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almost torrential in character, are an inconvenience to the botan 

 ist. The fauna as well as the flora is an interesting mixture of 

 northern and southern forms. Many of the forms which at first 

 seem identical with northern species on closer examination are 

 found to have good varietal or even specific differences. The 

 chipmunk, for instance, is undoubtedly a chipmunk but so dark 

 in color as to be scarcely recognizable when first seen. Of our 

 familiar northern flowers, the daisy, evening-primrose, trailing 

 arbutus, Indian pipe, Clintonia borealis, two species of Trillhim, 

 bluets, Indian turnip, and many others are common ; of the shrubs, 

 witch-hazel, Kalniia, Rhododendron maximum, the pink and the 

 white azalea are noticeable ; of the trees, the chestnut, several 

 species of oak, hickory, a few sugar maples, a few white and 

 pitch pines, some ash, and the sassafras, all seem to give the 

 country a familiar look. But on the other hand two additional 

 s'^ecxesoi Rhododendi'on, the flame-colored Azalea, the chinquapin, 

 the great number of tulip-trees and magnolias, the Nyssa, Oxyden- 

 dron, Carolina hemlock, and other unfamiliar trees, the open 

 forest filled with innumerable unfamiliar flowers or unfamiliar 

 species of familiar genera, such as Phlox, Liliiim, Listera, Habe- 

 naria, etc., emphasize the difference in one's latitude and keep 

 one's interest awake. 



Miss Gertrude S. Burlingham found about the same number 

 of species of Lactaria in Vermont and in North Carolina, i. e., 

 30-35, and about half of this number were common to both. 



About 1 30 species of mosses were collected ; of these about 

 100 are found in Vermont, but many of these 100 differ appre- 

 ciably from northern forms. 



Hookeria Sullivantii, Entodon Sullivantii, Raphidostegium Novae- 

 Cesareae, Pylaisia subdenticidata, Campylopus introflexus, Campy- 

 losteliwn saxicola, and three species of Zygodon were some of the 

 interesting species collected. The moss flora was found to be 

 essentially like that recorded by Mrs. Britton from southwest 

 Virginia, but i 5-20 species that she did not find were collected 

 and several common northern forms which she recorded were not 

 met with. The absence oi Polytnchum commujte and Harpidiiim 

 and the abundance oi Entodon, Thuidium, and Fissidens subbasilaris 

 were very notable. 



