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Polygonum Hydropiper, L. Marion, alt. 2,100 ft. Along Reed 
Creek, alt. 2,000 ft. On the South Fork Holston River, alt. 
2,200 ft. 
Polygonum littorale, Link. Dry barrens about Cumberland Gap, 
alt. 1,600 ft. 
Polygonum orientale, L. Near the South Fork Holston River, alt. 
2,200 ft. $ 
Polygonum Pennsylvanicum, L. Near St. Clairs Bottom, alt. 
2,200 ft. About Marion, alt. 2,100 ft. 
Polygonum Persicaria, L. Near the summit of White Top Mt., 
alt. 5,300 ft. About St. Clair’s Bottom, alt. 2,200 ft. Near 
Cumberland Gap, alt. 1,600 ft. 
The specimens collected on White Top Mt. are affected, evi- 
dently by the high altitude, in a peculiar way. The stem is 
branched only from the root, being strictly simple beyond this. 
The leaves are narrower and the flowers reduced in size and of a 
deeper pink color. 
Polygonum punctatum, El. Near Marion, alt. 2,100 ft. 
Polygonum punctatum, Ell, var. leptostachyum (Meisn.) Small. 
Dry barrens about Cumberland Gap, alt. 1,600 ft. 
Polygonum sagittatum, L. Slopes of the Iron Mts., along Comer 
Creek, alt. 3,000 ft. 
Fagopyrum Fagopyrum (L.) Karst. (Fagopyrum esculentum, 
Moench). Northern slope of Pine Mt., alt. 3,300 ft. Escaped 
by the side of an illicit still. 
Rumex Acetosella, L. Hillsides about Marion, alt. 2,300 ft. Sum- 
mit of White Top Mt. alt. 5,600 ft. Vicinity of Lynchburg, 
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It has been noticed that the above species does not fruit freely 
in the Northern and Eastern States. In all the Virginian locali- 
ties noted Rumex Acetosella was collected in fruit, and at Marion 
and on White Top there was no question as to its fruiting very 
abundantly, It has also been collected in fruit on the moun- 
tains of North Carolina, and in the Catskill Mts., New York. 
Rumex crispus, L. Along Beaver Branch, alt. 2,200 ft. Above 
Bristol, alt. 1,800 ft. 
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