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are rather scarce and inconspicuous. In May as many as half 

 a dozen species may be in bloom at once, but there are not 

 so many at other times, and apparently none after September. 

 White is the prevailing color. Nearly half the flowering plants 

 have fleshy fruits. 



Of vascular plants there are only 22 species, belonging to 

 nearly as many families and genera. In range they are chiefly 

 confined to the coastal plain (but not to the pine-barren region). 

 Most of them do not range farther north than Virginia or farther 

 west than Louisiana. 



16. Sand-Hill Ponds. 



Ponds occur in the sand-hills as well as in the pine-barrens, 

 but much more rarely. There seem to be no references to sand- 

 hill ponds in botanical literature, and perhaps they do not occur 

 outside of Georgia. They seem to be a little more common in 

 Coffee County than anywhere else. They are usually quite 

 small, and contain no water except in wet weather (Plate XIV, 

 Fig. 2) . The following species grow in them or around their edges. 



2 Pinus Elliottii 2 — 



1 Nyssa biflora 



2 Ilex glabra 



2 Leucothoe elongata 



1 Hypericum myrtifolium 



1 Kalmia hirsuta 



1 Clif tonia monophylla 



1 Pieris nitida 



1 Cyrilla racemiflora 



1 Hypericum fasciculatum 



1 Serenoa serrulata 



1 Persea pubescens 



1 Pieris Mariana 4-5 white 



1 Malapoenna geniculata 



1 Benzoin melissasfolium 

 3 Juncus scirpoides composituslf. 7 — 



3 Syngonanthus flavidulus^ 5-9 cream 



2 Aristida spiciformis 7-9 — 



2 Xyris Elliottii % 6-8 yellow 



2 Xyris fimbriata 1\- 7-9 yellow 



2 Dulichium arundinaceum 1| 7-8 — 



2-Trilisa odoratissimalf. 8-9 purple 



4-5 



white 





white 



6-9 



yellow 



6-9 



purple 



3-4 



white 



3-4 



white 



6-7 



white 



4-8 



yellow 



6 



cream 



