42 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 63 
mens of plants were secured, besides small lots of some of the com- 
mon and easily collected animals. Special attention was devoted to 
the mosses, hepatics, and lichens, in which the region abounds, and 
a representative collection of each of these groups was secured. Lists 
of the species of cryptogams have been prepared for publication. 
Fic. 43—Mountain brook near Montreat, 
North Carolina. Photograph by Standley. 
The mountains of North Carolina are of great interest botanically, 
since they support a varied flora, many of whose components are not 
found elsewhere. Western North Carolina was visited by some of 
the earliest American botanists who collected here the types of many 
of the typically mountain plants. Although numerous botanists have 
explored the region, many of its divisions are still unexplored and 
yield rich returns to the collector. 
