jSo KI'fnKT OK NEW jI'.RSEV STATE MUSICUM. 



Al)i)aicntlv vcn' rare, and known only from swamps along 

 the railroad northwest of \Vo<3dbine. Ca[)e May County, where 

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

 from Pennett. Cape May County, B. Long. August 11. 191 1. 



Not previously known from New Jersey. 



fr. — August 30 achencs mature; some scales gone. 



V\nc Barretts. — Woodbine. 

 Cape May. — Bennett. 



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

 PI. XVIII., Fig. 8. 



Schocnus axiilaris Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. I. 137. iJQi- 



Rynchosfora ccphalaniha Knieskern 35. — Willis 69. — Gray Ann. Lye. N. Y. 



III. 218. 1835. 

 Rynchospora axillaris Britten 267. — Keller and Brown 67. 



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

 Dr. Torrey. 



Pr. — Late July to mid- September. 



Pine Barrens. — Manchester (C), Bamber, 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. 



Ryiuhospora axillaris var. microcephala Britton Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci. XI. 

 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 July to mid-Septemiber. 



Pine Barrens. — Speedwell, Parkdale. 



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

 PI. XVIII., Fig. 6. 



Schocnus fuscus Linnsus Sp. PI. Ed. 2. 1664. 1763 [Switzerland, England 



and Italy). 

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



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



Bogs of the Pine Barren and Cape May districts frequent. 

 JPr. — Late June to early September. 



