NORTH AMERICA, 
commended by letters from the honourable John 
Stewart, fuperintendant, refiding at Charlefton^ 
mentioning my bulinefs in the Cherokee country. 
The road this day had led me over an^uneven 
country, its furface undulated by ridges or chains 
of hills, fometimes rough with rocks and ftones, yet 
generally productive offorefts ? with a variety of ve- 
getables of inferior growth, i. e. Quercus, various 
fpecies, Juglans hickory, varieties, Liriodendron, 
Fraxinus, Fagus fylvatica, Fagus eaftanea, Fagus 
pumila, f. Chinkapin, NyfTa Sylvatica, Acer ru- 
brum, iEfculus fylvatica, Magnolia acuminata, 
Magnolia tripetala, Andromeda arborea, Hopea 
dn&oria, /Efcuhis pavia, Viburnum, Azalea flam me a 
and other fpecies ; Hydrangea, Calycanthus, &c. 
The feafon being uncommonly wet, almoft daily 
fhowers of rain, frequently attended with tremen- 
dous thunder, rendered travelling difagreeable, toil- 
fonie and hazardous, through an uninhabited wil- 
dernefs, abounding with rivers and brooks. I was 
prevailed upon by Mr. Cameron to flay at his houfe 
a few days, until the rains ceafed and the rivers could 
be more eafily forded. 
The angelica lucida or nondo grows here in 
abundance ; its aromatic carminative root is in tafte 
much like that of the Ginfeng (Panax) though more 
of the ta ! le and fcent of Anife feed .; it is in high 
cftimation with the Indians as well as white inha- 
bitants, and fells at a great price to the Southern 
Indians of Florida, who dwell near the fea coaM 
where this never grows fpontaneoufly. I obferved 
a charming fpecies of Malva, having panicles of 
large fplendid purple or deep blue flowers; and an- 
other fpecies of Malva, very fmgular indeed, for 
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