Rhynchospora CYPERACEAE Rhynchospora 



south of Lewiston" (Lewes), Canhy, 13 July 1878 (A); upland 

 meadows, Ellendale, Canhy, Aug. 1890 (D). 

 The southern limit of this northern species. 



R. filifolia Gray. 



Rare: along railroad, east of Ellendale (S), Commons, 17 Aug. 

 1899 (A). 



R. gracilenta Gray. 



Infrequent, in low pine woods and pine barrens. Coastal Plain. 

 July to mid-Oct. 



R. oligantha Gray. 



Rare, in bogs: 13^ mi. s. of Lewes (S), Canhy, July 1878 (A, D); 

 near Lewes, Commons, 26 Aug. 1895 (A). 



Near the northern limit of range for this southern species. 



R. pallida Curtis. 



Rare: bog in pines, near Laurel (S), Commons, 19 Aug. 1880 

 (A); near SaUsbury (Wi), Canhy, cited by Gale in Rhodora 46, 166. 

 1944. 



Coastal Plain species. 



R. alba (L.) Vahl. 



Infrequent, in bogs and swamps of the Coastal Plain, chiefly 

 in Sussex County. Aug., Sept. 



R. Knieskernii Carey. 



Rare: swamp near Gumboro (S), Commons, 5 Aug. 1874 (A); 

 "Baltimore Hundred" (S), Commons, 10 Sept. 1875 (A). 



R. glomerata (L.) Vahl. 



Rare, in moist soil: near railroad bridge, Smyrna (NC), Com- 

 mons, 10 Oct. 1866 (A); Seaford (S), Commons, 10 Aug. 1878 (A); 

 near Slaughter Beach (S), Commons, 12 Aug. 1897 (A); pine woods 

 s. of Townsend (No), Fernald, Long & Fogg, 5243, 14 Oct. 1935 (P). 



R. capitellata (Mx.) Vahl. 



Common in moist soil, Piedmont and Coastal Plain. Mid- 

 July to mid-Sept. 



R. chalarocephala Fern. See Rhodora 42, 426. 1940. 



Rare: bog along railroad, 2 mi. s. of Lewes (S), Commons, 15 



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