The 24th visited the high Mountains opposite Davinport’s house; pulled up several hundred Shoots: _Azalea lutea fulva_; _Anonymos azaleoides_. _Rhododendron minus_ etc. The 25th of March 1796. Saw in flower the _Corylus cornuta_,[181] _amentis_ [male] _geminis quandoque solitariis squamis ciliatis_; _antheris apice ciliates_, _stylis coccineis_. This species flowers about 15 days later than the species of _Corylus americana_ found in all the Climates of North America even in lower Carolina in the neighborhood of Charleston. The _Corylus cornuta_ is found only on the highest mountains and in Canada. _Corylus americana amentis_ [male] _solitariis squamis externe tomentosis margine nudâ_; _floris_ [female] _stylis coccineis_. The 26th herborised and pulled Shoots of shrubs and fresh Shoots to transport them to the garden of the Republic in Carolina. Sunday 27th of March.... The 28th prepared and packed my Collection of fresh Mountain Plants. The 29th started from Davinport’s and slept at the house of ... Young. Violet with dentate reniform leaves, villous petiole and yellow flower in full bloom on the banks of streams and very cool places. The 30th continued my journey and by mistake took a road to the right leading to Wilkes [County]. Another _Viole lutea scopus foliosus foliis hastatis_ in flower in cool places and also less damp places. This one is a little more tardy than the previous one.[182] The 31st arrived at Colonel Avery’s and slept at Morganton or Burke Court house. Friday 1st of April 1796, started from Morganton. Slept at Robertson’s, formerly Henry Waggner’s, 30 Miles from Morganton. The 2nd of April _Epigea repens_ in full bloom as on previous days; on several individuals all the female flowers were without rudiments of Stamens while on other individuals all the flowers were hermaphrodites. Arrived at noon at the house of Christian Reinhart near Lincoln. Remained all day to pull shoots of the _Spiraea tomentosa_ that grow in swampy spots. Sunday 3rd of April arrived at Bennet Smith’s 12 Miles from Lincoln; remained all day to pull shoots of a new Magnolia[183] with very large leaves, auriculate, oblong, glaucous, silky, especially the young leaves; the buds very silky; Flowers white Petals with a base of a purple color. Stamens yellow etc. Along the Creek on the bank of which this Magnolia grows I also saw the _Kalmia latifolia_, _Viola lutea_, _foliis hastatis_; _Ulmus viscosa_ then in process of fructification; _Halesia_; _Stewartia pentagyna_. The 4th started and crossed Tuck-a-segee ford on the Catawba[184] river 10 Miles from Bennet Smith’s. Took the road to the left instead of passing by Charlotte and slept _11 Miles_ from Catawba river.[185] The 5th of April 1796 at a distance of 12 Miles took once more the road leading from Cambden to Charlotte.[186]