PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT.

CYRILLACEAE. Tyty* Family.
Cliftonia monophylla (Lam.) Britton. (C. ligustrina (Willd.) Spreng.) Tyty (FIG. i8.)
In bays, estuaries, etc., in which the water is sour (this excludes the Escambia, Choctawhatchee, Apalachicola and Suwannee estuaries, and all calcareous swamps) and without noticeable fluctuations. Common in nearly all the counties from Jefferson westward. (It probably also occurs in some places near the St. Marys River, like Nyssa Ogeche, but certainly not on the peninsula).
Extreme southern South Carolina to Louisiana, in the coastal plain.
Cyrilla racemiflora L. Tyty.
In somewhat similar situations to the preceding, but preferring richer soil shallower peat, and water which is less sour and less constant in level, as in the swamps of branches and small creeks. Frequent in most of the counties north of latitude 300. Also extends south to Alachua and perhaps even to Lake County.
Virginia to Texas, almost confined to the coastal plain.
Cyrilla parvifolia Raf. Tyty.
Almost confined to the bays of Middle Florida, from Franklin County to Lafayette. Within this range it occurs in several different regions, but is most characteristic of the flatwoods. It is often associated with Ciiftonia. What seems to be the same thing grows on the shores of Lake Stanley in Walton County, and Lake Minnehaha in Lake County.
Not known elsewhere. Perhaps intergrades with C. racemiflora, from which it differs chiefly in having smaller and more persistent leaves. In large specimens a slight difference in the bark is also noticeable.
ANACARDIACEAE. Sumac Family.
Rhus radicans L. Poison Oak or Ivy.
In hammocks, rich swamps, etc., much like the Virginia creeper (with which it is sometimes confused by the uninitiated). Occurs on a few feet of peat in Santa Rosa, Franklin, Wakulla, Levy, Sumter, Polk and other counties; but as it nearly always grows on trees, such peat is not very good, being full of logs.
Widely distributed in the Eastern United States, in one form or another.
POLYGALACEAE.
Polygala cymosa Walt.
Very characteristic of cypress ponds, even as far south as Palm Beach County. Also occasionally on peat in estuarine swamps (Santa Rosa Co.), bays (Wakulla and Alachua Cos.), and wet prairies.
North Carolina to Louisiana, in the coastal plain. Also in Delaware.
*Also spelled "tietie," "tighteye," and "titi."

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