Scirpus.^ CYPERACE^. 229 



3. E» paucijlora. Link, — HooL Br, FL ed, 4./?. 28 — Scirpxxs. E, BoU L 1122. — Scirpus 

 Beeothryon. Ehrh, 



Hab, Muddy swamps and salt marshes in the Rocky Mountahis. Drununond.^imYery few specimens of 

 this are in the Herbarium; yet Mr Drummond remarks in his notes, ^* horses are extremely fond of this 

 plant," which would imply that it was very frequent in that country. It precisely accords with European 

 specimens. 



4.. E. ccespitosa. Link. — Hook. Br, FL ed. 4*, p. 28 Scirpus. E. Bot, t. 1029. Torr, 



Cyp,p, 319. Bich. App,p. 2. 



Hab. Newfoundland. Cormack. Labrador. Miss Brenton, Throughout Canada, to near the shores 

 of the Arctic sea, and in swamps of the Rocky Mountains. Dr Richardson. Drummond, 



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5. E, obtusa, Schultes, — Hook, et Arn, Bot of Beech, Voy. p. 28. Torr, Cyp. p. 305. 

 Scirpus. Willd, — S. capitatus. Walt, [not L.), — S. ovatus. Ph, 



Hab. Etchemia, Canada. Mrs Sheppard. Saskatchawan. Dr Richardson. Brw/imond, 



6. E, acicularis, Br, — Torr, Cyp. p, 308. — Scirpus. L. — E, Bot, t, 749. Gray^ Gram, 

 et Cyp. Part, H, n, 133. — S. trichodes et S. capillaceus. MuhL 



Hab. Hudson's Bay and Red River. Douglas, Saskatchawan. Dr Richardson, Drummond, Fort 

 Vancouver. Tolmie. — The culms are generally longer and more slender, and the scales of the flowers whiter 

 than in the European specimens. 



4. SCIRPUS. L, Br. 



1. S.subterminalis (Torr,); culmo (immerso) filiformi tereti basi foliato, spica oblongo- 

 lanceolata (emersa) bractea basilari breviore, squarnis ovato-laDceolatis, nuce triangular! 

 abrupte acuminata, stylo 3-fido. Torr. Cyp,p,B\7. Gray^ Gram, et Cyp, Part II. w. 81. 



Hab. Deep standing pools of the Rocky Mountains, near the head-waters of the Columbia. Drummond. 

 — Culms 2-3 feet long, flaccid, semipellucid. 



2. S. lacustris. E. Bot, t. 686. Gray, Gram, et Cyp, Part II, ?i. 136. Rich, App, ed. 

 2. p. 2. Torr. Cyp. p. 321. — S. acutus. MuhL — S. validus. Vahl} et Ph, 



Hab. British America, as far north as lat, 57°. Dr Richardson, Marshes of the Rocky Mountains ; 

 the food of the Musk-rat during winter. Drummond. Mouth of the Columbia, N. W. America, where 

 the Indian tribes near the sea weave it into mats. Douglas. De Fuca. Dr Scouler. 



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3. iS. triqueter. L E. Bot. t. 1694. Torr. Cyp. p. 322. — 8. Americanus. Pers, 



Gray^ Gram, et Cyp, Part II. n. 135. — S. pungens. Vahl, — ^S. tenuifolius. De Cand. (se- 

 cund. spec, ex Un. Itin.) — S. mucronatus. Ph, 



Hab, Marshes of the Saskatchawan. Dr Richardson. Drummond. Missinabie River, Canada. Bolton. 



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Throughout North America to the Arctic regions. Dr Torr^, — The specimens in my poflaession are not 

 numerous, and they are invariably smaller, more leafy, and have longer leaves than our British plant of the same 



