270 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT.
On the sandy shores, just above the reach of the waves, the ordinary or river cypress, Taxodium distichumn, is sometimes found, together with Spartina Bakeri, Juncus scirpoides cormpositus, or Ludwigia suffruticosa.
In the sheltered coves, which have not yet been closed up by sand-bars, the following plants grow in the deepest parts, in or near the open water.

Nymphaea macrophylla (bonnets) Vallisneria spiralis (eel-grass) (under water)
Cladium effusum (saw grass) Pontederia cordata (wampee) Castalia odorata (white water-lily) Sagittaria lancifolia Hydrocotyle Bonariensis? Castalia odorata gigantea Panicum geminatum (a grass) Panicum hemitomcn (maiden cane) Lemna sp.
Typha latifolia (cat-tail)

Cicuta Curtissii Sambucus Canadensis (elder) Scirpus Cubensis (introduced) Habenaria repens (an orchid) Jussiaea Peruviana (introduced) Acnida australis (careless) Carex comosa Scirpus validus (bulrush) Cyperus Haspan Ceratophyllum demersum (under
water)
Utricularia sp. (floating) Panicum gibbum (a grass)

In the marshes back from the water's edge, on top of several feet of peat, the following herbs are found. (Plate 26).

Cladium effusum (saw-grass) Sagittaria lancifolia Acnida australis (careless) Spartina Bakeri (a large grass) Erianthus sp. (a tall grass) Pontederia cordata (wampee) Triadenum Virginicum Gerardia linifolia Pcolygonum hirsutum? Hydrocotyle sp

Isnardia sp.
Jussiaea Peruviana (introduced) Eupatorium capillifolium (dog-fennel)
Andropogon glomeratus? (a grass) Ludwigia alata Eupatcrium serotinum Solidago fistulosa (golden-rod) Castalia odorata (white water-lily)
(stunted)

In these marshes, which often cover hundreds of acres, the saw-grass is usually more abundant than all other vegetation combined. The peat is sometimes ten feet deep or more, and the upper layers are apt to be rather coarse and fibrous, perhaps because sawgrass does not decay as readily as some other plants. Analyses will be found under localities 18, 19, and 23.