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Rev. M. A. Curtis, in the Sand Hiiis about Society Hill. I have 

 lately found it near Aiken. 



Baptisia Stiff/lace a — Ravenel in Proceedings of Elliott Society. 

 On light sandy soils about Aiken. 



UMBELUFER^E. 



Eryxgifx fr_£ialtoi — Gray. E. Vir ginianum Eli. Sk. ; E. 

 aqicaticum Jlichx — non Linn-. In Cooper river swamp — very 

 common. 



Ertngioi Ravexelfi — Gray. In flat pine woods near head of 

 Cooper river. 



Neither Elliott nor MacBride appear to have seen this plant, or 

 if so. it was confounded with E. Plukenetii Eli. which is the true 

 E. Vir ginianum of Lamark. These two plants, with Elliott's E. 

 Plukenetii. were sent to Prof. Gray several years since, with my 

 notes, calling his attention to the confusion which rested upon their 

 synonyms. He has since published them under the foregoing 

 names in his "Piantce Lindheimeriange/" p. 209. 



GRAMTXE.E. 



Paxicfm carinatt;}! — Torrey. At the margin of the Santee 

 Canal at Black Oak. 



Poa cfliaris — Linn. In old yards and lawns in Upper St. 

 Johns. 



CYTERACEJE. 



Eeeocharis melaxocarpa — Torrey. In a pond on the Race 

 Course near Pineviile. 



Eleocharis arvixcola — Torrey. In low wet places in St. Johns, 

 and also on Sullivan's Island. 



Rhyxchospora divergexs — Chapman in Sill. Journal. Damp 

 places in St. Johns and St. Stephens. 



Rhyxchospora Chap^iaxfi — Curtis in Sill. Journal. In the same 

 locality with the preceding. 



FLUVIATILES . 



Najas flexflis — Submerged — in the Santee Canal. 



CHARACEiE. 



2s itella spicfeifera — A. Brawi. This plant was sent through 

 Dr. Engelman, of St. Louis, to Prof. Braun, of Berlin, who has 

 given special attention to the Characese. He pronounces it new, 

 and has given it the above name. Growing in the bottom of the 



