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The American olive (Olea americana) , another fine evergreen tree, 

 wsis very abundant, and on many were still hanging the ripe, purplish 

 fruits which are very like small olives. Though very fine it is rarely 

 seen in cultivation. 



The island is covered thickly, except for the dunes, with arborescent 

 growth of low to medium height. Constituting this growth in the 

 western section, which was the only part examined by us, were the 

 following species of woody plants : 



Loblolly or Old Field Pine (Pinus Taecla L.). plentiful in places. 



Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.). plentiful. 



Palmetto (Sabel Palmetto (Walt.) R. & S.), abundant. 



Live Oak {Quercus virginiana Mill.), abundant. 



Laurel Oak {Quercus laurifolia Michx.), abundant. 



American or Wild Olive (OsTnanthus americanus (L.) B. & H.), abundant. 



Yopon (Ilex vomitoria Ait.), very abundant. 



American Holly (Ilex opaca Ait.), rare. 



Toothache Tree or Prickly Ash (Xanthoxylum Clava-Herculis L.), plentiful. 



Smooth Red Bay (Persea borboniea (L.) Spreng), abundant. 



Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida L.), plentiful. 



Red Mulberry {Morns rubra L.), not rare. 



Hercules Club or Angelica Tree (Aralia spinosa L.), plentiful. 



Carolina Laurel Cherry (Laurocerasus carolinianus (Mill.) Roem.), rare. 



Magnolia or Bull Bay {Magnolia grandifiora L.), rare. 



SHRUBS 



St. John's Wort (Ascyrum hypericoides L.), plentiful. 



French Mulberry {Gallicarpa americana L.), not rare. 



Wax Myrtle {Myrica cerifera L.), very abundant. 



Groundsell Tree {Baccharis halimifolia L.), abundant. 



High Bush Huckleberry {Vaccinium corymbosum L.), plentiful. 



Tall Blackberry {Rubus nigrabaccus Bailey?), plentiful. 



Dwarf Sumach {Rhus copallina L.), plentiful. 



VINES 



Several species of Smilax (undetermined). 

 Trumpet Honeysuckle {Lonicera sempervirens L.), rare. 

 Muscadine or Bullace {Yitis rotundifolia Michx.), rare. 



Virginian Creeper or American Ivy or Woodbine {Ampelopsis quinquefolia 

 Michx.), plentiful. 

 Yellow Jessamine {Gelsemium sempervirens Ait.), rare. 

 Supple-jack {Berchemia scandens Neck.), abundant. 

 Poison Ivy or Poison Oak {Rhus toxicodendron L.), abundant. 



