rithin sight of the settlement of Marco, fifty-odd mil 



t that 



istoric red race folio 



nely, 



After 



some of the inhabitants sufficiently to en- 

 the ferry-lighters was at the bottom of the sound and the other 



we crossed the sound for a short investigation of the flora of 



Hard luck had evidently overtaken us at last. 



An anticipated visit to the Royal Palm Hammocks of the 

 Cape Romano district was also defeated, although we man- 

 hand and in the soft mud of the adjacent prairies on the other, 

 we sought the main trail and set out for Fort Myers. Her- 

 barium specimens were collected from the different plant asso- 



were in flower. However, one notable shrub, a kind of lead- 



islands at the mouth of the liver. At Punta Blanca, 

 ie mouth of the Caloosahatchee, the most likely place for t! 



