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The town of Marco, about 40 miles farther south on the Gulf, 
was visited also, for the purpose of collecting plants. Marco is 
Fic. 56.—Fort Myers, Fla. Scene in a cypress swamp during the dry season. 
Numerous epiphytic plants are seen on the tree trunks. 
Fic. 57.—Fort Myers, Fla. A saw palmetto (Serenoa serrulata). The prostrate 
trunk, covered by old leaf bases, is seen at the left. 
noteworthy because of the large shell mounds of the vicinity, the 
refuse from the shell-fish used as food by the early Indian inhabi- 
