Obolaria Virginica. .55 



ties, viz. on the Wissahickon creek and the Schuylkill, both sides, near 

 the falls; and in these I have never found but three or four specimens, 

 though I have carefully searched for them. The specimens from 

 which the drawing was made, were larger than any I had ever before 

 met with — owing probably to the favourable situation in which they 

 were growing, being on the low banks of the Wissahickon creek, ex- 

 posed to the south, and protected from the north by the high rocks 

 which bound that beautiful water-course. 



In the Compendium Florae Philadelphia?, I have described this 

 plant as not exceeding three inches in height, and at the time of my 

 publishing that book, I had never met with specimens of greater sta- 

 ture, owing probably to the deep shade of Abies Canadensis and Ju- 

 nipcrus communis, which rendered the woods impenetrable by the 

 rays of the sun. I am inclined to think that the size of the plant 

 represented in the plate is not equal to that which it would obtain 

 under culture in its natural soil, which is a rich mould, formed of 

 decayed vegetable matter. The whole plant is somewhat bitter, like 

 the roots of all the Gentianese. 



