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with the iron in the soil will produce ink, it is thought, sufficient to account for the 

 dark color of the water of this grand river of four hundred miles in length. 



On this more elevated land at Palatka are seen large trees of Quercus virens, Ait., 

 and Magnolia grand iflora, L. In the streets and lots appear Nasturtium tanacetifolium, 

 H. & A., Sisymbrium canescens, Nutt., Sagina subnlata, Wimmer, and Didiondra repens, 

 'FoTsL, YViY., GnroUni'nsis, C\io\s. Out of town one gets into the open pine land where 

 Pinus Australis, Michx., is monarch of the forest. Along the streamlets and ponds 

 Magnolia glawvi,, L., Persea Garolinensis, Nees., var. palustris, Chapm., Salix nigra. 

 Marsh., Myriea cerifera, L., Itea Virginica, L., Ascyriim Grux-AndvecB, L., Oelsemium 

 semper vir ens, Ait., and Smilax ;«!»-)/oZia, L., prmcipally make up the thickets. In the 

 open pine land Quercus virens, Ait., var., and Catesbei, Michx., Ilex Dahoon, Walt., and 

 glabra, Gray, Andromeda nitida, Bartr., speciosa, Mx., andferruginea, Walt., contribute 

 mainly to the woody undergrowth. Perhaps a mile from the river tiie land makes a 

 gentle rise and the low pine land changes to the drier sandy upland. It was on this 

 soil where Asimina grandiflora, Dunal, and Ceanothus microphyllus, Michx., occurred, 

 and just commenced to flower. With them appeared others of equal interest, like 

 Sporobolus junceus, Kunth, Houstonia rotund if olia, Mx., Berlandiera subacaulis, Nutt., 

 Phlox procumbens, Lehm., Crotalaria ovalis, Pursh, and the prostrate Astragalus 

 obcordattis, Ell. Intermediate to the dense growth, along the river, of deciduous trees 

 and the piny uplands back of it, extend the piny lowlands, the soil of which is wet and 

 requires draining to render it lit for cultivation. In this damper soil Drosera brevifolin, 

 Pursh, Erigeron vernum, T. »k G., Asryruni amplericaule, Mx., Hypericum fasciculatum, 

 Lam., and var. aspalathoides, Ciiapm., Polygala lutea, L., Aster squarrosus, Walt., not 

 in flower, Pinguicula lutea, Walt., and pumila, Mx., Bartonia verna, Muhl., and tenella, 

 Muhl., Spiranthes gracilis, Big., Listera australis, Lindl., Galopngon parviflorus, Lindl. 

 Ilypoxys junc-ea. Smith, Pcepalanthus flavidus, Kunth, ami Opki</glossum bulbosum, 

 Michx., appeared at home. 8 arracenia variola ris, Michx., not yet in flower, but the new 

 leaves were of common occurrence. More sparingly appeared Vaccinium myrsinites, 

 Michx., Safureia'^ rigida, Bart., and Goreopsis aurea. Ait., the last in general appearance 

 and haljit resembling our common Bidens. Ai'ound the shallow ])onds, of which there 

 are manj^ in these pine lands, grew Utricularia striata, LeConte, and subulata, L. The 

 area ft)r convenient field work after a week's ramble became somewhat monotonous, 

 and with one more walk, in which Olea, Americana, L., was seen in l)loom and Rhizo- 

 gonium spiniforme,, Birk., Tetraplodon australis, 'f^nW. & Lesq., and Brywn provinciale, 

 Phil., in fruit, were added to the list, I took my departure on the U. S. Mail Steamer to 

 another field, about 12o miles farther soutli, on Lake Monroe. Sailing on this sluggish 

 stream, distant views are intercepted by the frequent and sudden windings of the river 

 and the large Irecs with tlie dense undergrowth along its banks. The large ocean 

 steamers are now replaced by smaller ones, and the river becomes narrower and more 

 winding,turningupon itself at sharp angles almost every quarter or half mile, and in many 

 places boats can pass each other only at the interval of the bends. I was impressed 

 with the great abundance of tJie mistletoe, appearing for a distance of over fifty miles 

 along the river. Scarcely an oak could be seen which had not tufts of this green plant 

 growing on some of its limbs. Occasionally could be seen dead oaks with the dead 

 parasitical growth attached to its limbs, suggesting the idea of mutual starvation. Large 

 red tufts of Tillandsia ccesjntosa, LeConte, upon the oak, and green mats of Polypodium 

 incanum, Swz., on tlie declining trunks and larger limbs of the same tree, were also of 

 common occurrence, The Sabnl Palmetto, R. & S., which heretofore api)eared sporad- 

 ically and dwarfed, now became very abundundant, frequently forming dense groves or 

 palmetto hummocks, and attaining a height of 30 to 40 feet. The followmg morning 

 the steamer stopped a few minutes at a wood station for fuel, presenting an opportunity 

 to examine the vegetation. Although but a five minutes' privilege, I detected Vitaria 

 lineata, Swz., Polypodium aureum, L. and Octohlepharum albidum, Hedw., all on the trunk 



