jSj report ok NlvW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Uiscovered by the writer in a bog near Bennett, Cape May- 

 County. August 4. 1907. Previously not known from' north of 

 North CaroHna. 



Pr. — Probably July. Later specimens show few intact pani- 

 cles. 



Cape May. — Bennett. 



CLADIUM P. Browne. 



Cladium mariscoides (Muhl.). Twig Rush. 



PI. XIX., Fig. 2. 



Schocnus mariscoides Muhlenberg, Gram. 4. 1817 [Pennsylvania]. 

 Cladium mariscoides Knieskern 35.— Torrey, Am. Lye. N. Y. III. 372. 1836, 

 —Willis 69.— Britton 268.— Keller and Brown 68. 



Common in wet bogs or marshes in the Northern, Pine Barren, 

 Coast and Cape May districts. 

 Fr. — Mid- July into October. 



Pine Barrens. — Toms River, Forked River (NB), Bamber, Speedwell, 

 Chatsworth, Berlin, White Horse (S), Cedar Brook, Main Road Sta. (T), 

 Eighth St. (T), Parkdale, Batsto, Quaker Bridge (NB), Egg Harbor City, 

 Estelville, Dennisville (P). 



Coast Strip.— Ft. Pleasant, Spray Beach (L), Beach Haven Terrace (L), 

 opposite Ocean City, Ocean View. 



Cape May.— Cold Spring, Bennett (S), Cape May (S). 



SCLERIA Berg. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Spikelets in a terminal, or a terminal and 1-3 smaller lateral stalked 

 clusters. 



b. Achene smooth and shining. 



c. 2 mm. high. Plant 4.5-9 dm. tall. 6". triglomerata, p. 282 



cc. I mm. high. Plant more delicate, 3-6 dm. tall. S. minor, p. 283 

 bb. Achene irregularly reticulate. 



c. Lobes of hypogynium cmarginate or cleft, somewhat obtuse, 



achene 1-1.5 mm. S. reticularis, p. 283 



cc. Lobes acute or acuminate, achene 2-2.5 mm., plant taller and more 



lax. S. r. torreyana, p. 283 



bbb. Achene papillose. S. pauciAora, p. 284 



aa. Spikelets in several, separate, sessile, somewhat whorled clusters. 



5". verticillaia, p. 284 

 Scleria triglomerata Michx. Nut-rush. 

 PI. XIX., Fig. 6. 



Scleria triglomerata M'ichaux, Fl. Bor. Am. II. 168. 1803 [Carolina]. — 

 Knieskern 35.— Willis 69. — Britton 268.— Keller and Brown 68. 



