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Torr. ; (4) Inodcs ■palmetto (Walt.) Cook; then comes tlie narrow fresh-water 

 marsh, followed by the Conocarpus-flats already described. A little further 

 north from this point the fringe of Cladium effusum Torr. widens out into a 

 beautiful flat about one-half mile wide, where the Cladium grows thickly 

 and in pure association. 



CLARENCE HARBOR, LONG ISLAND. 



At this point we found much to interest us. Two ranges of hills begin 

 here and extend northwestward, one about a mile from the north shore, the 

 other close to the south shore. Between them is a rocky plain about 2 miles 

 wide which, behind the town, extends luiiuterruptedly across the island. On 

 this plain the conditions are extremely xerophytic, but most so in the part 

 lying nearest the settlement. Here were growing considerable thickets of 

 Fagara fagara (L.) Small (Wild lime) and Cateshcea spinosa L., reminding 

 one in their appearance of the thickets of Chickasaw plum, common around 

 settlements in the southern United States. The Cateshcea was here seen for the 

 second time. It was heavily loaded with fruit and showed but few flowers. 

 Other abundant plants in this area were Bumelia microphylla Griseb., Croton 

 linearis Jaeq., Cordia hahamensis Urban, Cordia glohosa (L.) H. B. K. (here 

 first met with), Melochia tomentosa L., Cordia cylindrostacliya B. & P., 

 Bourreria havanensis (L.) Miers, Torrubia longifolia (Heimerl) Britton, 

 with the smaller herbaceous plants, Heliotropium parviflorum L., Sida car- 

 pinifolia L., Bidens levcantha Willd., and Cliloris harhata Nash. On the 

 north slope of the line of hills nearest the town, the conditions are also 

 extremely xerophytic. Here was a low growth resembling somewhat that 

 found at Gregory Tow^n, Eleuthera, but not so regular and low. The con- 

 stituents of this scrub were, however, not the same as at Gregory Town. The 

 most abundant plants were Lantana involucrata L., Erithalis fruticosa L., 

 Pithecolohium Jceyense Britton, Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp., Tecoma halia- 

 mensis Northrop, Psychotria undata Jacq. (here a low scrub 2 feet and 6 

 inches high), Reynosia septentrionalis Urban, Eugenia confusa DC, Eugenia 

 buxifoUa (Sw.) Willd., Tetrazygia hicolor (Mill.) Cogn., Croton longifolia, 

 Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus L., with the vines Smilax heyrichii Kunth, Jacque- 

 montia jamaicensis (Jacq.) Hall, and Stigmatophyllon sagrwanum Juss. 

 Growing on the ground, on this hillside, we found the rare fungus, Diplorystis 

 wrightii B. & C, a member of the Lycoperdinew. Near the top of the hill 

 were fine specimens of Pilocereus lanuginosa Eumpl., mentioned above from 

 Current Town, Eleuthera, and Watlings Island. 



