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white sand are found plenty. Appearances of 

 real lime stone is scarce. 



25. — This morning I proceeded on my yourney 

 by paths narrow, undistinct and though in a dry 

 season very muddy, on account of the springy 

 nature of the soil in this part calld the beach 

 woods & the impregnable shade of the trees — 

 The beautifull Oxalis acetosella made its appear- 

 ance again with her elegantly painted flowers. 

 1 have seen above 20. of the species of this genus 

 from the Cape of Good Hope but non with so 

 handsomely marked a flower ; I still think it 

 must be a different plant from theOxalis acetosella 

 of Europe, as I never admired this common sort 

 there, for its colours, & as far as my recollection 

 goes, the flower is clear white & a great deal 

 smaller than ours here ; Michaux I suspect has 

 made a mistaken there. Mitchella repens 

 the first in flower. N"ephrodium femineum & the- 

 lypteroides cover the ground in open woods. 

 It is remarkable that all those places which are 

 covered on the Oak lands with theOsmunda cinna- 

 momea & interrupta, are here covered with the 

 different species of the more common sorts of Ne- 

 phrodium. Among the rotten heaps of wood drift- 

 ed by water or fallen by wind, I found frequently 

 the Fumaria fimgosa (:afl:)— Caulophyllum tha- 

 lictroides (pfl) — Potentilla hirta? Veronica scutel- 

 lata — Dalibarda fragarioides, Iris... Viola circei- 

 folia V. — the same as I seen last year at Shenan- 

 doah & then calld V. populifolia. This is a very 

 elegant species, the inside of the flower is milk 

 white with purple stripes & yellow eyes at the 

 bottom of the petals, the outside of a fine pair 



