210 



Cyperaceae 



Scleria 



50 



Map 415 



scleria setacea 



50 



Map 416 



Scleria triglomerata Michx. 



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 Map 417 



Scleria verticillata Muhl. 



Surface of achene more or less pubescent; achenes 2-2.5 mm long; lobes of hypo- 

 gynium acute or acuminate; culms spreading; axillary peduncles long and 

 filiform, the spikelets usually drooping 6. S. setacea. 



1. Scleria triglomerata Michx. Map 416. Very local and only a few 

 plants found at a place. It grows in moist, sandy soil in prairie habitats or 

 in marshes. 



Vt. to Ont. and Wis., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



2. Scleria oligantha Michx. Map 413. On dry rocky, open, wooded 

 slopes in three of the Ohio River counties. Very local and only a few 

 plants found. 



D. C, Va. to Ind. and Mo., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



3. Scleria pauciflora Muhl. var. caroliniana (Willd.) Wood. Fassett 

 (Rhodora 35: 202. 1933) writes that two collections from Miller and three 

 from Dune Park in the herbarium of the University of Wisconsin named 

 Scleria pauciflora Muhl. should be referred to the variety. I have seen 

 these specimens and I agree with Fassett. I have this variety also from 

 Jasper County. 



Mass. to Ga. along the coast, cent. N. Y., Ohio, and Ind. to Mo. 



4. Scleria verticillata Muhl. Map 417. Infrequent to frequent in marly 

 marshes throughout the lake area. It is rather inconspicuous and is often 

 overlooked, although where it is found it usually forms a dense stand. The 

 report by Core (Brittonia 2: 23. 1936) for Chase from Shelby County 

 should be referred to Shelby, Lake County. Mrs. Chase wrote me that she 

 had never collected in Shelby County. 



Mass., Ont. to Minn., southw. to Fla., Tex., Mex., and W. I. 



5. Scleria reticularis Michx. Map 414. In damp or wet, sandy soil in a 

 few marshes of northwestern Indiana. Very local. This species was 

 erroneously cited by Core (Brittonia 2 : 82. 1936) as having been collected 

 in Greene County by Nieuwland. Nieuwland's specimens of the number 



