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FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. 
to that in the swamps of Lake Panasoffkee, which is about twelve 
miles due west of the locality under consideration. The swamps 
bordering the run contain the following plants 5 
TREES 
Taxodium distichum (cypress) Acer rubrum (maple) 
Fraxinus profundaf (ash) 
SHRUBS 
I tea Virginica Cephalanthus occidentalis (button 
bush) 
HERBS 
Rhynchospora corniculata 
Boehmeria cylindrica 
Hydrocotyle verticillata 
Erechthites hieracifolia (intro¬ 
duced?) 
Car ex stipata 
Mikania scandens (a vine) 
Hydrocotyle Bonariensis? 
Samolus floribundus 
Tillandsia usneoides (Spanish moss) 
In and along the run were noticed the following, all herbs: 
Nymphaea macrophylla (bonnets) 
Hydrocotyle Bonariensisf 
Ceratophyllum demcrsum 
Sa.aittaria lancifolia 
Pistia spathulata (water lettuce) 
Lenina sp. 
Pontederia cor data (wampee) 
Cicuta Curtissii 
Echinochloa Crus-gallif (a grass) 
Carex comosa 
Sagittaria latifolia 
The peat seemed to be only about three feet deep in the swamp, 
and was of course full of logs, as in most other swamps. An 
analysis will be found under locality No. 35. 
SLOUGH WEST OF LAKE IAMONIA. 
One other stream which flows two ways is worth mentioning. 
At the west end of Lake Iamonia, in the northern part of Leon 
County, there is a swampy slough connecting the lake with the 
Ocklocknee River, a mile or two away. This slough has no water at 
all in it a large part of the time, but it is said that in wet weather 
a current sometimes flows from the lake into the river and some¬ 
times vice versa, according to which is the higher. Lake Iamonia 
is one of those flat-bottomed sink-hole lakes surrounded by red hills,, 
mentioned on preceding pages. As the headwaters of the Ock¬ 
locknee River are in Georgia (where its name is spelled Ochlock- 
