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like rootstocks. C. Wisteriana, found in woods in Florida 

 and northward, and blooming here in winter and spring, 

 has flowers nearly one-half inch long in a loosely-flowered 

 raceme terminating a stem 8-16 inches tall. The lip is 

 whitish, spotted with magenta. 



Yanilla Orchid (Genus Vanilla) 



In hammocks in the extreme southern part of the Flor- 

 ida peninsula a vanilla orchid is occasionally found, V. 

 Eggersii, a vine whose thick stems climb by means of 

 aerial roots. The leaves are narrow and scale-like, and 

 in their axils are borne clusters of large, greenish flowers 

 with a white, or purple, of brownish lip. V. planifolia, 

 whose long capsules furnish the vanilla used in flavoring, 

 is sometimes planted in Florida gardens. It has thick 

 leaves, two to seven inches long, and clusters of large, 

 pale greenish flowers. 



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Plants with two seed-leaves. Veins of leaves usually netted. 



LIZAED'S-TAIL FAMILY {Saururaceae) 



Herbaceous plants. Flowers white, minute, many, in spike 

 which droops at tip. Leaves alternate. 



Lizakd's-Tail ( Genus ^ Saururus) 



The plants are easily identified by their finger-like, 

 white spikes, which droop at the tip. They are found 

 most often in swampy places, frequently growing in great 

 abundance, but they occasionally border damp waysides, 

 where they show a lower and more compact growth. When 



