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growing at sea-level near the Gulf Coast. Its nearest native 
i ho 
seem to indicate that it is a remnant of a former and different 
general ioe of eet tae of oe Une: e land doubtless 
once had a , different climate 
and a different flora from that now existing here: There are 
Florida-yew (Taxus floridana), and croomia (Croomia pauctflora) 
—all endemic species—all genera now far separated from any 
closely iia associates 
The ‘Chap: a noneveudile® is an ornamental shrub of the 
fl 
an aug of on pinelands and onan a wine 
bloomer, thi arub will no doubt t 
Florida where in the season when such a plant is needed, we have 
heretofore been unable to secure one. Specimens have been 
transplanted to reservations in southern oo and their be- 
havior is being watcred with much inte 
e more tempered climate of the Gulf + region gave more of 
derworts (Utricularia), St. Petersworts (Ascyrum), blue-eyed 
sium). 
cks were also floriferous. And there 
in the pinelands and one in the hammocks that 
eclipsed all other blooming things. The former was a herbaceous 
