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Mylocarium ligustrinunt. (Buck-wheat tree.) 



Pursh and Nuttall give the height of this plant from eight to twelve 

 feet. In the rich swamp of the Tologie in Middle Florida, it grows 

 with a slender trunk from twenty to forty feet high ! 



It is one of the most beautiful productions of the southern forests; 

 its delicate and pure white flowers contrasting elegantly with the 

 deep verdure of its glossy leaves. 



In swamps between Mobile and Pascagoula it reaches the height 

 of twenty five feet ! 



Azalea nudiflora. This elegant shrub, with all its varieties, is very 

 abundant in Middle Florida. In the rich swamps it sometimes reach- 

 es the height of twenty feet ! 



Illicium florid anum. (Aniseed tree.) 



Grows in swamps from six to fifteen feet high. 



Halesia diptera and H. tetraptera. (Snow-drop tree.) 



Both species are frequent. The former is very abundant on the 

 banks of the Chattohochie. 



Styrax glabrum. Occurs frequently, from six to twelve feet high. 



Prunus caroliniana. (Evergreen cherry.) 



Occurs frequently — abundant on the banks of the Chattohochie. 



Prunus virginiana. (Common wild cherry.) 



On some of the rich hummocks, grows into a large tree from two 



to three feet in diameter. ' 



Magnolia. The following species grow in Middle Florida. M. 

 grandiflora, M. auriculata, M. macrophylla ; and M. glauca, with 



its two varieties. 



Chamcsrops palmetto on the sea coast. C. histrix on rich hum- 

 mocks. C. serrulata in wet pine woods. Kalmia latifolia, grows 

 on the margins of some of the creeks. Hydrangea qvercifolia, on 

 the margins of streams, and the declivities of hills from five to twelve 

 feet high. Remarkable for the exfoliation of its bark, and hence 

 called " seven bark" and " nine bark." 



Tazus (baccata*! )(Yew tree.) Grows at Aspalaga on calcareous 



knolls. 



Dirca palustris, Ptelea trifoliata^ Zantkoxylum tricarpvm, Caly- 

 canthus floridus, grows at Aspalaga. Arundinaria gigantea, from 

 twenty to forty feet high, in dense masses, on the alluvion of the Ap- 

 palachicola. 



Querctts. (Oak.) 

 ! virens, (live-oak,) grows frequently around the lakes and 



ponds, more abundant on the sea-coast. 



