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be identical with the European plant. It extends from the 
mountains of Virginia to Georgia, where it was long ago 
noticed by the younger Bartram. We also collected a hand- 
some Phlox, of frequent occurrence in rich woods, which 
differs from P. Carolina (with which it has perhaps been 
confounded) in its perfectly smooth stem, and broader, less 
pointed calyx-teeth. The leaves are sometimes an inch in 
width, and four or five in length; the uppermost often ovate- 
lanceolate, and more or less cordate at the base. 
A species of Carex, nearly allied to C. gracillima, occurs 
in the greatest abundance on all the higher mountains of 
North Carolina, forming tufts on the earth or on rocks, and 
flowering throughout the summer. On this account it is 
called C. septi by Mr. Curtis, who discovered it several 
years since, and pointed out its characters. We also met 
with C. canescens, Linn. ex Boott, (C. Buxbaumii, Wahl), and 
C. conoidea, (Schk.), on the moist, grassy brow of a precipice 
* C. estivalis (M. A. Sig Ag ined.) : spicis 3-5 gracilibus laxifl berectis, 
infima pedunculata, ceteris subsessilibus, suprema androgyna inferne mascula, 
bracteis inferioribus foliaceis vix vaginantibus superioribus setaceis, perigyniis 
ovoideis trigonis basi apiceque acutiusculis obsolete nervosis Ling ore subin- 
= m 
scenti ad 
Hab. in montibus altioribus Carolinz Sas binis ubique. Julio—Au- 
oribus, vaginis infimis pubescentibus ; bracteis vix vaginantibus 3 spicis angu usti- 
oribus et laxifloris med cM brevissime pedunculatis; acheniis ob- 
longo-ovoideis magis sti 
The figure of C. gr lieb in » Prof. Künze's Supplement to Schkuhr’s Carices, 
is ex cellent; except that the immature perigynia are represented with more 
be i 
To this g 
most extensive in the vegetable kingdom after Senecio, Mr. Sullivant has 
recently added another species, an account of which may be ap nded to this 
note. As Dr. Boott had already dedicated it to the zealous discoverer, without 
being aware that ue latter had distributed it under another name, I trust I may 
as 
dricis erectis p —— — poribus contiguis, infima 
remota longe p 3 ibus, y perigyniis € me 
brevirostratis emarginatis pellucido-punct i. 
is Squamam ovatam ciliatam hisp ido-mucronatam subiequanti tibus. 
“ Culmus bipedalis, gracilis, triqueter pilis albis sparsis longis scabriusculus, 
pars spicas gerens 2-9 uncialis. Folia 2 lin. lata, culmo breviora, margini ibus 
