122 Coville Juncus inarginatus and //* |V/nY//V.x. 



Juncm margimitus paucicapitatus Engelni. Trans. St. Louis 

 Acad. ii. 455 (1866). Type specimen from Long Branch, New 

 Jersey. 



Stems in close tufts, seldom exceeding ">() cm. in height; leaf 

 blades 1 to 2.5 mm. broad ; inflorescence commonly bearing 5 to 

 15 heads ; heads usually 5- to 10-flowered ; inner perianth parts 

 broadly obtuse ; seed narrowly oblong, 0.4 to 0.5 mm. in length, 

 short-stalked at the base, attenuate-apiculate at the apex, marked 

 with 12 to 16 conspicuous longitudinal costse, the intercostal 

 spaces minutely and closely translineolate. usually with an occa- 

 sional transverse line similar to the costs?. 



Specimens examined : 



Ontario: Near Sandwich, J. M. Bigelow, September 2, 1866. 



Maine: York, M. L. Fernald, July 16, 1891 ; Cumberland, J. Blake. 



New Hampshire : East Jaffrey, Walter Deane, July 17, 1889. 



Massachusetts: Ipswich, William Oakes ; South Framing-hum, E. L. 

 Sturtevant, 1890; Cambridge, M. L. Fernald, September 11, 1801 ; 

 Chelsea Beach Island, William Boott, September 10, 1853. 



Connecticut: Plain ville, J. N. Bishop, 1888. 



Rhode Island : Providence, George Thurber, June, 1 845. 



New York: Mariners Harbor, Staten Island, Arthur Hollick, September 

 5, 1886 ; Pine Plains, Lyman Hoysradt. 



New Jersey : Long Branch, C. W. Short, 1856. 



Pennsylvania: Lancaster county, T. C. Porter, July 31, 1886; German- 

 town, Thomas Meehan, 1867 ; Grays Ferry, Philadelphia, C. E. 

 Smith ; Wysox, John Carey, 1841 ; Westmoreland county, P. E. Pier- 

 ron, August 11, 1866 ; Chester county, W. M. Caiiby, July, 18(56 ; 

 Tinicurn, Bucks county, T. C. Palmer, August, 1892. 



Delaware : W. M. Canby ; Newcastle, Alexander Commons, 1866. 



Illinois : Athens, Elihu Hall, 1864 ; Beardstown, C. E. Geyer. 



Kentucky : Lexington, C. AV. Short, 1835. 



Missouri: Carter county, B. F. Bush, July 21, 1891. 



District of Columbia: Near Washington, L. F. Ward, July 9, 1876, June 

 23, 1878, July 21, 1878, and June 14, 1879 ; Washington, M. S. Bebb, 

 1864. 



Virginia: Between Princess Anne and Berkeley, A. A. Heller, Xo. 1074, 

 July 13, 1893; along New River, Carroll county, altitude, 2,200 feet, 

 J. K. Small, July 12, 1892; Colonial Beach, F. V. Coville, July (i, 

 1890; Ocean View, Norfolk county, F. V. Coville, June 21, 1890, 



North Carolina : Lincolnton, Lincoln county, M. A. Curtis; near Salis- 

 bury, Rowan county, A. A. Heller, June 21, 1890; Carolina Bench, 

 New Hanover county, F. V. Coville, June 27, 1890. 



Florida: A. W. Chapman; Duval county, A. 11. Curtiss, Xo. 2975 in 

 part. 



