PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT.

SHRUBS

Salix longipes? (willow) Myrica cerifera (myrtle) Anona glabra (custard-apple) Cephalanthus occidentalis (buttonbush)

Chrysobalanus Icaco (cocoa plum) Conocarpus erectus (buttonwood)
(Miami River)
Rhizophora Mangle (red mangrove) (Miami River)

HERBS

Cladium effusum (saw-grass) Acrostichum aureum (a fern) Phragmites communis (reed grass) Hymenocallis sp.? (spider-lily) Tillandsia usneoides (Spanish
moss)
Nymphaea macrophylla (bonnets)
(in stream)
Sagittaria lancifolia

Saururus cernuus Pontederia cordata (wampee) Tillandsia fasciculata (air-plant)
(on trees)
Osmunda regalis (a fern) Spartina junciformis? Crinum Americanum Centella repanda (Miami River)

The peat was examined at the Miami River locality mentioned, and found to be about four feet deep, with streaks or patches of marl at various depths. Further information about it can be found in the table of analyses, under locality no. 27.

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