BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
with tlie iron in the jsoil will produce ink, it is thought, sufficient to account for the 
dark color of the water of this grand fiver of four hundred miles in length. 
On this more elevated land at Palatka are seen large trees of Quercus mrena^ Ait., 
and Magnolia grandiflord, L. In the streets and lots appear Nasturtium tanaeetifolium, 
H. <$? A., Sisymbrium canescens, Nutt., Sabina ste&wtoa, .Wimmer,' and Dichondrgrepeiis, ' 
Porst., var.; CaroUtiensis, Choi-s. Out of town one gets into the open pine land* whfere ■ - 
Pinus Australis, Michx., is monarch of* the forest. Along the streamlets and ponds ' 
Magnolia ylauca, L., Par sea Carolinensis, Ncosj, var. palustris, Chapin., Salix nigra, ./ 
Marsh., Myrica cerifera, L., Itea Virginita, L., Ascyrum Crux-And/re a, L., Gelsemium ' 
sempervirehs, Ait., and Smilax laurifolia, L., principally make up the thickets. In the ; 
open' pine land Quercus virens, Ait., var., and Catesbei, Michx., Ilex Hahoon , Walt., and , 
glabra , Gray* Andromedanitida, Bartv..speciosw, Mx., and ferrugi/iea, Walt., contribute 
mainly to the woody undergrowth. Perhaps a mile . from the river the hind makes a 
, gentle rise and the low pine land changes to the drier sandy upland. It was on this 
soil where Asimina grandijlora, Dunal, and Ceanothus microphyllust, Michx., occurred, 
and just comihenced to flower. With them appeared others of equal interest, like 
Sporobolus jupceus , Kunth, Iloustonia fotundifolia) My., Berlandiera subacaulis, Nutt., / 
Phlox procumbens, Lehm., Crotaldria oralis, Pursh, and the prostrate Astragalus • 
obcordatus,,~EA\. Intermediate to the dense growth, along the river, of deciduous trees 
and the pipy uplands back of it, extend the piny lowlands, the soil of which is wet and 
require^ draining to render it fit for cultivation. In this damper soil Droseta brexifolia , 
Pursh, Erigeron.rernum, T. & G., Ascy rum amplexicaule, Mx., Hypericum fpsciculatum, 
Lam., and var. aspalathoides, Chapin., Polygdlaluiea, L., Aster squarrosus, Walt., not 
in flower , Pinguicula lutea, Walt., and pumila,Mx., Bartonia rerna, Mulil., and tenella, 
, Muhl., Spiranthes gracilis, Big., Listera australis, Lindl., Cqlopogon parmfiorus, Lindl. 
Jlypoxys juncea, Smith, Pcepalanthus flamdus, Kunth, and OpMoglossurp bulbosum, , 
Michx., appeared at homO. Sarraceniarariolarisy Michx.y not yet in flower, but the new 
leaves were of common occurrence. More sparingly appeared Vaccinium myrsinites, ' 
Michx., Satureia ? rigida, Bart., and Coreopsis*Uurea. Ait., the last in general appearance 
and habit resembling oUr common Bidens. Around: the shallow ponds, of which there 
are nianv in these pine lands, grew; Uiricularia striata, LeConte, and subulata, L. The 
area for convenient field work after a ' week’s ramble became sorhewhat monotonous, 
and with one more walk, in which Olea Americana, L., was seen in bloom and Ehizo- 
gonium^spiniforme, Birk ., Tetraplodon australis, Sull. & Lesq., and Bryum provinciate, 
Phil,, in fruit, were added to the list, I took my departure on the XT. 8. Mail Steamer to 
another field, about 125 miles farther-south, on Lake Monroe. Sailing on this sluggish 
stream, distant views are intercepted by 'the frequent and sudden windings of the river 
and the' large trees with the dense undergrowth along its banks. The, large ocean 
' steamers are now replaced by smaller ones, and the river becomes-narrower and more' 
winding,turning upon itself at sharp angles almost every quarter or half mile, and in many ; 
places boats can pass each other only at the interval of the bends. I was impressed' 
with the great abundance of the mistletoe, appearing for -a distance of over fifty miles 
along the river. Scarcely an Oak could be seen which had not tufts of this green plant 
growing on some of its limbs. Occasionally could be seen dead oaks with the dead 
parasitical growth attached to its limbs, suggesting the idea of mutual starvation. Large 
• red tufts of TiUaidsia emspitosa, LeConte, upon the oak, and green mats of Polypodium 
' incapum, Swz., on the declining trunks and larger limbs of the same tree, were also of* 
common occurrence,; The Sabdl Palmetto, R. & S., which heretofore appeared sporad- 
i ically and dwarfed, now became very abundundanh frequently forming dense groves or 
palmetto hummocks, and attaining a height of 30 to 40 feet. The following morning 
the steamer stopped a few minutes at a wood station for fuel, presenting an opportunity 
to examine the vegetation. Although but a five minutes’ privilege, I detected Vitaria 
lineata, Swz., Polypodium aureum, L. and OctoblepJiarum albidum, Hedw., all on the trunk 
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