Eleocharis CYPERACEAE Eleocharis 



E. calva Torr. (E. palustris var. calva (Torr.) Gray.) 



Rare; muddy margins of ponds and streams, Piedmont and 

 Coastal Plain: Greenbank (NC), Commons, 13 Aug. 1879 (A); 

 opposite Chestertown (QA), E. G. Vanatta, 29 May 1910 (A); 

 river bed, Conowingo (Ce), Pennell, 1572, 1 July 1914 (A); bank of 

 Pike Creek, 1 mi. n. of Choate (NC), R. R. Tatnall, 5026, 24 June 

 1942 (T, A). 



E. Smallii Britton. 



Rare, in fresh- water ponds and swamps of the Coastal Plain: 

 Cherry Island Marsh, Wilmington, Commons, 25 June 1897 (A); 

 Bivalve (Wi), J. J. Carter, 12 June 1906 (A); boggy margin of 

 cypress swamp, Laurel (S), Fogg, 15 June 1926 (P). 



E. ambigens Fern. (See Fernald: Rhodora 37, 394. 1935; Svenson: 

 Rhodora41, 64. 1939.) 

 Rare; ''sea beaches, eastern shore of Maryland," Canhy (Herb. 

 N. Y. Bot. Gard., cited by Svenson, 1. c); Vandyke (NC), R. R. 

 Tatnall, 899, 30 May 1930 (T). 



E. halophila Fern. & Brack. 



Rare; saline shores, Delaware and Chesapeake Bays: Slaughter 

 Beach, Thorn Point (S), Commons, 16 July 1896 (A); tidal marsh. 

 Plum Creek, 3 mi. w. s. w. of Elkton (Ce), Long, 37694, 25 June 

 1932 (A); Back Creek, 1 mi. n, of Chesapeake City (Ce), Long, 

 41111, 15 July 1933 (A). 



E. tenuis (Willd.) Schult. 



Common; swampy places and sandy shores, chiefly Coastal 

 Plain. May to early July. 



Var. pseudoptera (Weatherby) Svenson. Rhodora 41, 65. 1939. 

 Low ground, apparently rare: springy place in field, 1 mi. w. 

 of Stanton (NC), Randolph, 107 (G); low ground, Claymont 

 (NC), Svenson, 3457, 30 June 1929 (A, P). 



E. tricostata Torr. 



Rare, in wet soil of the Coastal Plain: Ellendale (S), C. S. 

 Williamson, 29 Aug. 1908 (P). 



E. intermedia (Muhl.) Schult. 



Rare: salt marsh, Cape Henlopen (S), Commons, 14 July 1898 

 (A). 



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