5 1 4 Small : The flora of peninsular Florida 



and reports that it has now become a permanent member of the 

 flora of this continent. 



Zebrina pendula Sch. 



A copious growth of this species was discovered in the heart 



of a dense hammock near the beach south of Palm Beach, Florida, 



in November, 1904, Small 2168. If the species is not indigenous 



it was doubtless carried to where I found it by birds or by other 



animals. 



Ananas Ananas (L.) Lyons 



The pineapple has become spontaneous on the mainland as 

 well as on the Florida Keys, particularly in abandoned fields and 

 adjacent pine'ands. 



Sanseviera guineensis Willd. 

 This African plant, now widely cultivated in the tropics, is 

 naturalized in peninsular Florida, and Dr. Britton also found it 

 growing in waste places in Key West in the spring of 1903. 



MUSA SAPIENTUM L. 



The common banana has established itself in low hammocks 

 near Miami. It is abundant between Cocoanut Grove and Cutler, 

 and thrives particularly well in Snapper Hammock. Specimens 

 were collected there in November, 1904, Small 2254. 



Musa Cavendishii Lamb. 

 The dwarf banana, now widely cultivated in southern Florida, 

 is also naturalized. It is not uncommon in waste and abandoned 

 grounds about Miami, and I have observed it at points farther 

 north along the east coast. Specimens were collected in Snapper 

 Hammock between Cocoanut Grove and Cutler in November, 

 1904, Small 2251. 



Alpina speciosa (Wendl.) Schum. 

 Recent exploration in the Everglades has discovered this East 

 Indian plant as a naturalized member of our flora. Mr. J. J. 

 Carter and the writer found the plants established in hammocks 

 between Perrine and Cutler on November 16, 1906, no. 2469. 



