JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. XXIV February, 1923 No. 278 
LAND OF THE QUESTION MARK 
REporRT ON EXPLORATION IN FLORIDA IN DECEMBER, 1920. 
(Continued from last number.) 
Down THE EAsTERN Coast 
Thus three days were spent collecting on the recent and pleis- 
tocene geologic formations. e eer of the fourth day 
we started down the west side of the St. John’s for southern 
side of the river. The old 
the earlier cultivated lands, and thus they have lost much of 
their original flora, w a nae is less varied than that of 
the newer formations. a goldenrod (Euthamia 
— was par fa conspicuous and lined the roadsides 
for miles. Although the high lands were practically 
jai ae low hammocks along the streams were somewhat 
floriferous. 
In the hammock of Black Creek we found very vigorous speci- 
mens of Crinum, which grew in company with other aquatics, 
such as spatterdock (Nymphaea), water- a. rae pickerel- 
weed (Pontederia), and blue-flag (Iris). wild-rice (Zizania 
cease growing gtoa height of has ce was also abundant. 
the Hudson Bay region in Canada 
to the Gulf of Mexico. Its fruits furnished the American abori- 
gines and the later Indians an important food, and it is much 
sought after by birds. The latter an may account for its wide 
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