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PLANT LIFK OF ALA HAM A. 



Most fiTijiiciit on tlic low swells: 



Sieyliiiijut cliiipiiKKii. Aii(lr(>pof/i)7i rinjiniruK (jJnucnx. 



Chriisit])0(j()ii iiiitdiix liniKiiaiiiis. Androptxjoit rmjhiicnx ilrallxitun. 



Aiulropdijoii I'lllultii. MuhlenhergUi (ricliojHxlcs. 



Andn>jJO(/(J)i tcmr. f'dnlrum liiiiffi/ictliniculnlinii. 



Aftor tho ifrouiid has liccii once turned hy the j)l<)W tiie <j;luinii('(>ou.S 

 plants which foriniMl the oriuinal sod (lisai)p('ar forever, the ground 

 hcino- taken possession ot" l>y ear})et erass {l*(tsj)id\(in (•(nuprc^KHtn)^ a 

 West Indian species most i)ro])al)ly introduced, and the creepinj^' lini^'cr- 

 ^Ya.x>^{Si/)itheri'S//t'/ {/*(iii!ciiii() serotmum). Nearly all of the sundews, 

 sarracenias, j^ontians, and other species already mentioned amoiijr the 

 associations which inhabit the sphagnous bo^'s of the pine hills also 

 enter into the associations of this semi-paludial Rynchsopora formation. 



Durino- the latter part of January the Cuban pine unfolds its 

 flowers, w'ith Barton la verna and Iloaxtoida jxiteihs^ and these are 

 succeeded bv the followino-: 



Euphorbia inundata. 

 Ileknium vernum. 

 Helenium hcleninm. 

 Heleniu m inlcgrifolium. 

 Poh/gala lulea.^ 

 Polygala polygama} 

 Limodoram multiflorum. 



Chaptalia neniiflosctdaris. 

 Pinguicida lutea. 

 Pingi iiai la pumila . 

 Lupinus villosus. 

 JleUanthemum carolinimmm . 

 Drosera capillaris. 

 Drosera brevifolia. 

 Dronera JUifornds. * 



The Pinguiculas mentioned are insectivorous plants common in the 

 pine flats from North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. Euphorbia 

 inundata is known only from the coast of western Florida and as far 

 west as the eastern shore of the Mobile Bay near Point Clear. 



Remarkable is the occurrence of Lirnodorum urmltifiorum in Mobile 

 County (Fowl River Station). This beautiful orchid is otherwise 

 known only from a few localities of peninsular and western Florida. 

 It was first described by Chapman from the southern i)art of Florida 

 and has been observed ])v the writer in the savannas near the upper 

 waters of the St. Johns River. During the sununer months bloom 

 L'lnmn fiorhhinniii^ Poly</<da cha pmani , P<>hj(/(d(( Iiookeri^ the latter 

 two extending from westei'n Florida to eastern Mississippi, and Zi/ga- 

 dcnux (/Jahcrruatis^ ranging from the pine flats of North Carolina to 

 Louisiana, together with the following: 

 Ilabenaria nivea. Centella stricta. 



Cracca hispidula^ Sabbatia gentianoides. 



Polygala cruciata} Pterocaulon undulainm {P. pycnostachyum 



Jjudwigla hirlella.^ Ell.). 



Liidwigia linearis.^ Dasystoma pedicularia.^ 



Enjngium aquaticum. Gerardia paupercula. 



Eryngium synchaetum. Ascyrum stans. 



Erynglum ovalifoUum. Ascyrum hypericoides. 



Hydrocotyle verticillata. Hypericum spp. 



' Found also in Carolinian area. 



