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For the distance of twenty miles south of Palm Peach we made 
further studies on coastal dune plant-associations. The 
prominent herbaceo athens then was the beach sun- 
flower (Helianthus debilis): a her times it is the blue beach- 
verbena (Verbena — fe the tide-limit comparatively 
few kinds of plants may be found at any time. os principal 
kinds are the sea-oats (Uniola pi pA tall coarse grass, 
the beach-ragweed (Artemisia ae nee d the eae shrub 
lo nore a bright cand gro’ i bate fa — 
of the coastal dunes are mostly covered with aes — 
wind- He stunted plants of various shades 
constitu nts of this woody plant covering fall, ae ene ed 
nto ae groups, which may be designated major and minor: 
re the former the ee (Coe Hie the ca hae 
tree (Sabal Palmetto), w-pal o (Serenoa repens), t 
cocoa-plum oo as a e poison-wood a 
pium Metopium) stand out as the more prominent species. The 
s, A, neglecta), Leraviglitig-Ae (Ficus cals Pre 
bayonet (Face ee ee potato-bush (Solanu 
bahamense), \antana (Lantana lia), ernodea (Ernodea hit 
toralis), black- mets (Erithalis oe snow-berry (Chiecocca 
racemosa), marlberry (Icacorea paniculata), and myrsine (Ra- 
. a) 
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In passing it may be of interest to ee that in the dune 
hammocks at the northern end of t astern coast line the 
major elements are the red-cedar oe silt), ee cassena 
(Ilex pennies oaks (Quercus, several species), American-olive 
(Osmanthus americana), xolisma (NXolisma ferrugi ae spice-tree 
(Anamomis Simpsonii). The minor elements are French- 
mulberry (Callicarpa americana), gale-berry (Ilex glabra), ae 
horse-sugar (Symplocos tinctoria). Thus we may notice quite 
