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, with larger flowers than usual, a more upright 
and hinirteired variety of Hedyotis serpyllifolia, Ginothera 
glauca 6., Senecio Balsamita, Rudbeckia triloba, and a dwarf 
variety of R. laciniata, Liatris spicata, Cacalia atriplicifolia, : 
Cynthia Virginica, Aster acuminatus, Solidago bicolor, S. spi- A 
thamea, Curtis in Torr. & Gr. fl. ined., a very distinct dwarf : 
species, S. Curtisii, Torr. & Gir. l. c. not yet in flower, and S. 
glomerata in the same state as at Grandfather Mountain ; also 
amayrage erent aio: telephioides, Heuchera vil- 
losa, Polypodium 
previously noticed, 
The only tree is Abies F'raseri, a few dwarf specimens of akich 
extend into the open ground of the summit; and the following 
are all the shrubs which we observed, viz. Diervilla trifida, 
Menziesia globularis, Vaccinium erythrocarpum, Rhododendron 
Catawbiense, forming very dense clumps, Leiophyllum serpylli- 
folium, Sorbus Americana, two to four feet high, Crategus 
punctata only a foot in height, Pyrus arbutifolia var. melano- 
carpa, Ribes rotundifolium ; and a low and much-branched spe- 
cies of Alder, which Mr. Curtis proposes to call Alnus Mitchelli- 
ana, in®honor of Professor Mitchell ; but we fear it may prove to 
be a variety of what we deem the A. crispa, Ait. from the moun- 
tains of New York, New Hampshire, &c., and Newfoundland, 
although it has more rounded leaves, with the lower surface 
nearly glabrous, except the primary veins; while in the former 
(to which the names of A. crispa and A. undulata are not very 
appropriate, ) the leaves are often, but not always, somewhat vel- 
vety-pubescent beneath.. To our list must be added an appa- 
rently undescribed species of Vaccinium, first noticed by Mr. 
Constable.* We made a —— visit to the other seins sum- 
- 5 ¥ Stereos Consrabret (spec. noe) ae aerate foliis deciduis ovalibus pall 
eUUIAaLY vel ob- 
soletissime séerrulatis ciliatis, racemis brevigaimis sessilibus, bracteis squamaceis 
eaducis, corollis brevissime cylindricis, antheris inclusis muticis, ovariis 10- 
parvis A 
locularibus, loculis pluri-ovulatis. 4 
In summo jugo * Roan rime weer ie a aR OM HO . 
