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TRIDENS 

 T. tlaviis (L.) Hitclic. Tall Red Top. Townslieud, (Wheeler). 



TRISETUM 

 T. inelicoides (Michx.) Vasey. (Graphephorum melicoideum [Michx.] 



Beauv.). Banks of Winooski River, Colchester and Williston, 



(Pringle) ; South Burlington, (Jones). 

 T. spicatum (L.) Richter. (T. subspicatum Beauv., var. molle Gray). 



Narrow False Oat. Dry woods and ledges; occasional. 



ZIZANIA. Water or Indian Rice 



Z. aqiiatica L. Wild Rice, Water Oats. In shallow water, Burling- 

 ton, (Mrs. N. F. Flynn) ; Lake Memphramagog, (Underwood) ; West 

 Haven, (Kirk). 



Z. paliistris L. (Z. aquatica Am. auth. not L.). Wild Rice, Water Oats. 

 Marshy borders of Lake Champlain and its tributaries; occasional. 



CYPERACEAE. SEDGE FAMILY 



CAREX. Sedge 



('. aeiica Fernald. Cliffs and sand plains; occasional in Rutland and 

 Addison Counties. 



C. aestiTalis M. A. Curtis. Rocky woods; rare. South Pownal, (J. R. 

 Churchill). 



C. albicans Willd. Dry shady ledges; common in western Vermont. 

 Lake Willoughby, (Kennedy); Townshend, (Wheeler). 



C. alopecoidea Tuckerm. Wet meadows and damp woods; rare. Mid- 

 dlebury, (Brainerd) ; Burlington, (Hazen) ; Rutland, (Egglcston). 



C. aquatilis Wahlenb. Borders of ponds and rivers; occasional. 



C. aqiiatilis Wahlenb., var. virescens Anders. Rutland, (Eggleston) ; 

 Pownal, (Churchill). 



V. arota Boott. (C. canescens, var. polystachya Boott). Wet woods; 

 rare. Peacham, (Blanchard) ; Knight's Island, (Brainerd) ; High- 

 gate Springs, (Jesup). 



C arctata Boott. Moist woodlands; common. 



C. atrata L., var. orata (Rudge) Boott. (C. atratiformis Britton). 

 Smugglers' Notch, (Pringle, Burnham). 



C. aurea Nutt. Moist meadows; common. 



C. Backii Boott. (C. durifolia Bailey). Shaded ledges; occasional in 

 the lower altitudes of western Vermont. 



C. Bebbii Olney. (C. tribuloides, var. Bebbii Bailey). Dry low grounds; 

 frequent. 



C. Bicknellii Britton. Dry soil; rare. Leicester, (Woodward). 



C. bronioides Schkuhr. Bogs and swamps; common. 



C. briuinescens Poir. (C. canescens, var. alpicola Wahlenb.). Com- 

 mon in the mountain woods above 1,800 feet. 



C. canescens L. Ripton, (Brainerd). 



C. canescens L., var. disjuncta Fernald. Wet places; frequent, espe- 

 cially in the mountains. 



