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Chapman, in his Flora of the Southern States, gives some 
Key West localities, mainly on the authority of the late Dr. 
Blodgett, and Grisebach (Flora of the British West Indian 
Islands) in his ample tables 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 Rugel. 
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 clear- 
ing away of the old original £ bush 3 the flora may undergo 
complete alteration. 
It will be observed that the flora is completely Carribean, 
and presents hardly any connection with that of the main- 
land of Florida, with the exception of that small portion 
south of the ‘Everglades.’ 
* denotes that the plant is not originally indigenous. 
PAPAYERACEiE. 
1. Argemone Mexicana (L.) native, according to Chapman, and 
exceedingly abundant in most places. 
Crucifers. 
2. Lepidium Virginicum (L.). A more slender form than the 
ordinary plant. Common. 
3. GakiU AEqualis (If Her). Shifting sands of the south coast, 
Key west. Differs from C. Maritima (L.) in the shape of 
the upper fruit joint. 
Capparidaceai. 
4. * Gynandropsis pentaphylla (D.C.). Occasionally in waste 
places. 
Capparis Jamaicensis (Jay). Rare (Mr. Feay). 
