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be Hudsonia tomentosa.  I had now come to what probably was  
the bottom of a dried out pond or possibly it could have been the limit
of the soaking into the soil of the water from a large pond I saw 
some distance away.  At any rate here grew Drosera rotundifolia
in profusion, although the ground was only slightly damp.  I now
went in the direction of the pond and found in several places
the ground very moist.  In these moist places I found Vaccinium
macrocarpon (Oxycoccus macrocarpon), Cranberry in profusion;
Senecio tormentosus in profusion, but only one plant in flower,
Gratiola aureus quite plentiful and what pleased me most of
all <s>Opiog</s> Pogonia ophioglossoides.  I began counting these pretty
blooms but soon stopped, they were seen everywhere and the
<s>closer</s> nearer I got to the pond the more profuse they became.  A
plant which particularly attracted my attention was Baptisia tinctoria
with its thick fleshy leaves.  This might be said is the peculiarity
of all plants growing along sandy sea-shores.  It is one of the
means of their existance.  But why should not this form have been
granted the title of being a variety?  Time was limited, but as
I wished to examine the land to the south of the city, I
hastened to Rehoboth and proceeded in that direction.  A large
        