PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PEAT. 
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CYRILLA CE A E. Tyty* Family. 
Cliftonia monophylla (Lam.) Britton. ( C . ligustrina (Willd.) Spreng.) Tyty 
(Fig. 18.) 
In bays, estuaries, etc., in which the water is sour (this excludes the Escam¬ 
bia, Choctawhatchee, Apalachicola and Suwannee estuaries, and all calcareous 
swamps) and without noticeable fluctuations. Common in nearly all the counties 
from Jefferson westward. (It probably also occurs in some places near the St. 
Marys River, like Nyssa Ogeche, but certainly not on the peninsula). 
Extreme southern South Carolina to Louisiana, in the coastal plain. 
Cyrilla racemiflora L. Tyty. 
In somewhat similar situations to the preceding, but preferring richer soil, 
shallower peat, and water which is less sour and less constant in level, as in the 
swamps of branches and small creeks. Frequent in most of the counties north 
of latitude 30°. Also extends south to Alachua and perhaps even to Lake 
County. 
Virginia to Texas, almost confined to the coastal plain. 
Cyrilla parvifolia Raf. Tyty. 
Almost confined to the bays of Middle Florida, from Franklin County to 
Lafayette. Within this range it occurs in several different regions, but is most 
characteristic of the flatwoods. It is often associated with Cliftonia. What 
seems to be the same thing grows on the shores of Lake Stanley in Walton 
County, and Lake Minnehaha ,in Lake County. 
Not known elsewhere. Perhaps intergrades with C. racemiflora, from which 
it differs chiefly in having smaller and more persistent leaves. In large speci¬ 
mens a slight difference in the bark is also noticeable. 
ANACARDIACEAE. Sumac Family. 
Rhus radicans L. Poison Oak or Ivy. 
In hammocks, rich swamps, etc., much like the Virginia creeper (with 
which it is sometimes confused by the uninitiated). Occurs on a few feet of peat 
in Santa Rosa, Franklin, Wakulla, Levy, Sumter, Polk and other counties; but 
as it nearly always grows on trees, such peat is not very good, being full of logs. 
Widely distributed in the Eastern United States, in one form or another. 
POLYGALAOEAE. 
Polygala cymosa Walt. 
Very characteristic of cypress ponds, even as far south as Palm Beach 
County. Also occasionally on peat in estuarine swamps (Santa Rosa Co.), bays 
(Wakulla and Alachua Cos.), and wet prairies. 
North Carolina to Louisiana, in the coastal plain. Also in Delaware. 
*Also spelled “tietie,” “tighteye,” and “titi.” 
