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sented in the Middle F ee Hammock Belt is due to the exten- 
sive hammocks and s 
he singular plant a hes pine woods west of the Ocklocknee 
River was a wild-indigo (Baptista simplicifolia). Some of our 
many. wild-indigoes have quite wide geographic ranges, but most 
of them are more restricted. This one, h , iso he 
rarest, being known to grow in only three adjoining counties— 
adsden, Leon, ulla. Its leaf-structure is peculiar, for 
instead of having a compound bl with three leafle has 
mple broad leaf-blade. In one of m, moreover, Baptisia 
perfoliata, the leaves are bara that is, the stem runs 
the lower part of the bla otwithstanding the late- 
ness of the season, the plant in ee on still held its fruit and 
its foliage was blackened, as is often the case in the wild-indigo 
in an aged or dried conditio 
Two kinds of trees ee our attention in the river-swamp. 
coming spring. The other tree was devoid of leaves, but laden 
with fruits; as ae were bright-red, the tree was a most 
str iking obje It was the Ogeechee-lime (Nyssa Ogeche). 
y be 
lemons or limes in making an acid drink: they also make a good 
preserve. 
he broad swamp of Little River is a natural palm garden. 
Two kinds of palms are abundant and grow intermixed. The 
ave Som 
of the plants were fruiting, and raised ane clusters ee es 
far above the leaves on stalks six to eight feet tall. This plant 
tr 
unarmed and cattle often browse on aces leaves. 
The other kind of palm was the more abundant. Often it 
formed almost impenetrable enn not only on account of 
1 For a history a a blue-stem see Journal of the New York Botanical 
Garden 23: 161-168. 
