1908] Fernald,— Lists of New England Plants,— XXI 139 
restricted to the endemic Eurasian plant which has generally passed 
as E. latifolium Hoppe, and that the more widely distributed boreal 
species which has been called E. polystachyon must be known as E. 
angustifolium Roth. 
Fimbristylis Frankii Steud. This is the northern plant which has 
been passing very generally as F. autumnalis. True F. autumnalis 
(L.) К. &. S. is a southern species with more slender spikelets in mostly 
decompound umbels. 
Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton is our representative of а char- 
acteristic genus of warm regions. Our plant has recently been known 
as Fimbristylis capillaris (L.) Gray. 
SUGGESTIONS FOR SPECIAL OBSERVATION. 
Cyperus cylindricus (Ell.) Britton extends along the coast from Texas 
to Long Island and may be expected to reach Cape Cod and the 
adjacent sandy regions. 
C. dentatus 'l'orr., var. ctenostachys Fernald is a characteristic Es 
of the pine-barren regions of Cape Cod and New Jersey, and should 
be sought in Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut. 
C. Engelmanni Steud. and C. erythrorhizos Muhl. are both rather 
abundant in low grounds of the Boston basin. ‘They occur beyond 
our limits along the coastal plain and in the Mississippi basin, and 
should be watched for in southern New England. 
C. flavescens L. extends along the coast northward to Long Island 
and should be sought in southern New England. It has been reported 
in many lists, but all the New England specimens so named which 
the writer has seen have been either C. diandrus 'l'orr., C. rivularis 
Kunth, or C. Nuttallii Eddy. 
C. Nuttallii Eddy is undoubtedly in brackish marshes on the New 
Hampshire coast, as it is abundant in southern Maine and in eastern 
Massachusetts. 
C. ovularis (Michx.) Torr. follows the coastal plain northward to 
southern New York and, as already noted, has been found as ап ad- 
ventive plant in Boston. It should be sought in the sandy regions of 
southern New England. 
C. rotundus L., the Nut Grass of the Southern States, is adventive 
about New York City and should be watched for near our ports. 
C. strigosus L., var. compositus Britton occurs on Cape Cod and 
should be sought in Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut. 
