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THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEREUPON RECESSED AND <br />RECONVENED AT 2:10 O'CLOCK P.M. ACTING AS THE DISTRICT BOARD OF <br />FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE SOUTH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT. <br />MINUTES OF THAT MEETING WILL BE PREPARED SEPARATELY. <br />THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THEREUPON RECONVENED AT <br />2:16 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT. <br />PRESENTATION RE ENDANGERED SPECIES <br />ADMINISTRATOR NELSON INTRODUCED DR. BAKER OF THE U. S. <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, WHO WAS PRESENT TO REPORT ON THE DICERANDRA <br />IMMACULATA, AN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF THE MINT FAMILY. DR. BAKER <br />PASSED AROUND SAMPLES OF THE PLANT FOR THE BOARD'S.INSPECTION, AND <br />MADE THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION: <br />Dicerandra immaculata (Spotless -petaled Dicerandra) <br />Dicerandra immaculata is in the mint family, a large plant family which <br />includes many herbs used by people-- peppermint, sage, thyme and others. <br />This plant was discovered in 1962 by Dr. Olga Lakela, a botanist associated <br />for several years with the University of South Florida. Sometimes it is <br />called Lakela's mint. <br />it is known only from four sites along a ridge about 3 miles long and <br />less than a mile wide. This ridge lies roughly thong U.S. 11ig11way 1 <br />and is bisected by the Indian River - St. Lucie County line. <br />Dicerandra immaculata is a short woody shrub about 18 inches in height. <br />The leaves are narrow, and the flowers are usually purple, but sometimes <br />almost white. The main flowering time is in the fall (September through <br />November) but some flowering occurs poradically throughout the year. <br />This plant is found in a very restricted habitat. It seems to prefer <br />fairly open area with sandy soil near the top of the ridge. Very likely <br />it was more widespread in the past, but its habitat has been altered by <br />such things as residential and commercial development, road construction <br />and sandmining. <br />D E C 17 19 50 43 ��OK 5 PuE 463 <br />