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An unexpected call to southern Florida during the latter part 
fe) ember the first part of December gave opportunity 
for r ion. The time was ted largely to 
hitherto unvisited territory zen points in the Everglades 
plants of interest. Several new hammocks were found and 
portions of the Biscayne pineland not previously traversed by 
e writer were examine 
A week was devoted to rucehee exploration in the Cape Sable 
egi Only new localities were visited. We had planned to 
a h 
e m. or 
impassable. Consequently, our plans were frustrated by too 
little water in the sea and too much water on the land. 
Although a continued strong easterly wind had ae dees 
botanists had set foot on the island, and I might say in passing 
that there are over a hundred Florida Keys upon which col- 
lectors have not yet set foot, and what strange plants may be 
hidden in their hammocks we do not know! 
We spent the forenoon collecting on the sand-dunes of the 
sla high and dry on the soft mud bottom of the bay. 
for colleeang the kin lants that grow only 
on the bottom of = . ; "Three iiadew were present there, the 
turtle-grass, the manatee-grass, and a third kind quite similar 
this plant was apparently one of the very rare plants in our 
