single country, when the plants themselves are not so limited.
 The "standardized" common name, in its more artificial
 form, all too often appears as a mechanical translation of the
 scientific name: thus, Eleocharis acicularis becomes slender
 spikerush; E. obtzusa, blunt spikerush; E. parvula, dwarf spike-
 rush; and E. quadrangulata, squarestem spikerush. The fri-
 volity of these names becomes quite apparent when one con-
 siders that these species, together with a score or more of
 others, are very closely related and in many cases cannot be
 distinguished except by microscopic examination. Such syn-
 thetic common names are excluded from this Checklist.
 Considerable effort has been given to reflecting, by the
 way the common name is spaced or hyphenated, the actual
 relationships of the plant. Thus, Rhoeo spathacea is known
 as boat-lily and Asparagus plumosus as asparagus-fern, since
 the first is not a lily and the second is certainly not a fern,
 while Lilium catesbaei is known as pine lily and Nephrolepis
 biserrata as sword fern, with common names reflecting their
 true alliances. Occasionally, where long-established usage has
 made the adjective an integral part of the name, the combined
 form is accepted, as in clubmoss, pondweed, and bluegrass,
 but such barbarisms as Bermudagrass and St. Augustinegrass
 have been avoided.

 Supplemental Literature
 Considering the richness and uniqueness of the Florida
flora, a relatively limited list of publications is available dealing
with the identification of the native and naturalized plants.
Only certain genera and a very few families have been treated
in sufficient detail. In most cases one must depend upon regional
studies, which of necessity give scant information about the
flora of any single state. The following publications, some of
which are semi-popular and others comparatively technical,
are important aids in the identification of the flora of Florida.

 Baker, M. F. 1938. Florida wild flowers. Macmillan, New York.
 245 p.

 Correll, D. S. 1950. Native orchids of North America. Chronica
 Botanica, Waltham, Mass. 399 p.

 Davis. J. H. 1967. General map of natural vegetation of Florida.
 Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Cir. S-178.

 Greene, W. F., and H. L. Blomquist. 1953. Flowers of the south.
 Univ. of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 208 p.