PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 271 



Common all along the coast and up the bay shore, in salt 

 marshes. 



Fr. — Mid- July to early September. 



Maritime.-— 'S>\\im.rnmg River (NB), Deal, Spring Lake (NB), Asbury 

 Park (S), Barnegat Pier, Seaside Park, Forked River, Beach Haven Terrace 

 (L), Absecon, Atlantic City (S), Ocean City, Stone Harbor, Anglesea, Wild- 

 wood, Holly Beach, Cold Spring, Cape May, Cape May Pt., Green Creek, 

 Dias Creek (S), Sluice Creek (S), So. Dennis. 



Scirpus robustus paludosus (A. Nelson.). Pale Marsh Bull-rush. 



Scirpus paludosus A. Nelson, Bull. Torr. Club. XXVI. 5. 1899 [Granger, 

 Wyo.]. 



With the preceding, but not common. 



I am not satisfied that this is identical with Nelson's species, 

 but until more material is available its status cannot be positively 

 determined. 



Maritime.— Dt^l Seaside Park. Cold Spring (S). 



Scirpus fluviatilis (Torr.). River Bull-rush. 



PL XXI. Fig. 8. 



Scirpus maritinius var. fluviatilis Torrey, Ann. Lye. N. Y. III. 324. 1836 



[Western N. Y. and the Missouri above St. Louis]. 

 Scirpus fluviatilis Britton 265. — Keller and Brown 65. 

 Scirpus macrostachyos Barton, Fl. Phila. I. 35. 1818. 



Lower part of the Middle district along the Delaware River. 

 Fr. — Early July to early September; flowering culms appar- 

 ently quite rare, or frequently only at certain stations. 



Middle District. — Pensauken, Cooper's Creek, Mickleton = Old Mans 

 Creek, Swedesboro. 



Scirpus atrovirens Muhl. Dark-green Bull-rush. 



PI. XX., Fig. 9- 



Scirpus atrovirens "Muhlenberg," Willdenow Enum. Hort. Berol. 79. 1809 

 [North America].— ?Barton Fl. Phila. I. 35- 1818.— Torrey Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y. III. 326. 1836.— Britton 265.— Keller and Brown 65. 



Common in wet meadows in the Northern, and southward in 

 the Middle district. Rare and probably introduced in the Pine 

 Barrens. Specimens from Yorktown and Winslow seem' to 

 represent the form S. georgianus of R. M. Harper. 



Fr. — Late June to early August. 



