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society. South of the spur track a drainage ditch has con- 

 verted the swamp into a mesophytic wooded zone with a dense 

 field stratum of grasses and common weeds. At the curve of 

 the levee towards the southwest there is a border of shrubs, 

 Sambucus canadensis and Salix nigra along the ditch. Farther 

 south where the railroad track diverges from the shore the de- 

 pression between the two is occupied by Typha latifolia and 

 Nymphaea advena in alternating masses, with Homalocenchrus 

 oryzoides, Juncus tenuis and Scirpus fluviatilis and other sedges 

 along the margin and a border of Sambucus and Salix at the 

 foot of the embankment. 



Along the water's edge the levee has not been kept in as 

 good repair as that of the north shore. Originally banked with 

 rock at the base, this has in one place broken down, the earth 

 has been washed into the shallow water, building a mud flat 

 about ten feet wide. On this and extending into the water are 

 Sagittaria latifolia, Scirpus fluviatilis and Homalocenchrus ory- 

 zoides, Scirpus lacustris. Potamogeton lonchites and Nymphaea 

 advena in the order named. 



But few launches enter the western arm of the lake ; this 

 and the small number of small docks and the entire absence of 

 large ones, have permitted an abundant growth of fixed aquatics. 



Near Lakeside are two Castalia tuberosa beds. Just south 

 of these and near the spur track is an extensive Typha latifolia 

 tussock surrounded by alternating Nymphaea advena, Pota- 

 mogeton lonchites. Polygonum emersum and Nelumbo lutea 

 societies. About fifty yards farther south an extensive field of 

 Nelumbo lutea begins, it spreads over 300 yards out into the 

 lake and extends to Lieb's Island. The marginal zone of fixed 

 aquatics extends from this point to the mouth of the canal. 



The Southwest feeder taps the south branch of the Licking 

 River at Kirkersville ; it has a general southwesterly direction 

 and enters Buckeye Lake one-eighth of a mile north of the canal 

 at A-Iillersport. Near its mouth it is a very sluggish stream not 

 more than twenty feet wide, confined between steep banks which 

 are densely wooded on the outer slopes. Immediately at the 



