NORTH AMERICA. 
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inodorus, Staphylea trifoliata, Chionanthus, Ha-* 
mameiis, Callicarpa, Sambucus, Cornus alba, Vi^ 
burnum dentatum, Spirea opulifolia, Cornus fan- 
guinea, Cephalanthus, &c. and of herbacae a vaft 
variety and abundance, as Verbefma, Rudbeckia., 
Phafeolus, Tripfacum, Aconitum napellus, Delphi- 
nium, Angelica lucida, Tradefcantia, Trillium fef- 
file Trillium cernuum, Aetata, Chclone, Glycine^ 
apios, Convalliaria racemofa, Mediola, Carduus, 
Bidens frondofa, Arum tryphillum, Coreopfis alter- 
nifolia, Circaea, Commelina, \fter, Solidago, En* 
patorium, Helianthus, and Silphium, together with 
a variety of other tribes and fpecies new to me. In 
the evening 1 arrived at Little river, and took up my 
quarters at a public houfe on its banks, near its 
confluence with the favanna. This is a beautiful ra- 
pid water, about fifty yards over. On a branch of 
this river is fituated the town of Wrightfborough, 
Near the ford, on the banks of this river, I flrfl 
obferved a very curious ilirub, a beautiful ever- 
green, which appears to be allied to the Rhodo- 
dendron, though the feed vefTels feem to bear more 
the characteriftics of the Kalmia. This fhrub grows 
in copfes or little groves, in open, high fituations, 
where trees of large growth are but fcatf eringly 
planted ; many fimple fte'ms arife together from a 
root or fource erect, four, five and fix feet high ; 
their limbs or branches, which are produced to- 
wards the top of the ftems, alfo ftand nearly erect, 
lightly diverging from the main Items, which are 
furnifhed with moderately large ovate pointed in- 
tire leaves, . of a pale or yellowiffi green colour ; 
thefe leaves are of a firm, compact texture, both 
furfaces lmooth and mining, and ftand nearly erect 
upon 
