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length, which at firft is folded together like 

 a fan, but higher up it opens and expands. 

 When the Item grows longer, it lies down on 

 the ground. At that time this little palm- 

 tree had neither bloflbms nor fruit. Its leaves 

 are every where ufed for brooms. The roots, 

 which fpread very much, are fold in the towns, 

 and eaten raw, after they have been peeled. 



Upon the fame fields grew the afore-men- 

 tioned thiille; and alfo 



Illecebrum paronychia. 

 Crocus Bulbocodlum. 

 Salvia verbcnaca, wild clary. 

 'Tragopogon Dalccampii. 

 Cinoglojfum cbeirijolium. 

 his Xiphium. 



Calendula officinalis, garden marygold. 

 Stachys arvcnjts. 



MarrubiuTii vulgar c (without flowers), white- 

 hoarhound. 



Between and below the Palmetto trees, the 

 following plants were in bloilom : 



Lamium amplexicaule, great henbit. 

 Geranium motte, dove's-foot craneVbitL 



Andro- 



