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osa, Rliexia virginica, Myrica cerifera^ Rims copallhia, and Smilax 

 rotuiidifolia. No Sphagnum was found, however, during the one 

 visit paid to this swamp. In another swamp in this region 

 appeared an association of Polytrichum sp. and Lycopodiutn iiiun- 

 datum; while in still another Iris sp., Hibiscus Moscheutos, Senecio 

 tome?itosus, and Viola sagittata were grouped together. 



On the Hudsonia dunes between the two series we find, 



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Fig. 6. — Hudsonia complex south of Eehoboth, a nearly pure formation ; heath 

 character is not developed; Hudsonia dune in left foreground. 



Hudsonia tomentosa^ Lespedeza frutescens 



capitata^ Meibomia obt 

 Crotalaria sagittalis , 

 Euthamia carolima?ia 

 rigida, P, virgi?iia?ia 



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helvola, Solidago canadensis, 

 lifolia), Myrica cerifera, Finns 



'>Ps\ and Juniperus 



with some bushes of Gayhissacta resinosa^ Vaccinium corymbosiitn, 

 V. atrococcum (F, corymbosum atrococcum), and Oxycocctis erythro- 



''pus ( V. erythrocarp. 



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Farther north extends a low, flat meadow, swampy in places 



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