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Agave, to which reference will be made later on, and the Opuntia, 
already referred to. Another feature here was a palm, 7hrinax 
Keyensis Sargent, first seuss on the en ay Keys, hee to 
the westward of Key West off the coast of Florida. The sa 
Pilocereus seen at James ai occurred here in much greater quan- 
tity, forming one of the characteristic plants. Another plant 
leaves, sometimes nearly two feet long, much resembling in color 
those of Agave Americana L. The erect candelabra-like flower- 
ing stems, at the time of our visit only dried-up stalks with the dis- 
integrating remains of the old capsules, appeared above the scrub 
wherever the eye roamed. Standing on one of the little eminences 
and looking out over the surrounding area, one was struck by the 
prevalence of these three plants ; the palm, with its ever-swaying 
leaves so unlike the rest of the foliage; the old stems of the 
Agave, and the pipe-like stems of the Pilocereus 
same island. Here a visit was made to the savannah, quite an 
extensive one, which passes abruptly into the “white land.” 
This ‘‘ white land’”’ seems to be a deposit of some depth of white 
sand mixed with fine humus, very similar to that found in the 
pineland region of Florida; it supports a dense vegetation twenty 
feet tall. This is the only ice des the islands where Canela 
Winteriana a) Gaertn. is known to occur. It/is locally known 
as ‘‘cinnamon.” Tillandsias in pee species are common, great 
masses of 7. utriculata L. occupying indiscriminately both the 
trunks and branches of the trees and the surface of the ground. 
This was also true of a species of Epzdendvon, an orchid forming 
large masses in similar situations. One species of Zi//andsia in 
particular attracted my attention on account of its resemblance 
to T. fasciculata Sw., for which commonly distributed species I at 
first mistook it, and it was not until I found it in fruit that I saw 
my error. Living plants of this were successfully transported 
and are now in the propagating houses, where it is hoped they 
may eventually come into flower. On the savannah, already 
alluded to, great masses of a Zypha, not then in flower or fruit, 
were growing, and also a sedge, Scirpus robustus Pursh. 
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