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to prevent their being hi eae with solid matter. The 
major climax vegetation of the rshes comprises the three 
plants mentioned abov ” OF course, coe ements are present, 
Il of which we hop tudy in a seaso. er than winter. 
Naturally, the in of Cea channels and tan into Mee 
is very gradual as is, in fact, the whole process of natu: uch 
a region. The evelopment of the hammocks and de oat 
of the individual shrubs and trees, moreover, appears to be slow, 
as is evidenced by the ee development of the epiphytic 
lichen flora, which appears to be extensive as well as copious. 
Clinging and hanging kinds of lichens are conspicuous every- 
a in the hamm pO 
hal 
i: for Ban phibious woody ae vines, shrubs, and trees, 
of all sizes and shapes. e herbaceous plants that have been 
similar in habit to Hee one we found at the mouth of the St. 
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it was not until several hours after we collected specimens that 
our hands, faces, and clothes were free of the adhesive particles. 
(To be concluded) 
A RARE PLANT RE-DISCOVERED 
than seventy years ago the distinguished scientist- 
eee Richard Spruce discovered a new kind of tree in the 
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were unable to decide what were Hie general relations hi ips aE the 
plan it left me twenty- 
five ees n the eminent English botanist George Bentham 
cha it ene giving it a generic name Fifteen 
years more elapsed before a German botanist, anne without 
