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meadow-like places (savannahs) to the right and left of 
the road there grow in great abundance insectivorous 
plants, the most interesting members, to the general bi- 
ologist at least, of that rich Wilmington flora made 
known through the labors of Curtis, Wood and other 
systematic botanists. The yellow-flowered pitcher plant, 
Sarracenia flava, dots the savannahs in all directions; 
its great flower (four inches wide) upheld by a scape one 
to two feet, making ita conspicuous object. The fly-trap, 
Dionea, and sun-dew, Drosera, neither in flower at the 
time of my visit, are scattered thickly about. Intermin- 
g@led with these are a blue and yellow species of butter- 
wort, Pinguicula, their bright flowers standing out 
clearly against the (at this time) brownish savannah and 
often leading one to patches of Dion@wa and Drosera, 
which otherwise would have been passed by unnoticed. 
These five insectivorous plants may sometimes be found 
growing together in a little patch of ground, scarcely 
larger than a square foot. 
The topography of the Wrightsville district is that 
characteristic of the Carolina coast, and in a less degree 
of the Southern coast in gezeral. A sound separates the 
mainland from a seaward strip of land, known as the 
‘banks.’ Wrightsville, largely made up of houses occu- 
pied only during the summer, is on the mainland. Oppo- 
site it, on the banks, is a newer summer settlement. 
Between the twe, the sound is crossed by a railroad tres- 
tle, the piles of which afford good collecting. 
The sound something less than-two miles wide, is 
divided into a narrow outer portion, adjoining the banks 
and known as the banks channel, and a wider inner por- 
tion, studded with sandy-mud shoals. The banks chan- 
nel 1s a narrow but pretty boating ground, opening out 
to sea through two inlets, one recently made in a heavy 
storm. Alone the inner edge of the channel lie some ise 
lands, the ‘hammocks,’ wooded with live oaks, about 
