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where under the pines were Httle Pingmciilas, mostly purple 

 varieties, ranging from deep mauve to nearly white with occa- 

 sionally the rarer yellow P. Inten. In all the streams and 

 roadside ditches the pinguicula's aquatic relative, the yellow- 

 flowered bladderwort {U tricularia) was to be seen. There 

 was also a yellow-flowered legume which I took to be a Cro- 

 talaria, and everywhere the yellow-flowered St. Peter's-wort 

 {Ascyriiin stans). Its relative the pink Blodca I have seen 

 occasionally in moist places, but it is not common like the 

 Ascynun and the Hypericums. Scattered in low places were 

 large clumps of pitcher plants {Sarracenia) 2i\so called trumpet 

 leaf and huntsman's cup. The flowers, with large umbrella 

 shaped stigmas, are called watches. So far I have only found 

 the two yellow-flowered varieties here. 



The numerous small swamps or "bay-heads" through 

 which the county road passes holds much of interest. They 

 are usually composed of a dense growth of bay-trees, cypress, 

 sweet gum, magnolias, sweet olive, and gall-berries with other 

 less common varieties according to location. Growing along 

 the edges where the ground is moist but not wet, are usually 

 to be found large clumps of Baccharis halimifolia which in 

 October and November are literally covered witJi the cottony 

 white blossoms. This species has the distinction of being 

 our onlyComposite to attain tree-like proportions. 



In the wettest places in the bay-head are purple and yel- 

 low Iris versicolor, (I have looked everywhere for the love- 

 liest. Iris hcxagona, but haven't found it yet,) Pontederia, 

 Sagittaria, and bladderwort and in the open water great mas- 

 ses of the dainty parrot's feather {Myriophylliim.) I do not 

 know of anything lovelier than this latter plant. It is easy 

 to transplant and I have quantities of two varieties growing 

 around my lily-pool. Nor must I forget the lizard's tail 



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