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Poly gala polygama, Liatris squarrosa, 



Poly gala cruciata, Brickellia cordijolia, 



Drosera rotundijolia, Aster patens, 



Drosera filifoUa (near coast), Aster paludosus, 



Erythrina herbacea, Viola villosa, 



Selaginella apus, Mitchella repens. 

 Houstonia rotundijolia (in dry 

 sand flats), 



The following species have their chief distribution in 

 the low pine barrens within a few miles of the coast, in 

 soil permanently marshy: 



Ilex glabra (in dense copses), Pinguicula hitea, 



Gaylussacia dmnosa, Poly gala lutea, 



Drosera rotundijolia, Polygala polygama, 



Drosera filifolia, Hypoxis juncea, 



Serenoa serrulata, Utricularia setacea, 



Eriocaulon septangidare, Erig&ron nudiculis, 



Eriocaulon gnaphalodes, Dichromena latifolia, 



Viola primulaefolia, Baldwinia uniflora, 



Zygadenus glaberrimus, Sarracenia flava, 



Andromeda nitida, Osmunda cinnamomea, 



Hydrocotyle repanda, Lycopodium alopecuroides, 



Sabal minor, Eupatorium rotundifolum 



Very characteristic shrubs that for the most part form 

 dense copses on the low grounds, especially along the margins 

 of streams are the following: 



Azalea nudi flora, Myrica cerifera, 



Kalmia latifolia, Cyrilla racemiflora, 



Illicium Floridanmn, Halesia diptera, 



Ilex glabra, Cephalanthus occidentalis , 



Ilex Cassine, Alnus serrulata, 



Gelsemium sempervirens (climbing abundantly over other 

 shrubs and trees), 

 Trees of the low grounds and stream bottoms are: 



Quercus phellos, Acer dasycarpiim, 



Quercus aquaticus, Negundo aceroides, 



