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rivalling my pet Hijdrolea. Tiedemannia teretifolia^ DC, well named 

 for its curious '"terete petioles destitute of leaflets,"" delighted in the 

 swampy condition of the country and was quite j^lentiful in some 

 places, though nearly out of flower. Gerardia purpurea and a few 

 late blossoms of Erigeron vernum, Torr. & Gray., showed themselves 

 occasionally, while Lohelia glandulosdj Walt, raised its purplish-blue 

 spike gracefully above the surrounding grasses and sedges. The ex- 

 ceeding brittleness of the stems of this plant makes it rather difficult 

 to press good specimens. Before reaching the "Cabbage hammock" 

 which was our goal, and where we proposed searching theSabal Pal- 

 metto trees for PoJypodhim aureum^ Viitaria lineata, and Ophioglossur)i 

 palmatvm^ our horse forced the cart through a quarter of an acre of 

 Pontederia cordata. The plants averaged four feet in height, and were 

 in full bloom. Among the Herpestis amplexic'aulis I saw two or three 

 belated flowers of Plriqucta fulva., Chapm., and on the edge of the 

 swamp Kosteletzhja Virginica, Presl., in blossom. The latter varies 

 very much ; in fresh water swamps the plants are generally not much 

 branched and rather weak and diff"use in habit, with small leaves; 

 while in brackish marshes they grow from four to six feet high, very 

 stout, with large leaves. These leaves are strongly rough-hairy, and 

 when a person "rubs the cheeks with them to get a good color" the 

 stinging sensation lasts several minutes. When we reached the 

 "hammock" we fastened the horse, and then carefully picked our 

 way from one comparatively dry place to another, jumping from knoll 

 to knoll or from root to root. Not a fern of any kind rewarded our 

 search, except the common Polypodium incanum. Two or three moss- 

 es, whose names I do not yet know, were in good condition for col- 

 lecting, and while looking about for others I spied what seemed to be 

 a flower stem from which ail the petals had fallen. I soon saw that 

 it was an orchidaceous plant which I had never seen, and analysis 

 proved it to be MierostijUs Floridana^ Chapm., assigned in the "South- 

 ern Flora" to"Apalachicola, Florida" as its habitat. It has two pret- 

 ty green ovate leaves, and a slender raceme of small curious flowers. 

 The plant is easily overlooked, but a careful search enabled me to 

 secure about thirty good specimens. We found nothing else of special 

 interest in this place, and soon entered the cart upon our return voy- 

 age over the watery barrens. Again we pass through masses of yel- 

 low^ Bigelovia., and presently reach a place where there are a number 

 of plants of the bright Coreopsis gladiata, Walt. This plant is very 

 graceful as it swings its slender stem to and fro in the breeze, show- 

 ing its deep yellow ray-flowers to good advantage. As we come out 



