TRANSACTIONS OF WAGNER 



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VEGETATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA 



Immokalee and nearby are several wild orange groves, which presumably 

 occupy high hammock land. 



Long Key is a continuation of the oolitic limestone in a westward direc- 

 tion from the rock outcrops along the east coast, extending some kilometers 

 south of Detroit. It touches the Everglades, and hence it is referred to as 

 Long Key, Everglades. Besides the pineland, which we have described 

 previously, hammock-land is found surrounding the eastern end of this key, 

 so dense as to be penetrated only by the aid of an ax. It extends for a con- 

 siderable distance, according to Small,* from the margin of the key, and instead 

 of ending abruptly on a line where the growth of the pine trees begins, the 

 hardwood trees of the hammock intermingle with the pines until the pines 

 finally predominate. The trees of the hammock are draped with Spanish-moss 

 and bear interesting ferns, orchids, and bromeliads. An enumeration of some 

 of the plants noted in the Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden 

 will give some idea of the hammock flora on Long Key, Everglades. 



Serenoa serrulata (Michx.) Hook, in flower May 6-7, 1904. 

 Tillandsia tenuifolia L., in fruit January 18-26, 1909. 

 Tillandsia valenzuelana A. Rich., in fruit January 18-26, 1909. 

 Epidendrum cochleatum L., in fruit May 6-7, 1904. 

 Epidendrum rigidum Jacq. 

 Trema floridana Britton. 



Lysiloma bahamensis Benth., in fruit May 6-7, 1904. 

 Alvaradoa amorphioides Liebm., in fruit May 6-7, 1904. 

 Ilex cassine L., in fruit January 18-26, 1909. 

 Exothea paniculata (Juss.) Radlk., January 18-20, 1909. 

 Eugenia axillaris (Sw.) Willd., in fruit January 18-20, 1909. 

 Rapanea guyanensis Aubl., in fruit January 18-20, 1909. 

 Dipholis salicifolia (L.) A. DC., in flower May 6-7, 1904. 

 Bumelia microcarpa Small, in flower May 6-7, 1904. 

 Schoepfia chrysophylloides (A. Rich.) Planch. 

 Psychotria undata Jacq. 



The hammock of Big Pine Key, to which reference has been made in the 

 consideration of the pineland, is noteworthy for the presence of the following 

 species in flower (+), fruit ( ) and leaf (o) on February 27, 1911. 



* Small, J. K.: Journal New York Botanical Garden, V: 159. 



