2^^ CYPERACEiE. lEriophoruyn. 



name ; while they precisely correspond with the Z/nio Itineraria specimens of S. tenuifoUus, from the Tete de 

 Bouc near Bordeaux. 



4. S. marltimus, L — E. BoL t, 542. Rich, App, ed, 2. p, 2. Gray, Grain, et Cyp. 

 Part L n. 82 {in part), — S. maritimus, /3. macrostachyos. Mich. — S. macrostacliyos. MuhL 

 — S. robustus. Ph, 



Hab. Marshes (salt ?) of the Saskatchawan. Dr Richardson. Drummond. New Brunswick. Mr Ken- 

 dall. De Fuca, and the N. W. Coast. Douglas, Dr AScow/er.— Varying much in the breadth of the foliage, 

 and size of the spikes; the variety, with the larger spikes, seems to constitute the S, macrostachyos of 

 authors. 



5. S. atrO'Virens. MiihL — Gray, Gram, et Cyp. Part IL n. 13T. Torr. Cyp. p. 326. 

 S. polyphyllus. Ph. 



Hab. Saskatchawan. Drummond. — I find only one specimen, which, in the densely glomerated spikelets, 

 satisfactorily agrees with the S. airo-virens of American authors. But even this appears to me to be scarcely 

 distinct from our European S, sylvaticus. 



6. S. lenticularis (Torr.) ; culmo obscure triangulari folioso, umbella decomposita, in- 

 volucro 3-phyllo, spiculis oblongo-ovatis in capitulos (5-8 in capitulo) glomeratis, squamis 

 ovatis vix mucronatis glabris, stylo bificlo, nuce orbiculari lenticulari angulis acutis setis 

 4 rectis breviore. Torr. Cyp. p. 328. 



Hab. Observatory Inlet, N. W. America. Dr Scouler. — Nearly allied, as Dr Torrey well observes, to 

 S. syhaticusy (indeed I think it can hardly be specifically distinct from that species, or atro^virens), " but 

 differs in its larger spike, lenticular nuts, diandrous flowers, and bifid style." — The true S. sylvaticus has a 

 lenticular seed, and the other characters are perhaps variable. 



7. S. sylvaticus. L E, Bot. t, 919. Mx. Ph Rich. App, ed. 2, p. 2. 



Hab. Canada and Hudson's Bay QMx.), to lat. 57°, and to the head-waters of the Columbia in the Rocky 

 Mountains. Dr Michardson. Drummond. Sitcha. Mertens. 



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8. S. {Trichophorum) Eriophorum. Mx. — Torr.Cyp.p. 330. — S. tbyrsiflorus. Wil/d. 

 Trichophorum cyperinum. Pers, Ph. — Eriophorum cyperinum. Willd. 



Hab. Hudson's Bay. Canada to the Saskatchawan. Dr Michardson. Drummond. Newfoundland. 

 Miss Brenton. 



5. ERIOPHORUM. Z. 



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Spike solitary. 



1, E. alpinum. L. — E. Bot, t. 311. Gray^ Gram, et Cyp. Part I. n. 87. Bigel. FL 

 Bost. ed, 2. p. 23. — E. Hudsonianum. Mx. — Trichophorum alpinum. Ph. — T. Hud- 

 sonianum. Nutt. . 



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Hab. From Hudson's Bay to Lake Mistassins. Mx. — I possess mountain-specimens of this plant from 

 the United States ; but I have never had the good fortune to see auy from British North America, nor do 

 X know the authority for it, save that of Michaux above quoted. 



