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only fleeting glimpses. Most noticeable was Senecio aureus, var. 
angustifolius and a showy Pentstemon. 
Early the following morning we left for Danville, which is lo- 
cated on the State line of Virginia and North Carolina. Seeing 
many attractive things from the cars, we decided to leave the 
train about ten miles above Danville and spend the day in collect- 
ing. The weather was wonderfully hot and water scarce in the 
same degree, only one spring being met with during the day. 
But some thirty species were collected. 
On a wooded bank was Polygala Senega in fruit; Cypripedium 
pubescens was still flowering, and Senecio aureus, var. angusti- 
folius, formed large golden patches everywhere. In a shaded 
hollow we came across a number of both staminate and pistillate 
plants of Chamelirium luteum, while in the exposed places a ro- 
bust form of Pentstemon levigatus flourished. On the sandy 
shore of the Dan River were patches of Sagina decumbens and in 
one place a tangled mass of Vicia angustifolia, var. Bobartit. 
Late in the evening our journey was continued, and Salis- 
bury, N. C., was reached after midnight. Our destination lay 
about twelve miles from there, but we were. compelled to wait 
until three o’clock the following afternoon for transportation. 
During the middle of the day, to one not used to it, the heat 
in that section is almost unendurable, so the time was spent 
in trying to keep cool. 
A hot ride to the village of Gold Hill brought us to the end 
of the railroad accommodations. From this place a conveyance 
was to transport our baggage to Heilig’s Mill P. O., but it failed 
to appear. Shouldering our collections and baggage, except the 
trunks, and going to the village to get our bearings, we were told 
the interesting news that the proper station had been passed. 
However, they said it was between two and three miles to Heilig’s 
Mill. The ability of some of the Southern natives to tell what is 
not true is amazing 
Interesting vegetation lined the way. Vaccinium arboreum 
‘in flower was scattered all through the pine woods, Castilleía coc- 
` cinea covered the meadows and swamps, and here and there dif- 
ferent species of Crategus would appear. Filago Germanica and 
Marshallia lanceolata, var. platyphylla, were not so common. 
