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or ( "anliiMct'iH' (( "oiiipositac) were ohscrv nl : 



Lui-iiiiirin .iftiriusii fi<iniirriili)sii. Siliiliunn minjidsilinii. 



Ij(triii(iri(i ijrinniiiifi)li(t. ('liri/so/isiK i/nuiiiiiifoliti. 



Knii'ihiriniii (ilhiini. Cliriisi)j)sij< iiKirliniu. 



EniiittiirUuii arotnntiruin. Asirr it)i<hU<itns. 



I'lirtliriiiiiw iutegrifolimn. Asin- uikIuIiiIiix iUvcrxifnUnx. 



.Stilidago odora. Axler rfuuploHornn. 



Solidago iiemorali.'<. Aster patcnif. 



Sericorarpus hifoliotus. AMer n(igitiifoliu». 



Scrkocarpus asleroidfs. Aster laeds. 



These are all characteristic of open situations on the stciilc rocky 

 ridtivs. The asters were of stunted o-rowtli. On these siiinniits two 

 conditions prevail, namely, rocky rid<,^es without nuich soil support- 

 ing a xerophile or rupestrian flora, and depressions with a moist deeper 

 soil supporting a mesophih* flora. 



With the disappearance of the lono--leaf pine the deciduous-leaved 

 trees make their appearance, the same which also form laroely the tree 

 coverino- of the lower mountain rido-es,with their dry l»ut luoi-e o-ener- 

 ous soil. The flora becomes more varied and types characteristic of 

 these rocky heights more numerous. On their clift-bound brow P/'U7ius 

 serotlna neo-montana makes its appearance. This variety of the wild 

 cherry is at once distinguished from the tvpe by its low stature, scarcely 

 exceeding 25 or 30 feet; by the stem, which is somewhat crooked with 

 the ))ark rough; the wide-spreading slender ])ranches, which are slightly 

 drooping ; its l)roader, thick leaves, with a tine close pubescence 

 beneath, and its rigid horizontally spreading racemes, the berries 

 ripening in August. This tree was first observed in Alabama, in 1892, 

 on the sunnnit of the Alpine Mountains, near the signal station (1,900 

 feet), on the same range near Renfroe, nearly 1,000 feet lower, and on 

 the sunuTiit of Chehawhaw Mountain, 2,400 feet. On the exposed cliffs 

 forming the escarpment of the last Lo7ilce7'a jlava was found, trailing 

 abundantly over the rocks, associated with Ruhus villosus {B. cana- 

 densw authors) and Sniilax rotundifolia. It is also found on the 

 lower ridges of the Alpine Mountains, near Renfroe, at an elevation 

 of about 1,000 feet, and confined to a few localities on the eastern 

 Alleghenian ranges in South Carolina and Georgia at similar altitudes. 

 rranus mjacunda^ a low, straggling shrub latel}' described from 

 northwestern Georgia, and Vitls hicolor\ or Le Conte's grape, are not 

 infre(iuently met with on Chehawhaw INIountain, as well as on other 

 sununits of the metamorphic region (Alpine Mountains, 1,900 feet) 

 and on the highest of the Coosa hills (Anniston, 1,000 feet). Le 

 Conte's grape is recognized at first sight bv the long stems of a bright 

 reddish-brown (rufous) color stretching from rock to rock and over- 

 hanging the clitis, the leaves sharply lobed, with deep narrow sinuses, 



