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section of the soils of the east coast. Separating the Brevard 

 County portion from that south of our Hmits, we find that the soils 

 are referred to the "St. Lucie," "Portsmouth," "Palm Beach," 

 "Parkwood," "Norfolk," and "Gainesville" series, and the prevail- 

 ing texture classes are sand (over 50% without the coastal beach), 

 fine sand, tidal marsh, fine sandy loam, coastal beach, muck, and 



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Fig. 2i2. Small pool in vast damp calcareous palm savanna near head of 

 Newfound Harbor on Merritt's Island, showing cabbage palmettos and switch- 

 grass {Spartiua Bakeri), Feb. 7, 1915. 



Fig. 33. Looking north along crest of outermost dunes, 15 or 20 feet high, 

 about a mile south of Melbourne Beach, Brevard County. Vegetation mostly 

 saw-palmetto and sea-oats. Feb. 4, 1915. 



