go 
leaves ovate acute. Flowers in pa- 
niculate spikes naked. Corolla cam- 
panulate, 5 fid 5 gone. Fine pe- 
rennial green house plant received 
from Mexico. Blossoms in summer, 
corolla acute, saffron color. Scape 
nearly 2 ft.high,calix 5 parted acute. 
4. Maranta obliqua,'R\ af. Petioles 
terete scabrous, leaves broad lan- 
ceolate, base oblique, end acuminate, 
lucid above, glaucous beneath- very 
smooth. Perennial from Florida or 
Brazil. 
5. Iris aurea, Raf. Stem straight 
biflore, leaves longer broad ensiform, 
end acuminate falcate, flowers ge- 
minate beardless, 3 petals obovate 
entire, 3 lanceolate undulate, stig- 
mas dilatated notched. Discovered 
by Mr. Carr in a pond of the Pocono 
Mt. in the Alleghanies of Pennsylv. 
Very near to Iris pseudacorus of Eu- 
rope, which however has bifid tooth- 
ed stigmas, &c. Large Iris 3 to 4 
feet high, with scentless flowers of 
a bright golden yellow, smaller than 
in I .pseudacorus. The 3 inner petals 
shorter than stigmas, equal to An- 
thers, casules oblong deeply silicate. 
(To be continued.) 
ARCHEOLOGY. 
27. Some Antiquities of Tennessee . 
By M. Rhea. 
The following description of two 
ancient towns of the former inhabi- 
tants of Tennessee, was given us 
for publication by Mr. M. Rhea, the 
author of the late excellent map of 
Tennessee, with a geological section 
confirming our geological survey of 
Kentucky, and noticing a stratum 
of Oolite near the top of the Cum- 
berland Mountains in Tennessee. 
On the plantation of A. Long, Esq. 
3J miles South of Columbia, in 
Marny co. Tennessee, are seen the 
remains of an ancient town or vil- 
lage, containing six or more acres. 
The form is elliptical, extending 
East and West. Surrounded on 
the South East and 'West by a 
wall of clay which terminates at 
each extremity in the neighbour- 
hood of four springs of water, which 
rise from the foot of steep cliffs on 
the North side of the Village. 
The interior particularly at the 
Eastern end contains the ruins of 
many houses of various sizes from 10 
to 30 feet diameter, all of circular 
form. Throughout the whole Vil- 
lage graves are found in abundance, 
from one to three feet in depth, and 
containing human bones of all com- 
mon sizes. The bodies seem gene- 
rally to have been buried in a sitting 
posture, with flat stones placed 
around and over them. Cups and 
small ornaments composed of earth 
and shells are found with the bones. 
Several small hatchets of very hard 
stone, and of various shapes have 
also been found. Other small pol- 
ished stones, weighing from half a 
pound to 2 pounds, designed from 
appearances for breaking nuts, are 
frequent. 
No metal of aiiy kind whatever 
has been found in or about this Vil- 
lage, although much search has been 
made. 
Several of the forest trees grow- 
ing on the spot, which were removed 
by the proprietor within the last few 
years, numbered upwards of two 
hundred annual formations. Some 
of these trees were found growing 
on banks formed by the uprooting 
of other trees of equal size and age. 
From which may be inferred that 
many centuries must have elapsed, 
since the population of the place 
ceased to exist. 
Opposite the mouth of Big rock 
house creek on Buffaloe river in 
Perry county, Tennessee, are the 
remains of another large ancient 
Village, similar in general appear- 
ances to the one described. Near 
the Western side is a large mound, 
of an exact four sided rectangular 
figure, the lines of the sides point- 
ing nearly to points of the heavens. 
The elevation is extremely regular, 
the height about ten feet, with a flat 
surface, and steep, almost perpendi- 
