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woods and black-jack (Quercus ues hess ak a wa 
d co’ 
of fe eee eee aa parka oe of Polyge A 
and Thysanella, reappeared. Th wth was large 
areas of the dun S bhiebae) (Vaccinium M nD which grew 
in almost pure colonies about waist 
We had thus far pone ee a kind of ‘divide or water shed with 
an east-west tren if the 
lay beautiful iikes of clear water which appeared, as a aeealee, co 
a deeper blue than the sky, often of a very deep blue. 
cross some forty miles of unsettled country between Groveland 
pes Lakeland. As we proceeded, the alt a cay fell 
way to the crossing of the Withlacoochee. We passed over a 
series of hills or areas clothed with black-jack (Quercus Catesbaei), 
b e | e support e as cypr fasta . 
ciduous hammocks. Few plants were in flow 
lacoochee w. he ings relative (Gorphephr 
and golden-asters (Chrysopsis) w e pro 
th fo: 
vigorous manner. The underground stem had already put 
ee fag or hari fleshy eee four to eight inches in 
len: These, of course, continue to grow and nae woody 
a ae ioe the shru ie growth of the plan 
The swamp of the Withlacoochee River, well ie with 
moisture and somewhat protected from low temperature, was 
qui rife ati ded. 
bladder-worts—purple, Vesiculina purpurea, a How, Utricu- 
laria infi he latter plant had golden-yello ollas 
i or more in aaa tee ee to hee times the size of those of 
the arge Jadderwort (U. radiata). The 
tiny fae eee ee subulata) was plentiful on 
