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red maple (Acer carolinianum) , black willow (Salix nigra), and 

 juniper (Chamaecy parts thyoides). Still farther up where the 

 soil was damp but not soaked, were the white goldenrod (Solidago 

 sp.), Galactia regularis, meadow beauty (Rhexia lanceolata, nearly 

 white), Rubus Andrewsianus, Vaccinium vacillans, Gaylussacia 

 frondosa, Gaylussacia dumosa, Rhus copalina, Pteris aquilina 

 Vitis rotundifolia, and Diospyros virginiana. 



On the upper edge of this society was a large clump of male 

 plants of Ilex caroliniana. A little farther back a low sandy ridge 

 supported almost the typical growth of the sand hills, with long- 

 leaf pine (Pinus palustris), turkey oak (Quercus Catesbaei), 

 black jack oak (Quercus marilandica) , upland willow oak 

 (Quercus cinerea), post oak (Quercus stellata), sparkleberry 

 Viburnum arboreum), poison oak (Rhus Quercifolia), and 

 wire grass (Aristida stricta) as the most conspicuous vegetation. 



On the more or less wet edges of the lake at other points were 

 collected the following: Lysimachia terrestris, Rudbeckia hirta, 

 Sabatia brachiata, Hypericum fasciculatum (a good sized heath- 

 like bush), Bradburia virginica, Ludwigia alternifolia, Apios 

 tuberosa (known as "ground nut" on account of its numerous 

 edibJe underground tubers), Jussiaea decurrens, Myrica cerifera, 

 Wistaria frutescens, Carex macroholea and Scirpus Eriophorum. 

 The last is one of the handsomest herbaceous plants of the lake 

 edge. 



Just above the dam on the northern side there is in late summer 

 a conspicuous show of the large white plumes of the very tall 

 grass Erianthus saccharides. I have not noticed golden club 

 (Orontium aquaticum) in the lake, but in the run of Crowley's 

 branch just above the old broken dam there is a fine lot of this 

 interesting plant. It is a member of the same family as the calla 

 lily, but has no spathe around its fleshy, yellow spike of flowers. 

 It may be seen at many of the branch crossings in our section. 

 The moccasin corn (Peltandra virginica), which is so plentiful 

 in the shallow water of the lake edge, is a member of the same 

 family. 



On the low earth dam across the lake from the paper mill was 

 collected Solidago verna (spring goldenrod) for the first time in 

 South Carolina.* Other plants collected on this dam were 



♦See my "Additions to the Flora of the Carolinas," in Bulletin Torrey 

 Bot. Club, Vol. 36, page 635, 1900. I have since found this species to be 

 plentiful in the low woods near the lake. By June 1st of this year (1911) 

 its blooming period was nearly over. 



