PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT. 
321 
Lippia sp. 
In marshy places which are a little calcareous or brackish, and dry a good 
deal of the time. Grows on several feet of peat in the marshes of Crescent 
Lake, and in mineral soil in the prairies around Lakes Monroe and Harney, the 
southern edge of the Everglades, etc. 
H Y D RiOPH Y LL AOEAE. 
Nama corymbosa (Macbride) Kuntze 
In a saw-grass marsh at the south end of Lake Eustis, and in a small shallow 
prairie in the pine woods near Lemon City. (Also collected near Sanford by 
Nash, and near Fort Myers by Hitchcock.) 
South Carolina to Florida, in the coastal plain. 
CUSCUTACEAE. 
Cuscuta compacta Juss. Love Vine. 
On shrubs of various kinds, in and around bays, tyty swamps, etc., in the 
northern counties, mostly north of latitude 30°. 
Rather widely distributed in the Eastern United States. 
CONVOLVULACEAE. Morning-glory Family. 
Ipomoea sagittata Poir. Morning-glory. 
In low grounds which are a little calcareous or brackish. Frequent in 
depressions in the flatwoods of St. Johns County. Occurs also in the marshes 
of Crescent Lake, in the same county, on several feet of peat, and in a small 
prairie near Lemon City, and doubtless in many other more or less similar 
places. 
North Carolina to Texas, in the coastal plain. Also reported from .'pain 
and Cuba. 
ASCLEPIADACEAE. Milkweed Family. 
Asclepias lanceolata L. 
In fresh marshes of various kinds, or occasionally in low pine lands. 
Widely distributed, but nowhere abundant, rarely more than two or three speci¬ 
mens being visible at once. Santa Rosa, St. Johns and Dade Counties. 
New Jersey to Texas, in the coastal plain. 
APOCYNACEAE. Dogbane Family. 
Rhabdadenia biflora (Jacq.) Muell. Arg. (Echites paludosa A. DC.) 
A woody vine, observed in a mangrove swamp near Lemon City, Dade Co 
South Florida and the West Indies. 
GENTIANACEAE. Gentian Family. 
Limnanthemum aquaticum (Walt.) Britton 
In sour estuaries, permanent ponds, shallow lakes, and very wet peat prairies. 
Walton, Leon, Jefferson, Sumter, Lake, Osceola and Palm Beach Counties. 
G21 
