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Flowers.”” However, a few of the oie es plants were 
flo g in spite surf wa Colonies of th 
rose-purple mallow (Hibiscus one a the most color 
to the vegetation in ane na e estu of tl ee 
Lucie River. rthw. marshes and ham 
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divided the ‘‘scrub”’ from ae cinelane! the sweet-bay ean 
and the Loblolly-bay (Goerdonia) had unfolded their showy white 
wers. 
ean observations on the variations in the “scrub” s 
di 1 tl for tt f the Ca: ries 
pine (Pinus caribaea) in that plant-association instead of tl 
normal spruce-pine (P. clausa). The spruce-pine is ee 
inflammable and t ende r. A fire sweeping through the “scrub” 
Sooner or later this pine disappears from the eee area. 
‘hus we often find ar r 
find s of ‘‘scrub” devoid of pine trees. Of 
course, such area ae = reforested with spruce-pine from 
seeds blow: from u aged areas; perhaps some par 
the ‘‘scrub’’ now er a we spruce- einen y represent such 
reforested areas. a there are 'y parts of the scrub with 
the Caribbean-p ne is aon ee fire-proof, so to 
speak, an sible been we uce-pine in areas wher 
se 
e eastern or region a milk-p 
ee lot is very abundant. In several towns in ae 
region we noticed lawns composed almost wholly of a growth 
of this pea. The roots are deep-seated and the stems and leaves 
are nel prostrate. Thus it is adapted to growing in sandy soil, 
and in the proper season it produces large quantities of soft 
™m ) 
have pinnately compound lea ee continue to flower after 
= to ae after the plant has matured some of its pods. 
We n ered a region where the cabbage-tree late and 
the saw- Reena Gene) grow intimately intermixed. One 
interesting, yet unsolved, problem suggested by dee two palms 
