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of small plantations, if judiciously handled, and “a kingdom as full of people 
as hives are of bees,” in the words of the first discoverer in writing to King 
Ferdinand of Spain. 
The following list of plants was made from the sheets in the Herbarium 
of the New York Botanical Garden: 
Tripsacum floridanum Porter. Rhynchospora Tracyi Britton. 
Andropogon tenuispatheus Nash. Scleria gracilis Ell. 
Coelorachis (Manisuris) rugosa (Nutt.) Nash. Scleria verticillata Muhl. 
Paspalum giganteum Baldw. Peltandra virginica (L.) Kunth. 
Paspalum solitarium Nash. Eriocaulon compressum Lam. 
Valota insularis (L.) Chapm. Eriocaulon decangulare L. 
Syntherisma marginatum (Link) Nash. Eriocaulon Ravenelii Chapm. 
Panicum agrostoides Muhl. Pontederia cordata L. 
Panicum coerulescens Hack. Juncus megacephalus M. A. Curtis. 
Panicum condensum Nash. Aletris bracteata Northrop. 
Panicum ciliiferum Nash. Aletris lutea Small. 
Panicum neuranthum Griseb. Crinum americanum L. 
Panicum polycaulon Nash. Hymenocallis occidentalis Kunth. 
Steinchisma hians (Ell.) Nash. Ibidium cernuum (L.) House. 
Chaetochloa imberbis (Poir) Scribn. 
Chaetochloa magna (Griseb.) Scribn. 
Muhlenbergia filipes M. A. Curtis. 
Spartina junciformis Engelm. & Gray. 
Phragmites phragmites (L.) Karst. 
Eragrostis Elliottii S. Wats. 
Cyperus alternifolius L. 
Cyperus haspan L. 
Cyperus paniculatus Rottb. 
Cyperus Pollardi Britton. 
Cyperus tetragonus Ell. 
Fuirena breviseta Coville. 
Fuirena scirpoidea Michx. 
Eleocharis capitata (L.) R. Br. 
Eleocharis cellulosa Torr, 
Dichromena colorata (L.) A. Hitchc. 
Rhynchospora caduca Ell. 
Rhynchospora corniculata (Lam.) A. Gray. 
Limodorum Simpsonii Small. 
Platypus altus (L.) Small. 
Nymphaea advena macrophylla (Small) 
Miller & Standley. 
Magnolia virginiana L. 
Chrysobalanus pellocarpus Mey. 
Ascyrum tetrapetalum (Lam.) Vail. 
Hypericum opacum T. & G. 
Tamala (Persea) pubescens (Pursh.) Small. 
Oxypolis filiformis (Walt.) Britton. 
Acerates floridana (Lam.) A. Hitchc. 
Buchnera elongata Sw. 
Cephalanthus occidentalis L. 
Lobelia glandulosa Walt. 
Lobelia paludosa Nutt. 
Pluchea foetida (L.) B. S. P. 
Coreopsis gladiata Walt. 
Coreopsis Leavenworthii T. & G. 
Mesadenia lanceolata (Nutt.) Raf. 
Rhynchospora divergens M. A. Curtis. 
FRESHWATER MARSH FORMATION 
There seems to be in popular usage no apparent difference between a marsh 
and a swamp, and the definitions of the two words in our dictionaries of the 
English language have confused their essential significance. Harper* has 
* Harper, Roland M.: Some Neglected Aspects of the Campaign Against Swamps. Southern 
Woodlands 2: 46-67, Aug., 1908; Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 17:25, 1906. 
