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RuppiA Maritima, L, Myers, Caloosahatcbe river. 



Zannichella Palustris, L. Myers. Caloosahatchee river. 



Sabal Palmetto, R. & S. Myers (369). Along river and 

 brackish salt marshes. Flat, marshy land covered 

 with palmetto is called palmetto flat, or palmetto 

 slough, if a bayou or inlet. Richer land along the 

 river upon which palmettos are found forms a palm- 

 etto hammock. Cabbage palmetto. 



Serenoa Serrut ATA, Hook. f. Myers (368), Marco, Punta 

 Rassa. Common in flatwoods throughout this region. 

 Along river banks, ponds, and swamps the growth is 

 much more rank and the leaves may be as much as 

 five feet high. vSaw palmetto. 



Typha Angustifolia, L. Myers. Swamps and river banks. 



Arisaema Triphylltjm, Torr. Myers. Marshes, and fre- 

 quent in a sphagnum bog. 



PiSTiA Spathulata, Michx. Myers. Caloosahatchee river; 

 called water lettuce. 



Lemna Minor, L. Myers (373). Floating in permanent 

 ponds. 



Eriocaulon Decangulare, L. Myers (375). Ponds where 

 the water is present for a considerable portion of the 

 year. 



Paeplanthus Flavidulus, Kunth. Myers, Marco. Wet- 

 weather ponds in flatwoods. 



Lachnocaulon Glabrum, Korn. Myers (374). Wet-weather 

 ponds in flatwoods. 



(]yperus Leucolepis, Carey. Myers (398). New soil in 

 open ground near river. 



Cyperus Nuttallii, Torr. Myers (392), (393), Marco. 

 Around flatwood ponds (No. 392) and common in fields 

 and moist places. Also brackish marshes (No. 393). 



Cyperus Microdontus, Torr. Alva, Myers. 



Cyperus Strigosus, L. Myers (391). Swamps and ditches. 



Cyperus Brunneus, Sw. Sanibel, Marco (395), (396). Shell 

 mounds near the water at Marco. 



Cyperus Tetragonus, Ell. Myers (389), Marco (390). 

 Hammock (No. 389.) Prairie near mangrove swamp 

 No. (390). 



