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PART II. 
While engaged in making the observations previously de- 
scribed I also took advantage of the opportunity, to note and 
collect, without special search, such specimens of the flora as 
attracted, or rather forced themselves upon my attention. 
The most conspicuous element in the vegetation is the large 
number of oaks, which in places form many square miles of 
dense low woods. Quercus tlicifolia is the most abundant 
species, but Q. stellata, Q. tinctoria, Q. palustris and Q. alba 
are also plentiful, besides several peculiar forms having the 
characteristics of both @. tinctoria and Q. ilicifolia. As no 
fruit was available for study I merely mention the fact in the 
hope that other collectors may be fortunate enough to gather 
more and better material for comparison. It is possible that 
there is here represented another of the many hybrid oaks. All 
are stunted in stature, although this may be due to the fact that 
the timber throughout the island is second growth, and possibly 
the original trees may have been much larger. 
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