PLATE II 
FIG, Т 
Dwarf mangroves growing in saw-grass marsh, 
north side of the Miami River, August 16, 
1911. Similar low mangroves are found on 
the coastal prairie south of Detroit. Original. 
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Fic. 2. 
Sand-pine (Pinus clausa) forest at West Palm 
Beach, August то, r911, with an undergrowth 
of low oaks and saw-palmetto. Original. 
FIG. 3. 
Pine forest south of Homestead, August 15, 
1911, showing even stand of slash-pine, Pinus 
caribaea Morelet, and silver palm, Coccothrinax 
Garberi (Chapm.) Sarg. Note the angular lime- 
stone rock fragments, the saw-palmettos, etc. 
Original. 
FIG. 4. 
Roots of palmetto denuded of soil by the 
currents of the Caloosahatchee River. Photo- 
graph by S. L. Schumo. 
