Proceedings Am. Philos. Soc. Vol. LVI. No. 7 



Plate VIII 



Fig. I. Stunted mangroves on sand flats in Andros in the Bahamas. 

 Photo, by Small. 



Fig. 2. Hurricane damaged swamp at Boca Grande. 



Fig. 3. Tillandsias epiphytic on red mangrove in the Bahamas. Photo, 

 by Small. 



Fig. 4. Rhizophora on hard oidite flats on Stock Island at low tide. 



Fig. 5. Mangroves growing in dry coral sand some distance in shore 

 at Boca Chica. 



Fig. 6. Rhicophora tree with roots dug out to show absorptive sj^stem 

 and props. Mangrove Island near Key West. 



