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across several of the peninsulas above mentioned, a few miles 
northeast of Inverness, and was much interested to find them all 
covered with rather dense forests of the ‘‘hammock’’* type, con- 
trasting strongly with the neighboring pine forests. As compared 
with the high pine land, equal areas on the peninsulas had trees 
much more numerous and herbs scarcer, both in individuals and 
species, and the trees all had broad leaves, giving a fairly dense 
shade. The composition of the peninsula forests, as determined 
by a few hours of rather hasty observation, seemed to be approxi- 
mately as follows. (Trees, shrubs, and herbs are separated, and 
the species of each arranged as nearly as possible in order of 
abundance. Evergreens are indicated by bold-face type.) 
CC eaiee 
Persea Borbonia 
Magnolia grandiflora 
os florida 
manthus americana 
lec Styraciflua 
Tlex 
SHRUBS AND WOODY VINES 
POE a ee 
Cholisma f. ea 
Serenoa seecienda 
Vitis rotundifolia 
Gelsemium sempervirens a. 
nee pst flavescens 
cerifera 
Aeaite spinosa 
HERBS 
erage usneoides 
Polypod m polypodioides 
Epi dendrum conopseum 
Smilax 
ila 
Tillandsia tenuifolia? 
Opuntia tones aris 
Mitchella 
Rynthoapoce Aedetindks 
LICHENS 
Trypethelium cruentum? 
It is worth noting that in this list all but four of the trees, 
pe EE ERS tierce eee ee ee eos 
* For definition of this term see Science II. ‘22: 400-402. 29 S 1905; Ann. 
Rep. Fla. Geol. Surv. 3: 98, 217. xO1T. 
