TRANSACTIONS OF WAGNER 
148 VEGETATION OF SOUTH FLORIDA 
ADDITIONAL POND PLANTS* 
Erianthus saccharoides Michx. Fimbristylis autumnalis R. & S. 
Tripsacum dactyloides L. Fimbristylis castanea (Michx.) Vahl. 
Coelorachis (Manisuris) rugosa Dichromena latifolia Baldw. 
(Nutt.) Nash. Dichromena leucocephala Michx. 
Panicum Baldwinii Nutt. Rhynchospora fascicularis Vahl. 
Panicum erectifolium Nash. Rhynchospora Hitchcockii Britton 
‘Panicum virgatum L. Rhynchospora stipitata Chapm. 
Chaetochloa corrugata parviflora Rhynchospora Tracyi Britton 
Poir. Scleria gracilis Ell. 
Aristida patula Chapm. Xyris ambigua Beyr. 
Cyperus brunneus Sw. Eriocaulon decangulare L. 
Cyperus cylindricus Britton Juncus scirpoides Lam. 
Besides the ponds which in great numbers are scattered through South 
Florida, the section of the state south of latitude 27° 30’ North boasts a 
number of lakes of small and large size. Enumerated, the smaller lakes are 
Hares, Buck, Red, Beach, Josephine, Allie, Nellie, Clay, Stearns, Apthorpe, 
Childs, Annie in the Kissimmee drainage system, and Lake Flirt (Plate IX, 
Fig. 2), while in the extreme southern end, we have Deep Lake, south of the 
Big Cypress, Long Lake and Cuthbert Lake near Cape Sable. The larger 
lakes of the area are Trafford, Hicpochee, Istokpoga and Okeechobee. The 
vegetation of Lake Flirt, Lake Hicpochee and Lake Okeechobee will be con- 
sidered as representative. 
Lake Flirt (Plate IX, Fig. 2).—This lake belongs to the Caloosahatchee 
River and is merely a widening of the headwaters of that stream, and since the 
construction of the canal, Lake Hicpochee may also be considered as a part of 
the Caloosahatchee Riversystem. The canal passes through Lake Flirt, which 
in times of dry weather is scarcely more than a marshy tract, largely overgrown 
with grasses, flags, and various water plants. When the writer passed across 
Lake Flirt on June 21, 1912, the country was inundated with water and the 
following description taken from the field note book will give a general idea of 
the vegetation of the lake. Before the lake is reached, the country opens 
out with scattered palmetto hammocks. Lake Flirt is bordered by an associa- 
tion of willows. The left bank is characterized by a growth of maiden-cane, 
* Consult for others Hitchcock, A. S.: A list of Plants collected in Lee County, Fla. Proc. Ta. 
Acad. Sci. IX (1901): 189-225. 
