246 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



+ +Juncus Roemerianus 

 + Pitcheria galactioides 

 + Syngonanthus flavidulus 

 + Euphorbia gracilis 

 + Lophiola aurea 

 4-+Rhynchospora dodecandra 



Polygala Uitea 



Anchistea Virginica 

 +Ambrosia hispida? 



Rhynchospora Chapmani? 



Centella repanda 



Cladium effusum 



Rhexia Alifanus 



Baptisia LeContei? 



Siphonychia sp. 



Saururus cernuus 



Fuirena scirpoidea 



Sarracenia psittacina 

 Panicum erecti folium? 



Utricularia cornuta 



+ Rhynchospora leptorhyncha 



Spartina gracilis 

 +Unio!a paniculata 

 + Stenophyl]ns Warei 



Fimbristylis spadicea 



Kuhnistera pinnata (Summer farewell) Oldest dunes 



+ Laciiiiaria Chapmani Oldest dunes 



(and about 100 others). 



Nearly all trees characteristic of rich soil, and even the short-leaf 

 pines, cypress (Taxodiuin distichum), cabbage palmetto, willows, beech, 

 most of the oaks, elms, poplar, sweet gum, haws, plums, maples, black 

 gum, dogwood, persimmon and ashes, are rare or absent. Piiiiis clausa, 

 Quercus myrtifoUa and Seroioa are in West Florida chiefly confined to 

 this region, though they are more widely distributed in the peninsula. 

 Chrysoma, Conradiiio, and Cliuopodiuni coccineum do not grow much farther 

 south, and the Conradiiia is almost confined to this region. 



The proportion of evergreens (about 80%) is probab'y higher than 

 in any other region described in this volume, except the East coast strip; 

 which presumably indicates soils very deficient in potash. The percentage 

 of Leguminosae is low, for the same reason. There are almost no weeds. 



Economic Features — On account of the narrowness of this strip 

 no statistics of population and crops can be obtained. But there is 

 practically no agriculture, and the principal occupations of the in- 

 habitants seem to be fishing-, lumbering and commerce. There is 

 considerable summer resort business, particularly on St. James 

 Island, around St. Andrew's Bay, and near Pensacola, and some 



