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Another interesting section of country selected for investigation 
grade has recently been constructed through an uninhabited 
region and it afforded an unusual opportunity to investigate a 
succession of low coral ridges consisting of either pinelands or 
hammocks, and arms of the everglades in the form of prairies 
reaching out to near the coast. The collections from this sec- 
tion contain several species of flowering plants not heretofore 
known to occur in the United States and six undescribed her- 
baceous species. 
The more interesting field for exploration lay to the south 
and southwest of Cutler. There the topography is essentially 
the same as that about Miami.* However the pinelands are 
vast and the hammocks are few and small. Notwithstanding 
this practical similarity of country the flora rapidly changes to a 
more tropical type, especially West Indian, from Cutler towards 
Cape Sable. 
Several excursions were made to Black Point south of Cutler 
and Longview Camp in the direction of Cape Sable. The farthest 
point reached was about Longview Camp nearly half way between 
Miami and Cape Sable 
Further advance was then impossible both on account of the 
wet condition of the everglades beyond Longview Camp and the 
necessarily improvised field equipment at our disposal. The col- 
lections from the country south and southwest of Cutler yielded 
ully nineteen species not previously known to occur on the 
mainland of North America and Gis undescribed species 
In that section the coral ridges are thickly covered with pine 
trees, several species of palms, shrubs and herbaceous plants. 
A curious condition of plant distribution was apparent on all 
sides, that is, the exposed coral rock of the slight elevations 
maintain not only more species than the slight depressions where 
a certain amount of soil has accumulated, but also more indi- 
ee in other words the more eroded and acicular the con- 
Foie oie of the topography of this section see Journal of the New York 
Bre Garden, 3: Igo2. 
