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columbo, comandra, or bastard toad-flax, many 

 varieties of goldenrod, brauneria or purple 

 cone-flower, the superb lily, as also the Cana- 

 dense, are found mingling with the tall wild 

 grasses and sedges, with the numerous varieties 

 of the pea, aster, and sunflower families. The 

 wild hyacinth luxuriates in the black soil of the 

 shaded swamp. 



In this wood huge white growths of the 

 giant puff-ball, weighing several pounds, have 

 been found in the autumn. Cut a slice from one 

 of them and angel-food cake is suggested by the 

 snowy, even surface. Fried in butter, broiled, 

 or stewed, it is good eating. The mycologist 

 finds this region full of rewards for the search, 

 for here, besides several varieties of the puff- 

 ball, are numerous varieties of the mushroom, 

 polypore, coral fungi, tremella, etc. There are 

 lichens of great beauty and many pleasing 

 mosses awaiting scientific identification. 



Here are a few families and genera, samples 

 of the region's flora: 



Graminese: Andropogron scoparius, A. furcatus; Chry- 

 sopogon avenaceus; Sorghum Halepense; Syntherisma san- 

 guinalis; Syntherisma filiformis; Panicum crus-galli; P. 

 agrostidiforme; P. Porterianum; P. macrocarpum; P. 

 pubescens; P. proliferum; P. capillare, P. flexile, P. minus, 

 P. rostratum, P. Variety capillare-campestris. Ixophorus 

 verticillatus, I. glaucus, I. viridis, I. Italicus. Homalo- 

 cenchrus Virginicus, H. oiyzoides. Phalaris arundinacea, 



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