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wooded, and the character of the vegetation is entirely the 

 same. 



The south-western portion of Key West is cultivated, 

 and towards the south and south-east, between the town 

 and the sea, there are numerous green lanes and shady 

 natural avenues extending for a mile or two, which present 

 a native flora of much beauty, though somewhat scanty in 

 actual species. 



The northern shores of the island are swampy and there 

 are extensive mangrove flats. It is in this portion that the 

 original " scrubs-forest still remains, and the north-eastern 

 shores especially present a deserted appearance. 



In the centre of the island are numerous salt-pans and a 

 salt-marsh, which abound in some curious plants, mostly 

 Asclepiads and Chenopodiaceae. 



Chapman, in his e Mora of the Southern States/ gives 

 some Key- West localities, mainly on the authority of the 

 late Dr. Blodgett, and Grisebach ( f Flora of the British 

 West Indian Islands } ) , in his ample table of distribution 

 of each species, occasionally does the same. Mr. W. T. 

 Feay, of Savannah, Georgia, lived for a year or more on 

 the island and collected several species I did not observe. 

 These have been added to this list, on his authority, to 

 make it more complete. 



In the Shuttleworth Herbarium, now incorporated with 

 that of the British Museum, there are several specimens 

 of Key- West plants, mostly collected by Riigel. 



Owing to Key West being a town of increasing import- 

 ance, as it is a military as well as a naval station, and also 

 a calling point for all the steamers plying between New 

 Orleans and Cuba, it is quite probable that the whole 

 place may in a few years be materially changed, and by 

 the clearing away of the old original " bush " the flora may 

 undergo complete alteration. 



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