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robust and large, whereas those from the exposed summit were 
so greatly reduced in size that their branches were almost filiform. 
Ranunculus hispidus, Michx. Woods and hillsides, Marion, alt. 
2,100-2,500 ft. Walker Mt, alt. 2,600-3,000 ft. Pond Mt. 
alt. 3,300 ft. Buchanan, alt. 1,100 ft. 
R. septentrionalis was sought for but without success. 
Ranunculus recurvatus, Poir. Walker Mt., woods, alt. 2,700-3,300 
ft. Near Marion, alt. 2,100 ft. Slopes of White Top Mt, alt. 
2,600—5,000 ft. 
Ranunculus sceleratus, L. Roanoke, alt. 1,000 ft. 
Caltha palustris, L. Staley Creek, Marion, alt. 2,200 ft. 
Hydrastis Canadensis, L. Along a meadow on Hungry's Mother 
Creek, alt. 2,300 ft. 
Aquilegia Canadensis, L. Rocky banks of the Middle Fork of the 
Holston River, alt. 2,100 ft. Dickey Creek, alt. 2,800 ft. 
Slopes of White Top Mt. alt. 2,600-5,000 ft. 
Growing in great clumps through the White Top woods, some 
of the flowers measuring over 4 cm. in length. 
Delphinium Consolida, L. Beaver Creek, alt. 2,000 ft. A pink and 
white-flowered form along the railroad track near Liberty, 
Bedford Co., alt. 1,000 ft. 
A low, hardly more than 30 cm. high, deep blue-flowered form 
noted at intervals along the Norfolk and Western R. R., in many 
cases for several miles at a stretch. June 3oth. 
Delphinium tricorne, Michx. Woods on the Chatham Hill Gap 
road, on Hungry's Mother Creek, alt. 2,300 ft. 
In fruit May 24th. 
Aconitum reclinatum, À. Gray. East slope of White Top Mt. alt. 
4,000 ft. 
The second known locality for this species north of the North 
Carolina Mts. It is not plentiful and only one station was noticed. 
The other locality in Virginia is Cheat Mt. * 
Aconitum uncinatum, L. Ravine of the Middle Fork of the Hol- 
ston, alt. 2,109 ft. 
* A. Gray, Man. Bot. N. U. S. (Revised ed.) p. 47. 
