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Rynchospora gracilenta Gray. Slender Beaked-rush. 



Rynchospora gracilenta Gray, Ann. Lye. N. Y. III. 216. 1835 [Pine Barrens 

 of N. J.].— Knieskern 34.— Willis 69.— Britton Tran. N. Y. Acad. Sci. XI. 

 90. 1892. — Britton 267. — Keller and Brown 68. 



Frequent in swamps or bogs in the Pine Barrens and Cape 

 May districts, here reaching the northern Hmit of its range. 

 Fr. — Mid-July to early Septemiber. 



Pine Barrens. — Lakehurst, Toms River, Forked River, Bamber Absecon, 

 Quaker Bridge, Speedwell (S), Atsion, Parkdale (S), Landisville, Eighth St., 

 Hammonton, Egg Harbor City, Dividing Creek. 



Cape May.— Bennett, Whitesboro (S), Cold Spring (S), Green Creek (S).* 



Rynchospora oligantha Gray. Few-flowered Beaked-rush. 



PI. XVIIL, Fig. 9. 



Rynchospora oligantha Gray, Ann. N. Y. Lye. III. 212. 1835 [Fayetteville 

 and Wilmington, N. C.].— Stone, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1908, p. 458. 



Known only from bogs along the Wading River above Speed- 

 well in the heart of the Pine Barrens, where it was first found 

 by Mr. S. S. Van Pelt June 29, 1906. Not previously known 

 north of Delaware. In July, 1909, Mr. Van Pelt and the writer 

 found a patch of this sedge probably half an acre in extent. 



Fr. — Late June to miid- August. 

 Pine Barrens. — Between Speedwell and Chatsworth. 



Rynchospora alba (L.). White Beaked-rush. 



PI. XVIIL, Fig. 10 (lower). 



Schoenus albus Linnaeus Sp. PI. 44. 1753 [N. Europe]. 



Rhyncospora alba Barton Fl. Phila. I. 25. 1818. — Knieskern 35. — Willis 69. — 

 Britton 267. 



Common in bogs of the Pine Barren and Cape May districts, 

 and casually in the Middle district. 



Fr. — Early August to mid-September. 



Middle District. — Tomlin, Swedesboro. 



Pine Barrens. — Allaire, Lakehurst, Island Hts. Jne., Forked River, Ware- 

 town, West Creek (S), Speedwell (S), Forks of Batsto, Parkdale, Berlin, 

 Pen Bryn (S), Landisville (T), Egg Harbor City (S), Palermo, eight m. W. 

 Atlantic City. 



Coast Strip. — Sherburn's (L). 



Cape May.— Cold Spring (S). 



* The record for Mickleton (KB), Heritage, proves to be a depauperate 

 R. glomcrata. 



