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continuing in an erect aérial stem which often attains a height of 
50-70 feet. In the young plants this downward portion is mani- 
fest as an erect spur-like body, appressed to and much smaller 
than the ascending part of the rootstock, but it soon disappears 
and in plants but a few feet in height no trace of it can be found. 
In old individuals, therefore, the subterranean extremity of the 
trunk is knob-like, with hundreds of roots radiating in all direc- 
tions, making a marked contrast to the elongated and contorted 
rootstock of S. Evonia, bearing roots its entire length. The fruit 
in S. Ztonia is larger than that in S. Palmetto. 
Lachnocaulon Beyrichianum Sporleder.. Very abundant around 
the shores of Blue Lake and Lake Gracie, both near Eustis, Lake 
Co. No. 1855. 
Lachnocaulon glabrum Koern. Not as common as the above. 
Along the sandy shore of Blue Lake, near Eustis. No. 1981. 
“ HABENARIA CONSPICUA 0. sp. 
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Whole plant glabrous, 4-8 dm. tall. Leaves linear to lanceo- 
late-linear, erect or ascending, usually acute, the lower one 10-25 
cm. long, I-2 cm. broad, the remaining ones gradually becoming 
shorter and passing into the bracts of the inflorescence; spike 
ovate to oblong, 6-12 cm. long, 5—7 cm. in diameter; flowers 
numerous, white; tube of the calyx 2-2.5 cm. long, the sepals 
orbicular or nearly so, 7 mm. in diameter; petals oblanceolate, 
- about 5 mm. long, from nearly entire to more or less toothed at 
the apex; lip 12-15 mm. in length, narrowly oblong, the claw 4— 
5 mm. long, the blade deeply fimbriate; spur curved, narrowly 
cylindric, 4-5 cm. in length. 
Collected on the edge of a sphagnum bog at Lake City, Colum- 
bia Co., No. 2501, and observed at a number of other places. It 
was distributed in my collection of 1894, under No. 1700, as H. 
blephariglottis, from which it is abundantly distinct, the larger 
flowers, longer spur, and deeply fimbriate lip readily separating it. 
Tipularia unifolia (Muhl.) B.S. P. In great abundance and in 
fine condition on a damp hillside near Tallahassee, Leon Co. 
No. 2361. 
Persea humilis Nash. Further observation in the field confirms 
me in the disposition made of this tree last year. It is confined ex- 
clusively to the “scrub,” a sandy area covered with scrub oaks, 
intermixed with the scrub pine, P. clausa, and the home of Sabal — 
Etonia. When in the virgin “ scrub,” it rarely attains a height of 
