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After leaving the coast at Jupiter and heading westward, we 
noticed well-developed mangroves a the first Geek -crossing 
and evidently beyond the influence of salt-water 
Hun: Land was not ea ower-garden it visually Al- 
though the water-table could not sink far beneath the taal of 
the land, its lowered position at that time had a profound effect 
on the ee Few kinds o ae were in bloom. Several 
showy-flow plants, however, abi (Vernonia 
Blodgettit), ears pink (Subbatia pare ass-pink (Lim- 
odorum Simpsonit), sometimes in the i ae tall-milk- 
wort (Polygala cymosa), and showy morn ry (Ipomo 
sagittata) stood out in strong contrast with si neutral-tinted 
uiatum 
(Chrysobalanus palaeas Hid, wl thie seems to agi its northern 
ls iota limit = re, was coming into flow 
Acr the Hungry Land slough, on ie hiapandh Flats, 
quite a alr apt was sparingly represented by such plants. 
hen in flower, as false-aster ain reticulatus), milk-pea 
(Galactia ENiotti), milkwi eed (Podostigma pedicellata), white- 
(Polyg 
named, reached twice as one’s head. T 
hemp-vine (Mikania cil) was rampant and filled the air 
with its an scented fragra 
Our attempt to run up the ie shore from the settlement of 
e ob 
in the natural packing of the sand in ie higher ae lower parts 
of the prairies surrounding Lake Okeechobee is evident. That 
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