514 SMALL: THE FLORA OF PENINSULAR FLORIDA 
and reports that it has now become a permanent member of the 
flora of this continent. 
ZEBRINA PENDULA Sch. 
A copious growth of this species was discovered in the heart 
of a dense hammock near the beach south of Palm Beach, Florida, 
in November, 1904, Small 2168. If the species is not indigenous 
it was doubtless carried to where I found it by birds or by other 
animals. 
ANANAS ANANAS (L.) Lyons 
The pineapple has become spontaneous on the mainland as 
well as on the Florida Keys, particularly in abandoned fields and 
adjacent pinelands. 
SANSEVIERA GUINEENSIS Willd. 
This African plant, now widely cultivated in the tropics, is 
naturalized in peninsular Florida, and Dr. Britton also found it 
growing in waste places in Key West in the spring of 1903. 
MUSA SAPIENTUM L. 
The common banana has established itself in low hammocks 
near Miami. Itisabundant between Cocoanut Grove and Cutler, 
and thrives particularly well in Snapper Hammock. Specimens 
were collected there in November, 1904, Small 2254. 
Musa CAVENDISHII Lamb. 
The dwarf banana, now widely cultivated in southern Florida, 
is also naturalized. It is not uncommon in waste and abandoned 
grounds about Miami, and I have observed it at points farther 
north along the east coast. Specimens were collected in Snapper 
Hammock between Cocoanut Grove and Cutler in November, 
1904, Small 2251. 
ALPINIA SPECIOSA (Wendl.) Schum. 
Recent exploration in the Everglades has discovered this East 
Indian plant as a naturalized member of our flora. Mr. J. J. 
Carter and the writer found the plants established in hammocks 
between Perrine and Cutler on November 16, 1906, no. 2460. 
