Fuirena CYPERACEAE Rhynchospora 



F. squarrosa Mx. (F. hispida Ell. See above reference.) 



Frequent in swamps, ditches and salt marshes, Sussex County 

 and southward ; rare in the Coastal Plain area of New Castle County : 

 Kiamensi, Commons, 17 Aug. 1897 (A); "Glasgow Bog," H mi. n. e. 

 of Glasgow Station, R. R. Tatnall, 1490, 24 July 1932 (T, G). 

 Mid-July to Sept. 



Rhynchospora Vahl. Beak Rush. 



R. corniculata (Lam.) Gray. Horned Rush. 



Rare, in swamps and meadows: upland meadows, Ellendale (S), 

 Canhy, Aug. 1874 (A); low ground near Cypress Creek (s. w. NC), 

 Canhy, 5 Sept. 1898 (D, A) ; cypress swamp, 2 mi. s. w. of Liberty- 

 town (Wo), R. R. Tatnall, 4651, 4 Aug. 1940 (T, A). July to Oct. 



;^-i R. macrostachya Torr. Horned Rush. 



Frequent in meadows and on margins of ponds; occasionally 

 found in tidal mud. Aug., Sept., 



R. inundata (Oakes) Fern. (R. macrostachya var. inundata of 

 Gray's Man., ed. 7.) 

 Rare, in water: Waples Pond, 3 mi. n. of Milton (S), R. R. 

 Tatnall, 2765, 31 Aug. 1935 (T, G). 



R. globularis (Chapm.) Small var. recognita Gale. (R. cymosa of 

 Gray's Man., ed. 7. See Rhodora 46, 243-249. 1944.) 

 Infrequent, in low ground. Piedmont and coastal Plain. July 

 to mid-Aug. 



R. Torreyana Gray. 



Rare, in swamps and wet meadows, Coastal Plain: near Laurel 

 (S), Commons, 5 Aug. 1874 (A); Ocean City (Wo), Canhy, 23 July 

 1893 (D); thicket 7}4 mi. s. e. of Salisbury (Wi), {A. V. Smith), 

 R. R. Tatnall, 4371, 11 Aug. 1939 (T, P, G). 



R. inexpansa (Mx.) Vahl. 



Rare: wet depression in pine woods, just s. of Townsend (No), 

 Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5246, 14 Oct. 1935 (P, T) ; same locaUty, 

 R. R. Tatnall, 3216, 18 Oct. 1936 (T). 



A species of the southern states, here at its northern limit. 



R. fusca (L.) Ait. f . 



Rare, in meadows, glades and pine barrens, Sussex County: 

 pine barrens near Millsboro, Commons, 18 June 1875 (A); "glades 



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