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of the southern division is at Tampa, where the vegetation is semi- 
tropical. The country to the north of this is an alternation of 
high pine land, called locaily “black jack ridges,’ and flatwoods, 
yielding a most interesting lot of plants. The western division 
extends from Baldwin to River Junction in Gadsden county. The 
flora of this section is quite different from that of the peninsula, 
and more nearly approaches that of the North. This is particu- 
larly the case at Tallahassee and in its immediate vicinity. The 
soil is a red clay, and the country one of hills and valleys, a most 
unusual condition for this State. Familiar plants of the North 
were continually turning up. This red clay country is only a few 
miles in extent, however, and soon disappears, the pine lands 
again becoming prominent. 
As stated above, my main collecting field was from the Mana- 
tee river to the Apalachicola river. In addition to this I made 
two or three trips to Sanford, in Orange Co.; one to Titusville, on 
the Indian River, in Brevard Co., my only approach to the east 
coast ; and a short trip from Tallahassee to St. Marks, in Wakulla 
Co., where Kugel collected in 1843 and discovered some inter- 
esting things, some of which I succeeded in again finding. 
The Mantatee river is nearly tropical in its flora. On Sneed’s 
Island, at the mouth of this river, are found a number of strictly 
tropical plants, which cannot be secured on the mainland for a 
number of miles further south. Their occurrence on this island 
is probably due to the immunity it enjoys from frost, the water 
serving as a protection. : 
The above brief account will give some idea of the varied na- 
ture of my collections in 1895. A large number of species and 
varieties new to science, some plants hitherto unknown to occur 
in the State, and a number of rare things were secured. The 
following notes on the more important acquisitions may be of in- 
terest: 
Tumion taxifolium (Arn.) Greene. (Torreya taxifolia Arn.) 
The only known locality, the Apalachicola river, for this rare coni- 
fer was visited in August and September. The natives, by whom 
it is called “ stinking cedar,’ informed me that it occurred from 
just south of the Georgia line to a distance of some fifteen miles 
down the river, and that it was confined exclusively to the eastern 
