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together comfortable at the thought of being overtaken by it. 
But it kindly passed off on the other side. 
On the summit, at an elevation of 6,000 feet, were Clintonia 
borealis, Pyrus nigra, Ribes prostratum, etc. Letoph (Шит buxi- 
folium, var. prostratum, grows in rather inaccessible places on the 
edges of the cliffs, as well as in crevices in the rocks. The branches 
are gnarled and twisted, and the main stems of some of the plants 
an inch or more in diameter near the base.* 
From halfway up until near the summit, growing in and 
alongside the trail, was plenty of Cardamine Clematitis. To the 
best of our knowledge this plant has been reported before only 
from Roan mountain. Near the spring, which is a sort of nat- 
ural water-cooler, except that there is no ice visible, is a swampy 
place full of Sarifraga micranthifolia, and among it were a few 
plants of Hydrophyllum Virginicum with deep violet flowers.t 
This form was seen at several other places. Further down on 
the lower slopes were collected the odorous Allium tricoccum, 
Viola Canadensis, Arisema polymorphum, and a very small- 
flowered, long and slender-peduncled form of Asarum Canadense. 
Instead of staying over night at the hotel at the foot of the 
mountain, we retraced our steps until darkness overtook us. 
The worthy people of whom lodging was demanded had eaten 
their supper, but after some delay the barefooted and rather un- 
prepossesing hostess announced that we could have something to 
eat. The next morning our progress toward Blowing Rock was 
decidedly slow, and had not something worth collecting turned 
up occasionally, it would have been a very tedious tramp. In 
damp, shady places Listera convallarioides hid itself securely in 
the grass and leaves, and at Shull’s Mill on a rocky bank along 
* The determination of specimens of this plant from different stations has proved 
somewhat of a problem, owing to the manner of growth. Those from Roan seem to 
be prostrate, but are not. They are imbedded in the soft turf, and when dug out 
are found to be erect, often over a foot in height. On Grandfather it grows on ex- 
posed rocks and ledges and is more truly prostrate, as is also the case with those on 
the northern end of Table Rock. But on the southern end it grows erect, covering 
the rocky ledges in many cases. The characters, as far as have been observed, are 
he same. 
+The same thing has been reported from Western Pennsylvania by Prof. Porter, 
and from Alaska by Dr. Gray, Syn. Fl. ii. p. L, 155. 
