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west coast, and agreeing completely with the figure of Swartz, 
(in Weber et Mohr, Beitrage zur Naturkunde, 1. 1805, p. 2, 
t. 1), and the recent one of Hooker's Flora Boreali- Americana. 
It is difficult to conceive why Willdenow should cite the 
Ophrys cordata of Michaux, under the Epipactis conval- 
larioides of Swartz, while there is so little accordance in 
their characters; but this has not prevented Pursh from 
combining the specific phrase of the two authors into one, 
while he assigns a locality (New Jersey), where the Listera 
convallarioides certainly does not grow. The Rev. Mr. Curtis, 
I believe, first detected the plant on these mountains. 
The next day (July 1st), we crossed the Iron Mountains 
(the great chain which divides the States of North Carolina 
and Tennessee, and which here forms the north-western 
boundary of Grayson County, Virginia), by Fox-Creek Gap, 
and traversing the numerous tributaries of the North Fork of 
New River, which abundantly water this sequestered region, 
we slept a few miles beyond the boundary of North Carolina, 
after a journey of nearly thirty miles. It must not be ima- 
gined that we found hotels or taverns for our accommodation, 
as, except at Ashe Court-House, we saw no place of public 
entertainment, from the time we left the valley of Virginia, 
until we finally erossed the Blue Ridge, and quitted the 
mountain region. Yet we suffered little inconvenience on 
this account, as we were cordially received at the farm-houses 
along the road, and entertained, according to the means and 
ability of the owners, who seldom hesitated either to make a 
moderate charge, or to accept a proper compensation for their 
hospitality, which we therefore did not scruple to solicit from 
time to time. On the Iron Mountains we met with nearly 
all the species we had collected during the previous day, and 
with a single additional plant of much interest, viz., the Boy- 
kinia aconitifolia (Nutt.). We found it in the greatest luxu- 
nance and abundance on the southern side of the mountain, 
near the summit, along the rocky margins of a small brook, 
Which for a short distance were completely covered with the 
plant. It here attains the height of two feet or more ; the 
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