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naval station, is situated on the northern bank of the estuary 
of the St. Mary’s River, about nine miles from the Atlantic 
Ocean. Were it not for a small part of the Okeefenokee Swamp 
r 
ae that surrounds the drainage basin of the Ole 
S would is i 
lorida. 
a century ago two new plants were dis red at St. 
Marys: The one a spider-lily (Hymenocallis aa, the 
other a hop-trefoil (Ptelea Baldwin. We had hoped to redis- 
im 
oie but laden with ceiaeus fruits. In addition to the ever- 
oaks, some of the heavier-leaved trees in the hammocks 
e 
rominent. This is one of the trees that ranges 
from the higher mountains to the salt marshes of the coast. 
Chinquapins were wanting, mace ew the wild animals 
How 
and were rapidly falling foe ie cen trees. The nite were 
interesting in that the seeds had already begun to germinate in 
the shells we were just falling out of the husks. 
oe of the oe conditions, flowers were not wanting 
eae shrubs. The numerous yellow balls of the 
opoponax aad lei filled the air with nr violet 
ckleber: 
fragrance. The less pretentious squaw-hu or buck- 
berry (Polycodium ante ee its numerous ne bells in 
the thickets, whil humble coral-smilax (Smilax pumila) 
Cacti did not fail us. The genus Opuntia Reis near the 
salt marshes in ated forms: first, the crow-foot prickly-pear 
(Opuntia Tracyi); second, Pollard’s prickly-pear (O. Pollardi), 
and, third, a large- ates depressed prickly-pear of uncertain 
