22 FLORA OF BURLINGTON AND VICINITY 



ERIOPHORUM L. Cotton Grass 



E. callitrix Cham. Hare's Tail. Peat bogs; frequent. May, June. 



E. tenellum Nutt. Swamps and bogs; rare. July, Aug. Colchester, 

 (N. F. F.). 



E. Tirgriiiicum L. Cotton Grass. Bogs and wet meadows; common. 

 Aug., Sept. 



E. Tiridi-carmatuin (Engelm.) Fern. Bogs; frequent. June, July. 



RYNCHOSPORA Vahl. Beak Rush 



R. alba (L.) Vahl. White Beak Rush. Bogs; frequent. July-Sept. 



E. fusca (L.) Ait. f. Brown Beak Rush. Burlington, (Torrey). July- 

 Sept. One specimen in U. V. M. Hei'b. 



SCIRPUS (Tourn.) L. Bulrush or Club Rush 



S. auiericauus Pers. Chair-maker's Rush. Sandy shores of Lake Cham- 

 plain; frequent. July-Sept. 



S, atrociuctus Fern. Wet meadows; occasional. July. Var. brachy- 

 PODUS Fern. Rare. July. Colchester, (N. F. F.}. 



S. atroTirens Muhl. Moist meadows; common. July, Aug. 



S. cj-perinas (L.) Kunth. Wool Grass. Wet meadows; common. Aug., 



Sept. 



S. flnviatilis (Torr.) Gray. River Bulrush. Marshy borders of bays 

 and tributaries of Lake Champlain; occasional. July-Sept. 



S. georgiauus Harper. Moist meadows; frequent. July, Aug. Pro- 

 liferous forms occur, Burlington and Colchester, (N. F. F.). 



S. heterochaetus Chase. Sheltered shores; frequent. July, Aug. 



S. pedicellatus Fern. Swales; frequent. July, Aug. 



S. rnbrotinctus Fern. Wet meadows; frequent. July, Aug. 



S. Smitliii Gray. Shores of Lake Champlain. Aug. Abundant at one 

 station, Burlington, (Grout and Tracy). 



S. yalidns Vahl. Great Bulrush. In shallow water; frequent. July, 

 Aug. 



