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ing a height of five feet, an occasional glimpse of the beautiful 
‘pink Calopogon tuberosus, and sometimes, too, of the no less 
charming blossoms of Robinia hispida, although these latter were 
few and far between. 
The handsomest specimens of Asplenium montanum that we 
had ever seen were found there in a crevice of a large rock. А 
swift-winged bird of some kind darted out of the opening with a 
loud whirr, and the undignified way in which two individuals left 
that rock would have amused a spectator exceedingly. 
On the return trip, a halt was made at one of the few clear- 
ings through which the road passes. Неге Lilium superbum was 
scattered among the grass in great bunches of color, some of the 
stalks having upon them six or eight open flowers. The intro- 
duced Spergula arvensis was found by the wayside, and on a hill 
occurred Hypericum graveolens.* 
the borders of a thicket Clematis Viorna adorned the 
bushes, but the most important find of the day was a new variety 
of Smilax rotundifolia.t 
During the rainy season, one afternoon an attempt was made 
to go to the woods to collect mosses. But before going very far, 
a heavy thunder-storm came up over the eastern side of the 
mountain and drove us back to headquarters. Only one plant 
was picked up on a small hill near the head-spring of the New 
River, and a rare find it was: Senecio Millefolium, var. Memmin- 
diris 
Hitherto, in the descriptions of this species, the stem has been described as 
Suan simple.” This may hold in plants from high elevations, as on Roan 6,300 
feet ; but specimens both from Blowing Rock and Grandfather mountains, elevation 
about 4, 79 ma, are 5 Бенке тоге (ш ME "d е bes stem. The branches are 
densely fl from higher elevations. 
+Smilax rotundifolia, L. var. CRENULTA, n. var. Stem armed with but few 
prickles. Leaves /anceolate to ovate-lanceolate, erosely-crenulate, never cordate at 
base, the smaller ones inclined to taper, prominently three-nerved, 3-7 cm. long, 1-4 
. wide; pedicels 2-3 mm. long, only h half the length of the jodide: berries 
smaller and fewer in number than in the species. 
Collected in deep woods, on the — Tat of Grandfather mountain, eleva- 
tion about 4,000 feet. To this ety are to be referred specimens collected on 
Stone mountain and in the Richland alee Def the leaves are slightly broader 
and less glossy. 
{Senecio Millefolium, Т. and G., var. Memmingeri, Britt. The type of this 
variety was collected in 1867, by Mr. E. R. Memminger, in Henderson County. 
