328 
FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. 
LAURACEAE. Laurel Family. 
Persea pubescens (Pursh) Sarg. Red or >Sweet Bay. 
Mostly in sour non-alluvial swamps, but sometimes in more or less calca¬ 
reous situations, as in a creek swamp near Pickett (Duval Co.), and around 
’gator holes at the south end of the Everglades. Often on deep peat, as in 
clumps of trees in peat prairies. Seems to require soil which is perpetually 
moist but never overflowed. Widely distributed over the State. 
North Carolina to Mississippi; almost confined to the coastal plain. 
VIOL ACE AE. Violet Family. 
Viola primulifolia L. White Violet. 
In some of the estuarine swamps near Milton, and around non-alluvial 
swamps in DeSoto County. Being distinctly a bog plant, it probably grows on 
peat in many other places in Florida. 
Widely distributed in the Eastern United States, at least north of lati¬ 
tude 270. 
THEACEAE. Camellia or Tea Family. 
Gordonia Lasianthus L. (Red or Tan) Bay. 
Non-alluvial swamps, bays, etc., especially in the East Florida flatwoods and 
the lake region. Rare west of the Suwannee River. Escambia (small and rare), 
Madison, Bradford, Clay, Putnam, St. John’s,* Lake, Orange, Brevard, Polk, 
Hillsborought and DeSoto Counties. 
North Carolina to Mississippi, in the coastal plain. 
HYPERICAEAE. St. John’s-wort Family. 
Triadenum Virginicum (L.) Raf. St. Mary’s-wort. 
In soil which is perpetually moistened by fresh water and usually not shaded, 
as in saw-grass marshes, peat prairies, and sandy and sphagnous bogs. Not 
abundant. Escambia, Leon, Bradford, Alachua, Lake, Polk and Hillsborough 
Counties. 
Widely distributed in the glaciated region and coastal plain of Eastern 
North America, but not in the older parts of the continent. 
*The attempts of the government orthographers and their followers to shorten 
the name of this county to “St. John” are not justified by local usage. The name 
of the county is the same as that of the river which forms part of its western 
boundary. 
tThere is a strong tendency on the part of the American public to shorten 
this (and other names similarly formed) by leaving off the last three letters, 
but “Hillsborough” is still official, and preferred by the newspapers of the 
county and state. 
