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the Little Catawba to Lincolnton. In the early part of May 

 he revisited Linville Mountain, the Yellow Mountain, the 

 Roan, and some others, and then descended Doe River and 

 the Holston to Knoxville, Tennessee. Thence, crossing the 

 Cumberland Mountains, and a wilderness one hundred and 

 twenty miles in extent, he arrived at Nashville on the lGth of 

 June, at Danville, Kentucky, on the 27th, and at Louisville 

 on the 20th of July. In August he ascended the Wabash to 

 Vincennes, crossed the country to the Illinois River, and de- 

 voted the months of September, October, and November to 

 diligent herborizations along the course of that river, the 

 Mississippi, the lower part of the Ohio, and throughout the 

 country included by these rivers. In December he descended 

 the Mississippi in a small boat to the mouth of the Ohio, and 

 ascended the latter and the Cumberland to Clarksville, which 

 he reached on the 10th of January, 1796, after a perilous 

 voyage in the most inclement weather. Leaving that place 

 on the 16th, he arrived at Nashville on the 19th of January ; 

 and after making a journey to Louisville and back again, he 

 started for Carolina at the close of February, crossed the 

 Cumberland Mountains early in March, reached Knoxville on 

 the 8th, Greenville on the 18th, Jonesborough on the 19th, 

 and on the 22d crossed the Iron Mountains into North 

 Carolina, descended Cane Creek (which rises in the Roan), 

 and spent several days in exploring the mountains in the 

 vicinity, with his former guide, Davenport. In April he re- 

 turned to Charleston by his usual route ; and on the 13th of 

 August embarked for Amsterdam in the ship Ophir. This 

 vessel was wrecked on the coast of Holland, on the 10th of 

 October, and Michaux lost a part of the collections he had 

 with him ; on the 23d of December, 1796, he arrived at Paris 



Hence some confusion has arisen respecting the locality of this interesting 

 plant, since there is both a Flat Rock and a village named Camden in 

 North Carolina, although the two are widely separated. After all, 

 Pursh's habitat, " on flat rocks in North Carolina, and elsewhere," proves 

 sufficiently correct, since Mr. Nuttall himself, and also Mr. Curtis and 

 others, have subsequently obtained it in such situations near Salisbury in 

 that State, and Dr. Leavenworth found it abundantly throughout the upper 

 district of Georgia. 



