The Shrubs of North Carolina 29 



pear in early Spring, and looking somewhat like a Moss in the 

 absence of blossoms. Belongs to the damp Pine-barrens and Sa- 

 vannas of the Lower District. 



Hudsonia. Only 3 or 4 inches high, also with yellow flowers, 

 of which no locality is anywhere known but on Table Rock, N. C. 



Trailing Arbutus, or Ground Laurel. (Epigsea repens, 

 Linn.) Common. 



Polygonella. In the sandy Barrens about Wilmington. 



It may be interesting to append here a comparative view of 

 the Flora of North Carolina with that of the Northern and 

 Southern States east of the Mississippi. In Prof. Gray's 

 "Manual of Botany," which includes the States north of North 

 Carolina and Tennessee, I find described 130 Trees, 183 Shrubs, 

 and 30 Vines. In Dr. Chapman's "Flora of the Southern States" 

 are described 126 Trees, (of which there are 112 in North Caro- 

 lina,) 224 Shrubs, (176 of them in North Carolina,) and 46 

 Vines (32 in this State). 



