PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT. 
253 
MOSSES, ETC. 
Sphagnum sp. Trypethelium cruentum (a red 
lichen) (on trees) 
No samples of this peat were taken, but it is certainly full of 
logs, and probably rather sandy besides. 
TYTY SWAMPS OF WALTON COUNTY. 
(fig. 18) 
In a sort of “steep-head” just northwest of DeFuniak Springs 
there is a dense tyty swamp with steep sandy pine-covered slopes 
around its head. Its vegetation consists almost entirely of slender 
Fig. 18.—Interior of dense tyty swamp just 
northwest of DeFuniak Springs (Walton County) 
showing nothing but Cliftonia. June 24, 1900- 
(Locality No. 39). 
tyty bushes (Cliftonia), growing very close together and about 
25 feet tall. Around the edges there is quite a variety of sandy 
bog plants, forming a fringe which is probably gradually creeping 
