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We were surprised to meet with a number of plants, both 
herbaceous and woody, characteristic of more agree or cooler 
parts of the country. Among the woody p the more 
spicuous were the laurel-leaved greenbrier (eae esr 
Ward’s willow (Salix ee: sweet bay Ci 1a virgini- 
ana), Virginia creeper (F fia), persimmon 
(Diospyros virginiana), French muller ( Gallicae pa americana) 
and buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), The most interesting 
of these was the sweet bay, which occurred in diminutive 
forests, the plants assuming the form of a tree and ranging from 
one to three feet tall. Their trunks were characteristically but- 
tressed, with a diameter of several inches at the base, tapering 
to about one half an inch a foot above. The diminutive trees 
bore both flowers and fruit. 
Our last field work was done on the Vacca Keys, Crawl 
Keys and Grassy Key. We secured a good collection of the 
plants inhabiting these islands, including some additions to our 
flora, and a view of the remarkably dense growth of the palm, 
Thrinav floridana, which is well worthatripthere to see. There 
too we. had the only really unpleasant experience of the expedi- 
tion. For two days we were at the mercy of the mosquitoes. I 
will not attempt to describe our experience, but may say that the 
insects almost devoured us, and besides breathing and eating 
them, we had great difficulty in extracting them from our eyes 
and ears, We returned to New York on February 4, with a 
number of museum specimens, about oes hundred herbarium 
specimens, and notes on many import bservations on the plant 
covering of the Everglade Keys. 
Respectfully submitted, 
J. K. Sari 
Head Curator of the Alusenms and on 
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