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borne on long slender stems rarely over two inches in diameter. 
They occur in thousands in this ‘‘ white-land” region, and, on 
account of their height, are the most conspicuous objects there. 
The oo illustration (Fig. 6) depicts the manner of their 
growth. /acguinia Keyensis Mez, known locally as ‘Joe wood,” 
is confined ay to this region, although it Rete occurs 
in stunted plants in the scrub. 
Fic. 7. Savannah formation, with a coppice in the sea View in 
. Upper Savannah near west end of Salt Lake. 
Then there is the large savannah formation,consisting of large 
flat plains, covered in great part with Sporobolus Virginicus (L.) 
, the ‘savannah grass”’ of the people there. striking fea- 
ture in this formation is the coppices (Fig. 7), to which allusion 
has been made, which dot the savannah at irregular intervals 
These are irregular-shaped island-like masses of timber, some of 
the trees attaining a height of 25 feet; the surface of the ground 
is flat, as in the surrounding savannah. One of the characteristic 
