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and Haiiiainclis X^iriiinica J foiiiid as a chunky tree. ii)<'a>uriiiii- 

 iiftv inches in circiimtcrt'ncc ol* trunk. Ainiis rir'nli.s \)i\, Menz- 

 ienia globular I X Salisb., Sal'i.r hu mills Mar>h.. Vdrrlnhnn coryniho- 

 sum L. \ai-. i>(i//i<Juiit (iray, \'(ir('i)iiuiii < rf/f/irocai jjHih Mit-hx., 

 Lciophijl/iiiii /jii.rifo/iiiin Klh, H'iIxh rahtiulifo/imn Midix., make 

 ii[) the small shrnhbcrv. Ot" hd'haccons plants I wouhl mention 

 liiium ii\ij)('rl)iiiii L., jii^tlv called so, every one would concede, 

 who had trav(M\sed at the bcuiuniiii;- of siiiumer those wavinj^ 

 mountain-savannahs, in which it abounds. It attains a hei^lit of 

 six feet, with pyramidal racemes Ix^arinu^ a- many as twenty-live 

 blossoms. Mekmthiuin Virginicinn L.. a worthy comjmnion, 

 spreads its enormous j)anicles at the same time. Other interest- 

 ing objects are Melant hi am pan ijionnn Gray , SUnduthiitin (ingnsti- 

 folium Gray, Slrcp(oj)U.s roftcUf'i ^lichx., Qintouia JiinhdUiia .larv., 

 Liiium Grayi Wats., Convcdlaria inajalifi I^., Hvravlmui lanatum 

 Michx., Angelica Curtisii Buckl., Kubus odoratns L., (ialium 

 latifolinm L., Hypericum gravcolcns Bi\ck]., Daiif/iouia compnssa 

 Aust., Muhlenbergia WilldenorilTnn., Dcyeuxia XuiUiUiana Vasey, 

 Carex trisperma Dew., C. o'sfivalis M. A. Curtis, C.,7<njcm Willd., 

 Triestmn 'paJustre Ij., Be.Hc/iampsia flc.vuosa l^eanv., Agrosti.s 

 canina. var. rupestrix Q\\i\\)\\\., Aspidinm sj/iuulosum Swar/, Dick- 

 sonia punctilobula \\\\uzq, Jjycopodium Selago Ij. All the above 

 abound in the Balds. More scattered over the region we fnul : 

 Sol idago glome rata Michx., infested with Cnscnfa rosfrafa Shuttel- 

 worth, Aconitum redinatum Gray, Delphinium exalfotinn Ait., 

 Trautcetteria palmafa Fish. c\j ^laycv, Sol idago .ij)ithaima M. A. 

 Curtis, -S'. monticola Torr. ct Gray, IJousfoma serppyllij'olia Michx., 

 Circcea alpina L.,0.valif< Acetosella L., ]'acciuiiim hirsutum liuekl., 

 Sedum Rhodiola DC, Sa.vifraga leucanthemifoUa Michx., >'. Car- 

 eyana Gray, Paronychia argyrocoma Nutt., Nabalus Hoamttfti.^ 

 Chick., Viola renifolia Gray,' Cardamine CbimdHis ^hwWeWo., 

 Parnassia asarifolia Vent., Krigia montana Nutt.. (ninn gotiru- 

 latum Michx , (r. radiafum Miclix., Arniaria glabra Michx. 



Descending into the second region, we tin<l (,'aylassacia brarhu- 

 cera Gray, and Vacciniiim hirsutum l^nckl. forming the comm(»n 

 undergrowth (on Big Frog Mountain), (iaultlwria procumbnis G., 

 Rhododendron maximum L., R. c(dendulaceitm Torr. and R. via- 

 cosumTorw, Clefhra acuminata, Michx. This is the finest pine 

 region of the State. Pinus Sfmbus L. and Tsuga Canadensis 

 Carr. grow to the largest dimensions. Pinus j,ungrns Michx., 

 intermixed with /'. rif/idc Mill., predominates in several di.stricts 

 in the Big Smoky Mts., while I\ ndfis Mi.-hx. an<l V. in<»p-^ are 

 more at home on the lower spurs. 



Moist and shadv ravines, in wliidi humu^ a<'cnmulates. Miits 



