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Rynchospora glomerata (L.). Clustered Beaked-rush. 



PL XVIIL, Fig. 7. 

 Schocniis glomeratus Linnaeus, Sp. PI. 44. 1753 [Virginia]. 

 Rhynchospora glomerata Knieskern 35. — Willis 69. — Britton 267. — Keller and 

 Brown 67. 



Open ^^'et ground, bogs, etc. ; frequent throughout the State, 

 and abundant in the Pine Barrens. The most common species of 

 the genus. 



Fr. — Late July to late September. 



Middle District. — New Egypt, Lindenwold, Tomlin, Swedesboro, Salem 

 (S), Dividing Creek. 



Pine Barrens. — Lakehurst, Waretown, Atsion, Weymouth (T), Clementon, 

 Landisville, Woodbine. 



Coash Strip. — Pt. Pleasant, Seaside Park, Barnegat City (L), St. Albans 

 (L), Sherburn's (L), N. Beach Haven (L), West Creek (S), Ocean City 

 (S). 



Cape May.— Cape May (S). 



Rynchospora glomerata leptocarpa Chapm. 



Rynchospora glomerata leptocarpa Chapman, Britton, Trans. N. Y. Acad.. 

 Sci. II. 88. 1892 [So. Carolina]. 



Apparently rather frequent in the heart of the Pine Barrens.. 

 This is a more slender form with narrower leaves, perhaps identi- 

 cal with iiiinor of Britton. The variety discutiens* of Clarke is. 

 reported from New Jersey, but I have not found it. 



Pr. — ^Early August to mid-September. 



Pine Barrens. — Jones Mill (S), Batsto, four mi. E. Hammonton (S), 

 Manumuskin, Franklinville (P). 



Rynchospora smallii Britton. Small's Beaked-rush. 



Rynchospora Smallii Britton in Small's Southern Flora, p. 1321 [Henderson- 

 ville to Solola Mt.]. — Long, Bartonia II. 19. 1910. 



Occasional and perhaps more abundant than it at present ap- 

 pears to be. Its close resemblance to R. glomerata makes it 

 difficult to recognize. 



Fr. — Late July to mid-September. 



Middle District. — Delanco. 

 Pine Barrens. — Parkdale. 



Rynchospora filifolia Torrey. Thread-leaved Beaked-rush. 



Rynchospora filifolia Torrey Ann. Lye. N. Y. III. 1836. 366 [N. Carolina 

 and Florida]. 



* Britton's !\Ianual. p. 185. 



