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MEMOIRS 



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TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB. 



VoL II. 



No. 2 



NOTES ON THE SPRING FLORA OF SOUTH- 



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WESTERN VIRGINIA, 



By Anna Murray Vail. 



Plates III and IV. 



1 A long, dusty ride in the latter part of May, from Wash- 



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ington to Roanoke, was the beginning of our trip to Virginia. 

 The country was interesting all the way, but the fleeting 

 glimpses we had of strange plants and trees were, from a 

 botanical point of view, more of an aggravation than a pleas- 

 ure. During a short stop at Culpeper, Crepis pulchra * was 

 gathered close to the tracks — a novelty in the line of in- 

 troduced plants. 



Roanoke, one of the most rapidly growing industrial towns 

 in Virginia, is situated in a hollow closely surrounded by 

 wooded foot-hills, and beyond them by the higher forest- 

 clad ranges of the Blue Ridge, prominent among which are 

 the twin sugar-loaf-shaped Peaks of Otter. 



A short walk late in the afternoon of our arrival brought 

 us to the high, rocky banks of the Roanoke River, where the 



* Crepis pulchra^ L. Sp. PL, 8o6. Another European Composite to be added 

 to our long list of introduced plants. It was observed in large quantities along 

 the railroad, and has been determined by Dr. Porter. The specimens exactly 

 match those from continental Europe. — N. L, B. 



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