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the colts are branded, and at this time there is a regular ‘“‘ round- 
up” such as may be witnessed in Texas and Mexico. 
The land in the vicinity of the bay is very low and level, so 
that the small streams, called ‘‘ branches,” have scarcely any cur- 
rent. In their vicinity the undergrowth is exceedingly dense 
and thorny. The land is for the most part sandy, and is covered 
in many parts with a growth of pine mixed with various hard 
woods. This pine was not examined. It exists over the entire 
peninsula and gives foundation to a large and important lumber- 
ing industry. My object being to spend a few days upon the sea- 
coast, I saw very little of the forest region, and made no collec- 
tion of trees. The chief features of the flora of the shore region 
are as follows : 
The variety of species represented upon any given area is 
exceedingly large, approximating the most extensive variety 
that I have ever seen elsewhere. Thus ina single field of about 
an acre, I collected something like sixty species in flower within 
a few days. At the same time the growth is very dense, and 
there are of course places where a single species or two will grow 
to the exclusion of almost everything else. Among the most 
prominent of such species may be mentioned the following : 
Phaseolus umbellatus and P. helvolus, that form a dense tangle over 
large fields. Of these the P. umbellatus grows in damper situa- 
tions, and either trails prostrate for a long distance or ascends by 
twining around weeds and bushes; while P. helvolus inhabits 
higher regions of loose sand, and elevates its net work of stems 
about a foot above the surface of the soil, so as to render travel 
through it excessively wearisome. This plant, as it grows overa 
large area, displaying the numberless heads of its large, rose-purple 
or deeper colored flowers, is by no means unhandsome. Associating 
closely with the latter is Cassia nictitans, which alternates with 
it in large patches, while the C. Chamechrista similarly 
associates with the P. umbellatus. It is important to note here 
that these two names of Phaseolus are used in their corrected 
application. The genuine P. helvolus, L., is as Dr. Britton has 
clearly shown, the P. diversifolius of Gray’s Manual, while P?, 
umbellatus is the P. helvolus of the Manual. Everywhere in 
damp situations abounds Rhexia Virginica. Viburnum nudum 
