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Florida in the borders of hammocks. The /. tuba is confined 

 mostly to the lower keys and is quite similar. 



Ipomoea dissecta is a species with finely dissected leaves and 

 white and purple flowers. 



Ipomoea fuchsioides is now called Exogonium microdactylum. 

 It grows among the rocky pine forests of lower Dade County, 

 has elongated leaves and rosy crimson flowers an inch and a 

 half across, and is one of the most exquisite vines I am acquainted 

 with. I have it in fine condition in my grounds and it is almost 

 equal to the famous Ipomoea horsfalli. 



Jacquemontia pentantha is another beautiful contribution from 

 Florida, belonging to the Ipomoea family. It is a native of the 

 lower keys. It has cordate leaves and elegant blue flowers 

 produced in profusion. It is not long lived when cultivated in 

 pine land but does better in hammock. 



Bignonia capreolata. An evergreen vine of northern Florida 

 climbing high by means of adventive roots and bearing dull 

 crimson, trumpet-shaped flowers. Will grow well in pine land 

 or hammock in the lower end of the state. 



Tecoma radicans, or Trumpet Flower, occupies the same area 

 as the last and is a more showy vine. This will also do well in 

 the southern part of Florida. 



Chiococca racemosa. This sprawling vine is common in the 

 hammocks of lower Florida and bears exquisite, bell-shaped, 

 honey-scented flowers in summer. 



Lonicera sempervirens is the common Trumpet Honeysuckle 

 which is distributed throughout most of the eastern half of the 

 United States and is too well known to need comment. It has 

 been grown successfully in Dade County. 



NATIVE FERNS. 



I have treated the subject of ferns at some length in the chapter 

 on fern pools and will only allude briefly to our species here. 



Cheiroglossa palmata, Hand Fern. A rare fern which grows 

 in the axils of the leaves of the cabbage palmettos. I have not 

 been successful in transplanting it but it might be grown from 

 spores. It has V-shaped fronds cut into deep, blunt lobes. 



