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the southern beard-tongue (Penstemon multiflorus), ‘e oe 
nt, as are most of the beard-tongues, particular of 
those west of the Mississippi River, w enus is iron 
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covers were red-topped rush (Juncus), a purple-foxglove 
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ent-flow a racocephalum). 
From Fort Myers to Naples pinelands nea arees but they 
are sean by areas of “scrub” or “ ” Some of these 
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comprising all four of the ieee ae es pra tins 
e white (Laguncularia), the black (Avicennia), and the button 
(Conocarpus). These associations are dove-tailed together, as 
it were 
A third attempt to get into the Royal Palm Hammocks back 
of Marco was frustrated by the depth of the dry sand, but we 
managed to advance to within a mile of them.' The marshes 
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