TRAVELS IN 
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Quercus, Laurus, Morns, Juglans, Tilia, Ha- 
lefia, ftEfculus, Callicarpa, Luriodendron, &:c. 
Arrived in the evening at the plantation below 
the Cliffs, and the next day got fafe back to my 
friend’s habitation, 
Obferved few vegetable productions different 
from what grow in Carolina and Georgia ; per- 
haps in the fpringand early fummer feafon, here 
may be fome new plants, particularly in the high 
foreffs and ridges, at fome diftance from the ri- 
ver : there is however growing in the rich high 
lands, near on the banks of the river, which I ob- 
ferved in the fettlement of Baton Rouge, an ar~ 
borefcent aromatic vine, which mounts to the tops 
of the higheft trees, by twilling or writhing fpir- 
ally round them; fome of thefe vines are as 
thick as a man’s leg, of a foft fpungy texture, 
and flexible, covered with a Cinnamon coloured 
bark, which is highly aromatic or fpicy. The 
large oblong leaves fit oppofite on the branches, 
and are of a full deep green colour; but its fea- 
fon of flowering being paft, and the feed Matter- 
ed, I am entirely ignorant to what genus it be- 
longs ; perhaps it is a non-defcript or new genus* 
H ere is likewife a new and beautiful fpccies oi 
Verbena, with decumbent branches and lacerat- 
ed deep green leaves ; the branches terminate 
with corymbi of violet blue flowers : this pretty 
plant grows in old fields where there is a good 
The fevere diforder in my eyes fubverted the 
plan of my peregrinations, and contracted the 
fp an of my pilgrimage South- Weft ward. This 
difappointment affeCted me very fenfibly, but re- 
fignation and reafon refuming their empire over 
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