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-Var. d. LONQICAUDATUS, Engelin. 



Stein short, rigid, panicle consisting of numerous greenish many 

 flowered heads. Involucral leaf long and conspicuous. Mer- 

 Bleue (J.F.) Casselman (W. Scott). Aug. 2. 



This variety, Mr. F. V. Coville informs me, is now considered the 

 type of the species. 

 LUZULA, DC. Wood-Rush. 



2391. L. pilosa, Willd. (Early Wood-Rush.) 

 L. oeYnirfis, DC. 



Sandy woods, Common. May 2. Pedicels 1 -flowered in a loose 

 umbel. Leaves hairy, lance-linear. 



2392. L. campestris, Desv. var. a. vulgaris, Hook. 



Open woods. May 4. Flowers crowded, in ovoid spikes, some 

 long-pedicelled others nearly sessile. 



TYPHACE^. Cat-tail Family. 



TYPHA, Tourn. 



2397. T. latifolia, L. (Cat-tail. Bulrush.) 

 Shallow water. June 3. (B). 



2398. T. angustipolia, L. (Slender Cat-tail,) 



Pond to N. E. of Beechwood Cemetery. July 1, 1878. Two 

 specimens only. Leaves J inch wide, pistillate spike less than 

 }, inch in diameter, separated from the stamiuate portion. 

 SPARGANIUM, L. Bur-reed. 



2399. S. eurycarpum, Engelm. 



River and lake sides. June 2. (B). Stem stout, erect, branch- 

 ing. Fruiting heads 2-(i, large, 1 inch in diameter. 



2400. S. andhocladum, Morong. (MS.) 



S. siniji/t.r, Huds. var. androdadum, Engelm. 



River sides. Common in the Nation river at Casselman, (./. Macoun*). 

 St. Louis Dam (J.F.) 



2401. S. simplex, Huds. (Smaller Bur-reed). 



Shallow water. Malloch's Bay. Casselman. Billings Bridge. 

 June 2. Much smaller than the above, flowering generally 

 within a few inches of the water. Steins slender, erect, simple, 

 fertile heads 1-4, only h inch across. Nutlets spindle-shaped. 



