Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 56.—Fort Myers, Fla. Scene in a express swamp during the dry epipliytic plants are seen on the tree Fig. ^7.—Fort Myers, Fla. A saw palmetto {Sercnoa serrulata). The prostratetrunk, covered by old leaf bases, is seen at the left. noteworthy because of the large shell mounds of the vicinity, therefuse from the shell-fish used as food by the early Indian inhabi- 56 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 tants. The vegetation here is much more tropical than that aboutFort Myers and the

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Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 56.—Fort Myers, Fla. Scene in a express swamp during the dry epipliytic plants are seen on the tree Fig. ^7.—Fort Myers, Fla. A saw palmetto {Sercnoa serrulata). The prostratetrunk, covered by old leaf bases, is seen at the left. noteworthy because of the large shell mounds of the vicinity, therefuse from the shell-fish used as food by the early Indian inhabi- 56 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 tants. The vegetation here is much more tropical than that aboutFort Myers and the mounds have a characteristic association of

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