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liu7n polycephalum and Atitennaria platitaginifolia. Of the 

 remaining' Gamopctala; ma}' be noticed Cephalanthtis occident- 

 alism the very abundant little Hoiistonia ccertdea^ Specularia 

 perfoliata^ three or more Lobelias and the two species of C/iima- 

 phila^ species of \acciniu77i ant! Gaylussacia^ the well known 

 and beautiful shrubs Kalmia latifolia and Azalea nudijloram 

 l^ysimachia quadriyolia^ Verbascujn thapsus^ PycnantketJiufn 

 linifoliiim^ Chelone Glabra^ Alinuihis ringens and M. alatus^ 

 Brunella vulgaris^ Hedeoma pzilegioides, Solanum carolin- 

 ense^ species of Gerardia, Alentha^ Asclepias^ Datura and 

 Cuscuta^ Geiitiana a7tdre%vsiim Sabbat ia angiilai'is^ PJiytolacca 

 decand/'a and numerous Polygonums. 



Of Monocotyledons, Ariscc/7ia triphyllu77im ■Sy/7iplocarpus 

 fcetidus^ 0)-o)2tiu7ii aquaticti77im Typha latifolia one or more 

 species of Sagittai'ia and Spii-a/it/ics^ Cypripediiwi acatilc, 

 Hypoxis erccta^ Iris ver7iam Sisyri7icliiin)t aiiceps^ species of 

 S}7iilax^ Erythrotiiiiiii A7nerica7i7C77i, Polygo7iatu77i bijioru77t^ 

 and great numbers of sedges and grasses. Of Ferns, Polypodiu77i 

 vulgare^ Pteris aqitili7ia^ Adiant7(/7i pedaf7i777, Aspidiu77i 

 acrostichoidcs^ O/ioclea se/isibilis and the Osmundas are among 

 those most constantly met with. 



In the warmer southeastern part of Virginia we find also such 

 plants as Jatropha sti/ziulosa^ Yucca Jila77ie7itosam Callicarpa 

 A7nerica7ia Alliu7H striatii/zi^ Hordeu77i pratc7iscm A/7iaryllis 

 atamasco^ A7'U7zdinaria tccta^ Gclse7/iizc7/i se77ipervire7zs, J^iff- 

 TtoTiia capreolata, Berche77iia vohibilis^ and Le7icothoe axillaris,* 

 It is in this part of the State that cotton to some extent is cultivated. 



The characteristics of the Flora of the mountain region are 

 thus described by Mr. Howard Shriver :f •' Owing to the altitude 

 of Southwest Virginia averaging half a mile above sea level, the 

 climate resembles that of the Middle St;ites, many of our plants 

 belonging to Pennsylvania and New York. Whereas, in the 

 same latitude, east of us, near the seashore, the fig ripens its two 

 crops, and plants common to North Carolina are found. Hence 

 it is less necessary to enumerate the prevailing plants, and we 

 shall confine our list to a few that may be regarded characteristic 

 of the Flora. 



* Field and Forest, Vol. Ill, pp. 1 and 151. 



t Resources of South- West Virginia, by C. R. Boyd, E. M., N. Y., 1881, p. 84. 



