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Ribes cynosbati L. 102 is sparingly found in shady situations along 

 streams and in the gorges. In shallow soil in the glades and 

 along rocky streams I found Chondrophora virgata (Nutt.) 

 Greene. 103 In the glades and sandy pine woods I found Coreopsis 

 auriculata L. , 104 C. grandiflora Hogg, 105 C. lanceolata L. , 10 6 C. 

 oemleri Ell. 107 and C, pubescens Ell. 108 In a glade near Albertville 

 I collected Solidago rigida L. 109 This species is not common in 

 Alabama. Growing out of crevices of rocks along Short creek, 

 three miles from Albertville, I found Hypericum dolabriforme 

 Vent. 110 This is as far south as I have ever observed this species. 

 Silene caroliniana Walt. 111 is not rare in dry sandy or rocky woods 

 about Albertville. 



From Albertville I drove to Pisgah, Jackson county, a dis 

 tance of about fifty miles. Pisgah is a small village on the Sand 

 Mountain four miles from the western escarpment on the road 

 leading from Sublet Ferry on the Tennessee river to Valley Head, 

 Alabama, on the A. G. S. Ry. The easiest way to reach Pisgah 

 is by private conveyance from Hollywood, a station on the South- 

 ern Railway in Jackson county, Alabama. 



The altitude of Pisgah is three hundred and eighty meters and 

 the highest point on the bluff, above Sublet Ferry and overlooking 

 the Tennessee river valley, is about eighty-five meters higher than 

 the village, being four hundred and sixty-five meters above sea- 

 level and two hundred and seventy-five meters above the river. 

 From Pisgah numerous small swamps, rocky glades, several deep 

 gorges and the steep western escarpment of the mountain may be 

 visited in a day's tramp. This is, I believe, the best point from 

 which to study the Sand Mountain flora. 



The main channels of drainage of the Sand Mountain table- 

 land have cut deep gorges through the western escarpment, and 

 one of the deepest and most interesting of these gorges, known 

 as the Pisgah "gulf," begins near Pisgah. The Pisgah gulf is 

 a deep, wild gorge with precipitous walls of sandstone from fifty 

 to one hundred and twenty-five meters high. If the stream is 



102 Sp. PI. 202, I753. 



103 Erythea * : 91, 1895. 



104 Sp . Pi. 908, 1753. 



105 Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. 2 : t. T75, 1825-27. 



106 Sp. PI. 908, 1753. 



1 7 Bot. S. C. and Ga. 2 : 435, 1821-24. 



108 Bot. S. C. and Ga. 2 : 441, 1821-24. 



109 Sp. PI. 880, 1753. 



no Hort. Cels. t. 45. 1800. 

 1 1 1 Fl. Car. 142, 1788. 



