PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT. 
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SHRUBS 
Salix longipesf (willow) 
Myrica cerifera (myrtle) 
Anona glabra (custard-apple) 
Cephalanthus occidentals (button- 
bush) 
Chrysobalanus Icaco (cocoa plum) 
Conocarpus erectus (buttonwood) 
(Miami River) 
Rhizophora Mangle (red man¬ 
grove) (Miami River) 
HERBS 
Cladium effusum (saw-grass) 
Acrostichum aureum (a fern) 
Phragmites communis (reed grass) 
Hymenocallis sp.f (spider-lily) 
Tillandsia usneoides (Spanish 
moss) 
Nymphaea macrophylla (bonnets) 
(in stream) 
Sagittaria lancifolia 
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. 
Saururus cernuus 
Ponte deria cor data (wampee) 
Tillandsia fasciculata (air-plant) 
(on trees) 
Osmunda regalis (a fern) 
Spartina junciformis? 
Crinum Americanum 
Centella repanda (Miami River) 
