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The last day of April was spent on Long Key in the oe 
Ham nd Long Key and also through much of ae pine- 
lands and parts of the hammocks of Long << ey. tne myriads 
of seedling pine t the prair- 
ies and pinelands were eae all cae: The forest fires 
were evidently more severe than usual, apparently on account 
of the increased supply of tinder and fuel resulting from the 
{freezing spell of weather of the earlier part of the year. We went 
as far as Long Key Hammock which had been less damaged by 
the cold weather of the iaeipare February than the surround- 
A 
ing pine-woods. Ferns and orchids were ile represented. 
few 12 f alcsr maidenhai I ( 
were discovered in iene lime-sinks. The Long Key hammock 
represents the only known locality for this fern. A very limited 
supply of the holly-fern (Stenochlaena Kunzeana) was found; 
but large quantities of the smail awe ectaria minima) 
were met with. Th all forms from 
those with simple neatly entire-leaf-blades to those with divided 
or compound blades. Orchids rare in F oS were represented 
by species of the genera Oncidium, Macra aand Brassia. A 
half-dozen other epiphytic oa: seus "plentifutly in this 
ham. 
moc 
Sarna: on May the first found us on Big Pine Key. On tak- 
ing the field we found a great part of the pinelands fire-swept. 
the first plant to recover and flower after a fire. The nourish- 
ower: o kin 
ie ee a rattle-box (Crotalaria), a species 
of Dolicholus, and one of Caesalpinia. Pink was represented by 
