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ELEOCHARIS. Spike-rush 



E. acicularfs, R. Br. Pools and shores below high water mark ; common. 



E. diandra, C Wright, var. depressa, Fernald. Wet sands of Connecticut 

 River, Westminster, Brainerd. See Rhodora, 2: 60- 1900. 



E. intermedia, Schultes. In mire or wet sands ; occasional. 



E. obtusa, Schultes. (E. ovata, of recent manuals.) Muddy places ; com- 

 mon. 



E. obtusa, Schultes. var. jejuna, Fernald. A dwarf form of drier ground ; 

 frequent. 



E. olivacea, Torr. Soft mire ; Bristol Pond. Privgle ; Abby Pond, Ripton 

 and Lake Dunmore, Brainerd. Kenney Pond, Newfane, Grout. 



E. ovata, R. Br. In soft black mire, inlet of Abby Pond, Ripton, Brainerd ; 

 Spectacle Pond, Wallingford, Eggleston. Rare. 



E. ovata, R. Br. var. Heuseri, Uechtritz. Dead mouth of inlet, Lake Dun- 

 more, Brainerd. See Rhodora J : 137. 1899. 



E. palustris, R. Br. Low borders of ponds ; occasional. 



E. palustris, R. Br. var. calva, Gray. Stony clay, shores of Lake Cham- 

 plain ; occasional. 



E. palustris, R- Br. var. glaucescens, Gray. Moist grassy places ; common. 



E. palustris, R. Br. var. vigens, Bailey. Low sandy shores of Lake Cham- 

 plain ; frequent. 



E, pauciflora, Link. (Scirpus pauciflorus, Lightf. ) Wet soil, Lyndon, Cong- 

 don ; Willoughby Mt. , Tuckerman. 



E. pygmaea, Torr. Near Willoughby Lake, Walter Deane. 



E. tenuis, Schultes. Wet meadows and lake borders ; common. 



ERIOPHORUM Cotton-grass 

 E. alpinum, L. Cold bogs, especially in mountains ; common. 



E. gracile, Koch. Bogs; Middlebury, Ripton, Brainerd; Ryegate, Blan- 

 chard. 



E. gracile, Koch. var. paucinervium, Engelm. Bogs ; occasional. 



E. polystachyon, L. Springy hollows and bogs ; common. 



E. vaginatum, L. Peat bogs ; occasional. 



E. Virginicum, L. Peat bogs ; frequent. 



FIMBRISTYLIS 



F. autumnalis, R. & G. Lily Pond, Vernon, Grout. 



F. capillaris, Gray. (Stenophylluscapillaris, Britton. ) Dry sands ; rare. 



