of Neil' Hampshire. 43 



being constantly irrigated by the clouds which embrace them, 

 and by the tiickhug of water over their roots from the eminences 

 above. 



The following list contains most of the plants, whi;.'h we found 

 on the uppermost or bald portion of the mountain. For a con- 

 siderable increase of the collection, I am indebted to ray friend 

 Mr. F. Boott, whose botanical • zeal induced him to imdertake a 

 second visit to the siminiit in August. Injiouer, 



Aira melicoides. Mx. . . . . . . Aug. 25. 



Arenaria glabra. Mx. . . . . . . Aug. 25. 



Arenaria seu Stellaria — cn-de angvlosc; foiiis ol- 

 longis, acutis, enervihu^; pedunadis solitariis 

 elongatis; flonlus apctalis. . . . . Aug. 25. 



Azalea Lapponica. L. . . . . . . July 2. 



Azalea procumbens. L. , , . , . . July 2. 



Bartsia pallida. L. . . .. .. .. August 25. 



Betula lutea. Mx. nana. 



Campanula rotundifolia. L. , . . . August 25. 



Cardamine rotundifolia. Jllx. . . , . July 2. 



Carex curta. Willd. ., .. .. August 25. 



Carex csspitosa. L. . . . . July and August. 



Coptis trifolia. Snliib. . . . . . . July 2. 



Coru'is Canadensis. L. . . . . . . July 2. 



Diapensia Lapponica. L. . . . . July and August. 



Epilobium alpinuni. L. .. .. .. August 25. 



Empetrum nigrum. L. . . . . . . August 3#. 



Geuni Peckii. Piirsh. . . . . July and August. 



IIolcus monticola — glumis trijloris, Iiermaphro- 

 dilo inter medio diandrn, rnascuUs later ulihus 

 triaJidris, valvula exteriore dono aristata. July 2. 



Houstonia coerulea. L. .. .. .. July 2. 



Juncus mclanocarpus. Mx. . . . . . . July 2. 



Juncus spicatus. L. . . . . . . August 25. 



Kahnia glauca. L. .. .. .. .. July 2. 



Ledum latifolium. Ait. . . . . July and August. 



Lycopodium luciduluni. Mx. 

 Mi'Iica trillora — villo.ia, panicula coarctala, ghi- 

 mis Irifloris, corpuiculo accessor io ; Jloaculis 

 aristutls. , . . , . . . . . . August. 



^fen/.icsia coerulea. Sivz. (Erica, IVilld.) July 2. 



Oxycoccus vulgaris. Vers. . . . . July and August. 



Pinus nigra. L. nana. 



Pinus baisamea. L. nana. 



Polygonum viviparum. Willd. .. .. August 25. 



Potentilla tridcntata. Ait. . . . . . • July. 



lUibus '-axatilis. L. , , . . ,, August 25. 



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