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southern end of the island, and it will probably be exterminated, 

 in course of time, by the cattle on the island, which are very fond 

 of it. It is diminishing in abundance on Sullivan's Island, from 

 the same cause. Of the Cyperaceas were obtained but three 

 species; and it is very probable that in the search after other 

 plants as many more species, at least, were overlooked; Cyperus 

 tetragonus, found here by Elliott, did not occur to me. 



Coniferse, Liliaceae, Rosacese, Leguminosae, Vitacese, Verben- 

 aceae, Euphorbiaceas, and Chenopodiaceae, furnished three species 

 each. The three species of Liliaceae were the three species of 

 Yucca, indigenous to our State. Yucca draconis is well known as 

 the " Spanish bayonet," or as it is sometimes called, the u Pal- 

 metto royal;" rather absurdly, as it is not even a Palm, much 

 less a "royal" one; it abounds on the island, and a nourishing 

 thicket of it exists at the summit of the highest sand hill, some in- 

 dividuals rising eight or nine feet above the sand. Yucca gloriosa 

 is not generally distinguished from the last by the residents, 

 although it is easy to do so ; the leaves of the first are more rigid 

 and sharp pointed than those of the second, and have an edge like 

 a fine saw, while the leaves of the second are smooth edged and of 

 a paler green. Yucca jilamentosa is well known as the "SiJk 

 grass," or "Bear grass," in domestic use, on account of the 

 strength of the fibre of its leaves. One of the Leguminosae, Gle- 

 ditschia triacanthos, the Honey locust, was found as seedlings, 

 apparently, in one of the lanes, and was probably introduced. 



Solanaceae, Smilacese, Cactaceee, and Juncaceae, furnished two 

 species each, and the other families indicated, but one each. The 

 only Fern found was Pteris aquilina, not rare here, nor on Sulli- 

 van's Island, in Charleston Harbor, and widely spread through 

 our State from the coast to the mountains. 



The trees of the island were only the seven following: 



1. Prunus caroliniana, Wild Orange. 



2. Bumelia tenax, Ironwood. 



3. Quercus virens, Live Oak. 



4. Pinus tseda, Loblolly Pine. 



5. Pinus rigida, Pond Pine. 



6. Juniperus virginiana, Cedar. 



7. Chamserops palmetto, Palmetto Tree. 



Prunus caroliniana, a well known evergreen, is not rare on our sea 

 coast range of islands, and attains great size. Bumelia tenax is still 

 more common on Edings' Bay and on the other islands, and forms 



