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species of Bletia, Sabbatia, Agalinis, and Ruellia. Shrubs and 
trees of the locust-berry Cate lucida) were just putting 
forth their showy racemes. When in full flower this is one of 
the most beautiful trees in the ee flora of North America. 
Three kinds of herbaceous vines, two milkweeds, and a trop- 
ical hemp-weed, had sprung up in abundance after the fire and 
were in full bloom. We found this profusion of flowers in spite 
of a prolonged drought. 
On Key West, however, the effects of the drought were more 
pronounced. Although the shrubs and trees in the hammocks 
were not seriously damaged, and were even coming into flower, 
the herbaceous plants were killed or partly dried up. We se- 
of the East Indies. It has been naturalized in the West Indies 
for many years; but has only recently been introduced into our 
ing Dr. Pennell on Key West, I returned to Miami and 
cook and crew, and the writer. The several objects of the cruise 
were to secure collections of herbarium specimens, various living 
plants for cultivating, and collections of shells, both living and 
fossil, as well as to make a general survey of hitherto inaccess- 
ible territory. 
went to the lake by way of Fort Lauderdale and the North 
Mabel, after the storm had spent itself, we noticed a house-boat 
that had been blown ashore and an accompanying motor-boat 
