Then, north of the settlement of Hallandale, the "scrub" 

 appears. This plant association occupies a formation of almost 



dunes. The southernmost dunes are low and nearly flat, but 

 northward they become more undulating, and finally a few 

 miles north of West Palm Beach, become conspicuous hills. 



(Serenoa serrulate), the rosemary (Ceratiola ericoides), the prickly- 

 pear {Opuntia ammophila), a heath (Xolisma speciosa), and 



are present. Among the latter a parasite (Cassytha), resem- 

 bling the dodder in habit and color but really related to the 



ponds, there was an abundance of aquatic and semiaquatic 



was a tall sedge {Dichromena latifoiia). This grew scattered 

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The old settlement of Jupiter, eighty-three miles north of 

 we would strike out for the Okeechobee region over the old 



