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The second lagoon studied is a much smaller one, and is located on 

 the map (Fig. 1) at the place marked III. As with the other lagoon, it 

 is completely surrounded by a circumarea of Spartina stricta maritima 

 (X), and it is fringed on one side by a broad strip of Spartina patens 

 (V). Touching the tall salt grass on the other side (sp. gr. 1.003) 

 are found Salicornia herbacea (H ) and Limonium carolinianum (A), 

 Atriplex hastata and Suceda linearis, while here and there occur clumps 



Fig. 4. — Survey of Salt Marsh on Plum Island, Sandy Hook Bay, marked III in 

 Fig. 1 . X, Spartina stricta maritima; V, Spartina patens; EH , Salicornia 

 herbacea; A, Limonium carolinianum; 0, Baccharis halimifolia; #, Soli- 

 dago sempervirens; A, Ammophila arenaria; T , tree thicket. 



of Baccharis halimifolia (0), at least four such having been seen in 

 the immediate neighborhood of this lagoon. This lagoon basin is sur- 

 rounded by low sandy slopes, barren on one side, but covered with 



