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200 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUPAUM — BOTANY. VOL. II. FIR. 13G•. FLORA - - S SAND Krim Or FLORIDA MILLa3AUOB. 901
• ' BALLAST KEY
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— An6tea[a hiepida (83og) Cyperua b,unneus (a319)
ti) Aed ops{en glomentaa (cyan) ]tuphorbia bnxitolia (0703)
tf Aoipiea eti tat. (3313) _ Hymenocaltis caribaea (2301)
u, t ATitsoNa nitfda (2326) y 128 (1850602 ; 3309(
Newer �• i y ." rt'' Baia 1aritima (TIPS) 33 Monanthochlot tittoralls (2307)
' • • .......re t'Ib- 1 is a (2311) Rhixopbora mangle (2311)
,o `+_ 'Y p Clad* (ua[fermir (2317. 2318) , Sa)icornia ambigw ism) ` . 1 • TT%% -t Cas,alie obtu1Nob (33
a o.) — 60.02(um tu
portulacastm (233x)
43 •Z "' a Cenr6rus tribu)oides (333t) Y Stvhna maritime (2350)
N I o- C000catpM =WS (3316) * Tovroefoctia gnaphalader •2314)
1 Uniola pudcuWa (2353)
This small key is separated from Man Key by a channel so nar-
3t row that the branches of the mangroves of both nearly touch. This
* 3f )( A channel is very shallow and destined soon to be colonized by the man -
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** grove and cause the islet to !use its identity in consolidation with Man
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i <f I `rf Key. The key is now about 230014e feet, and in the neighborhood
wit X 4-i X ff. of 3 feet at its highest point. Like Bird Key, this islet has no abrupt
3E f re { t r I shore, being more or kw rounded in topographic contour with the
[ r )' t `!./. strand everywhere at a gentle slope.
y1 A i 17 tY I Its vegetation presents the odd condition of having its mangroves
I' irTI i 1' , , and Avicennias disposed at the farthest points they could possibly
ti� t• Y t \ grow apart, instead of being, as canal, in association. This condition
t t •1 y i 6 � is repeated in the two colonies of Uttida and Eapk edict, one on the
• 1 t v[� i• t \\ `t I east and the other on the south strand, though there are two associated
tit t t f l�� I I Ii groups of these elements on the other two shores — northwest and
t •t • t Y I l southeast
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ld Id The two floes of Bath and Sa /irarata appear to be forming their
i{ t • � fi t I T I T ! I / �I 4 '1�' r true association with the Avicenwia and at one point Cnvrirat its
I Y q iq / IJ.0r frequently noted camaraderie with Uwiota. At the north point appears
iO i Y � a peculiar continuous line of Arosia which apparently indicates that
a Y the strand at this end of the islet is in process of formation from the
sea. The extensive implantation of Sariana is not pure, like the simi-
t { Ir t' ( lar growth on Bird Key, but scattering)) admixed with a floor growth
Y f f • .......-.-1 of Ci ass and Aadrupgoa.
. � The small lagoon, on the eastern side, is evidently of late inclusion;
O ff ' again pointing to new strand formation on this part of the key.
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