
          816.

too, several plants which had not climbed with fruited fronds, they were
much shorter, but the fertile parts were longer in comparison with the sterile part of the frond
whereas in the tall climbing plants it was the reverse.
When we had at last reached the right path it did not take us
long to reach the dam. When we at length arrived there we took the
right bank as our field for exploration.  Not far from the dam we came
to a Pitcher Plant, one of Mr. W's finds, with peculiar large wings.  They were
very much larger (at least twice the ordinary size) that this part of the pitcher
generally is.  The plant was close to a double beech which we marked.
I shall visit the plant again next year to see if this variation is permanent.
Not far from this plant we passed another patch of Lygodium, and here
we found a place to camp.  After dinner we made an exploring trip up
the stream.  We had plenty of opportunity to <s>distinguish</s> study the difference
of the two Ilexes.  I. verticillata & I laevigata, both of which were
plentiful.  The berries of the latter are much larger, ( at least twice the
size of verticillata) and on peduncles much longer, (being a length at least equal to
the diameter of the berry) than those of I. verticillata. Its berries too
are always in ones whereas in verticillata there are sometimes as many 
as five in a cluster and they are less crowded.  The bark of the 
young twigs is much lighter in laevigata than in verticillata.
        