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rises in Lake Hellen ane just north of the ee Fields, a 
e whe h 
monly about six feet tall. The edges of the hammocks and their 
natural ditches were lined with banks of yellow marigold (Bidens 
corona 
Prairie now een dominant and we soon came 
ee 
the gigantic clum Ss of arrow-heads Reais lancifolia : sae 
peared. The tussocks among the palms and cypress trees were 
i k 
al 
of yellow tickseeds and marigolds (Coreopsis and Bidens). 
West of the prairie the land rose and pine woods were the 
dominant plant association. The floral display there was not 
extensive, but a half dozen kinds of flowers were evident as we 
sped along. More prominent among them were the purple 
plumes of the false hound’s-tongue (Trilisa paniculata) and the 
white starry corollas of the grass-pink (Sabbatia Elliottit). 
Ww r 
rowt 
with its round heart-shaped leaves and rotate white flowers, 
simulated miniature pond-lilies. 
The first Jarge body of water encountered was Alligator Lake 
St 
Tohopehaligo Lake, where we first series of 
ub” since we had left the eastern stal reg - 
ee at the northern of To aligo was finally achieved, 
whence we drove northward to Orlando through a series of pine- 
