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FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—THIRD ANNUAL RErORT. 
HERBS 
Cladium effusum (saw-grass) 
Phragmites communis (reed grass) 
(mostly in sloughs) 
Nymphaea macrophylla (bonnets) 
(in ’gator-holes) 
Sagittaria lancifolia 
Spartina Bakeri (a grass) 
Eleocharis cellulosa (round grass) 
(in sloughs) 
Monniera Caroliniana 
Pontederia cordata (wampee) 
(mostly in ’gator-holes) 
Peltandra Virginica (mostly in ’ga¬ 
tor-holes) 
Crinum Americanum 
Centella repanda 
Schoenus nigricans 
Rhynchospora Tracyi 
Typha latifolia (cat-tail) 
Potamogeton sp. 
Oxypolis filiformis 
Cassytha filiformis 
Aeschynomene pratensis 
Asclepias lanceolata (milkweed) 
The shrubs (all of which become trees in more sheltered situa¬ 
tions) are chiefly confined to the immediate vicinity of the ’gator- 
holes, where they form small clumps, or oases, which are a charac- 
Fig. 28.—Scene in Everglades about a mile west of head of Miami 
River, Dade County (locality No. 26). Vegetation mostly Phragmites 
(reed grass). April 9, 1909. 
V 
teristic feature of the landscape of the southern part of the Ever¬ 
glades. (They seem to be absent from the middle and northern 
portions, where the rock is deeper below the surface.) Several of 
the herbs prefer the same spots, as indicated in the above list. 
Analyses of peat from this region will be found under localities 
24 to 26. 
