2 Botanical Excursion to the Mountains of North Ce 
r iateunats the Ppetbiaing: botanist ers litte 
while ha i the saowntcit on the sateen atiaa we met sg ie 
with Clethra acuminata, a very distinct and almost arborescent — 
species, which is well characterized by Michans: ah he flowers: 
were not yet expanded ; but towards the end of July wi 
from other localities specimens | in- full: ‘ooeeartia e | 
wild, as they are sai y-taning 
before the flower-buds: have attained their: fall size, We also. : 
aie u Campansles divarisale;: Miche. ; ot. yet ive flomoty: and ob- s 
; Michx., a 
parsioremrine Raf, 3 not of Doug.) While the character in Mi- 
_ chaux is drawn from this. species, the ‘planta Canadensis’ there 
mentioned is the nearly allied Dracena borealis of the Hortus = 
Kewensis. The two species are mixed in Michaux’s herbarium ; “ee 
and, although the latter is almost exclusively a northern plant, 
we found the two species growing together on the Grandfather, 
Roan, and other high mountaius of North Carolina. Towards 
the base of the mountain we saw for the first time 
ria of Michaux (Oil-nut, Buffalo-tree, §c. Hi 0 E 
Muhl.); alow shrub which is not of detreteieiie occurrence in’ 
rich shady soil. Its geographical range extends from the Chero- 
kee country on the confines of Georgia, (where the elder. ins 
*SULLIVANTIA. Torrey & ce jl. N. Amer. suppl. ined. 
Calyx. inferne-imo ovario adnatus, limbo quinquefido, Petala . ne sen un- 
gra, summo calycis tubo inserta, marcescen mina 5, laciniis 
cal pclae: _antherse “ger “Styl 3; ears Y  sgioatbos snes 
ostris, polysperm 
of debiscentibdd, Seinina er a scobiformia; testa membra _relaxata, 
aie ultra tpt iar evalem alatim producta. Embryo cylindricus albumine 
vix brevior.—Herba humilis, in rupibus calcareis Ohionis vigens ; radice fibrosa 
perenni; ania Roose ve radicalibus, rotundato-reniformibus, inciso-dentatis sub- 
lo e petiolatis; scapo gracili, decumbente; floribus parvis, (corolla 
conspicua, alba.) agian then Gabsiapiapins post anthesin in apicem pedicellorum arete 
deflexis. 
ae Oxroxss, Seats ? a Meek erga N. Amer. 1. ae 575, 
at 
us 5, cvs aes 
