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Apparently \erv rare, and known only from swamps along 

 the railroad northwest of Woodbine, Cape May Connty, where 

 it was collected by Mr. Stewardson Brown August 30, 1900, and 

 from Bennett, Cape May County, B. Long-, August ii, 1911. 



Not previously known from New Jersey. 



Pr. — August 30 achenes mature; some scales gone. 



Pine Barrens. — Woodbine. 

 Cape May. — Bennett. 



Rynchospora axillaris (Lam.). Capitate Beaked-rush. 

 PI. XVIIL, Fig. 8. 



Schoeniis axillaris Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. I. 137. 1791. 



Rynchospora cephalantha Knieskern 35. — Willis 69. — Gray Ann. Lye. N. Y. 



IIL 218. 1835. 

 Rynchospora axillaris Britton 267. — Keller and Brown 67. 



Bogs in the Pine Barrens; rare. First found in the State by 

 Dr. Torrey. 



Fr. — Late Juh' to mid-September. 



Pine Barrens. — Manchester (C), Baniber, Chatsworth, Jones Mill (S), 

 Speedwell, Quaker Bridge, Atsion (P), Parkdale, Hammonton, Batsto (P), 

 Egg Harbor City (P). 



Rynchospora avillaris microcephala Britton. Small-headed Beaked-rush. 



Rynchospora axillaris var. microcephala Britton Trans. X. Y. Acad. Sci. XL 

 89. 1892 [Monmouth Co., N. J.]. 



Pine Barren bogs ; rre. Dr. Britton described this form from 

 one of Dr. Knieskern's specimens, the latter apparently not dis- 

 tinguishing it from the last. 



Fr. — ^Late Jul}- to mid-Septemiber. 

 Pine Barrens. — Speedwell, Parkdale. 



Rynchospora fusca (L.). Brown Beaked-rush. 

 PI. XVIIL, Fig. 6. 



Schoenus fuscus Linnaeus Sp. PI. Ed. 2. 1664. 1763 [Switzerland, England 



and Italy]. 

 Rhynchospora fusca Knieskern 34. — Willis 69. — Gray Ann. Lye. X. Y. III. 



215. 1835. — Britton 267. — Keller and Brown 68. 



Bogs of the Pine Barren and Cape May districts frequent. 

 Fr. — Late June to early Sei>tem]ber. 



