big Smoky Mts., while P. mitis Michx. and P. inops are 

 more at home on the lower spurs. 



Moi.st and shady ravines, in which humus accumulates, suits- 



