142 Rhodora [Auausr 
Fimbristylis castanea (Michx.) Vahl occurs in marshes and sands 
along the coast from Florida to eastern Long Island. It should be 
watched for in southern New England. | 
Fuirena squarrosa Michx. occurs on sandy margins of ponds in 
eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and on Long Island. It is 
possibly in similar situations in southeastern Connecticut. 
Psilocarya scirpoides 'l'orr. is one of our most local plants, known 
from a very few wet sandy shores and swamps in Massachusetts and 
Rhode Island. Its occurrence about a pond at Springfield, Massa- 
chusetts, suggests that it may be watched for in Connecticut. 
P. nitens (Vahl) Wood grows in mucky or wet sandy shores from 
Florida to northeastern Long Island. It is to be sought in southern 
New England. 
Rynchospora axillaris (Lam.) Britton occurs in sandy swamps near 
the coast from Louisiana and Florida northward, and approaches our 
region in northern Long Island. It should be looked for in the pine- 
barren area of New England. 
В. capillacea ‘Torr. or its var. leviseta E. J. Hill occur very locally 
on wet limestone or in marly bogs in northern and central Maine and 
northern Vermont and in eastern Quebec. They are probably of 
wider distribution in northern New England than at present known. 
В. macrostachya Torr. has recently been reported with some posi- 
tiveness from Hartland, Vermont, by Mr. B. P. Ruggles who says, 
“Some members of the [Vermont] Botanical Club did not agree that 
[my R.] macrostachyon is a true Rhynchospora, but held that it was a 
depauperate or abnormal form of some Juncus. However I think 
it agrees with the description and plate in the Manual and is a true 
species. I have received the same from Massachusetts with that name 
and am not willing to give it up." ' The specimen from Hartland 
which was referred to the writer was certainly a Juncus of the group 
with nodulose leaves. It is, however, possible that R. macrostachya 
may reach southern Vermont since it is known to extend inland at 
least to Franklin Co., Massachusetts. 
R. macrostachya Torr., var. inundata (Oakes) Fernald may be 
expected throughout the range of the species. 
В. Torreyana Gray. This well marked species, which is character- 
istic of the pine-barrens from New Jersey to Florida, was collected 
1 B. P. Ruggles, Vt. Bot. Cl., Bull. iii, 45 (1908). 
