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Middle District. — Swedesboro. 



Pine Barrens. — Jackson, Speedwell (S), Tuckerton (KB), Estelville. 



Cape May. — Cold Spring. 



Eriophorum gracile Koch. Slender Cotton-grass. 



Eriophorum gracile Koch, Roth. Cabal. Bot. 2. 259. 1800 [Kaiserlantern 

 Palatinatu] . 



Very rare within our limits, but probably more common north- 

 ward. Mr. Benjamin Heritage discovered this species June 10, 

 1892, in the bog at Repaupo, where so many other northern 

 plants occur. 



Fr. — Early May to late May. 

 Middle District. — Seven miles west of Mickleton [Repaupo]. 



Eriophorum virginicum L. Virginia Cotton-grass. 



PI. XIX., Fig. I. 



Eriophorum virginicum Linnaeus, Sp. PL 52. 1753 [Virginia]. — Knieskern 34. 

 —Willis 68.— Britton 265. 



Common in bogs throughout the State, especially abundant in 

 the Pine Barrens, where its tufts of white "cotton" on their long 

 slender stems are a conspicuous feature in the autumn. 



Fr. — Mid-August to late September. 



Middle District. — Haddonfield, Lindenwold, Clementon, Mickleton, Swedes- 

 boro. 



Pine Barrens. — Brindletown, Hanover, Forked River, West Creek (S), 

 Absecon, Bear Swamp, Albion, Cedar Brook, Williamstown Jnc, Landisville, 

 Pleasant Mills (S), Forks of Batsto, Eighth St. (T), Egg Harbor, Manu- 

 muskin (S). 



Cape May. — Cold Spring (S). 



FUIRENA Rottboell. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Leaves and upper sheaths glabrous. F. squarrosa, p. 274 



aa. Leaves and sheaths hirsute. F. hispida, p. 275 



Fuirena squarrosa Michx. Smooth Fuirena. 



Fuirena squarrosa Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. L 37. 1803 [Georgia and Carolina]. 



— Pursh, Fl. Am. I. 58. 1814.— Barton, Fl. Phila. L 37. 1818.— Britton 



266. — Keller and Brown 66. 

 Fuirena squarrosa var. piimila Knieskern 34. — Willis 67. 



Salt marshes on the coast, apparently less common than the 

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