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93. B. palustris (L.) R. and S. Creeping Spike Rusli. 



Scattered along tlie edge of the lake, among the scirpi. A 

 good patch just a little way north of Chicago Hill pier. 



94. B. acicularis (L.) R. and S. Needle-spike Rush. 



Tolerably abundant, often found in flower but rarely in fruit, 

 at the edge of the lake and in marshes. 



95. B. tenuis (Willd.) Schultes. Slender Spike-rush. 



Some found in the lake plain. 



96. Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton. {Fimhristylis cainllaris Gray.) 



Found in sandy soil. Some in a field, some at the edge of the 

 lake plain, on the bank at Chicago Hill. 



97. Scirpus smithii Gray. 



Some foimd in the county, but not near Eagle Lake. 



98. S. americanus I'ers. Chair-maker's Rush. (»S'. pvngens Vahl.) 



Quite abundant along the edges of the lake. 



99. S. lacustris K Great Bulrush. 



The most abimdant of the species, forming a broad bolt niomid 

 the margin of the greater part of the lake. 

 1<X>. S. atrovlrens Muhl. Dark-green Bulrush. 

 Common in swamps. 



101. S. lineatus Michx. Reddish Bulrush. 



Common in wet grounds. 



102. S. cyperinus (L.) Kunth. Wool Grass. 



Grows in clumps, in ponds. 

 108. E)riophorum virginicum. 



Scattered in marshes— generally old tamaracks. 



104. Bynchospora alba (L.) Vahl. White-beaked Rush. 



In a marsh south of the lake, also in the tamarack northeast 

 of Eagle Lake. 



105. R. Capillacea laeviseta E. J. Hill. 



In a marsh south of the lake. 



106. Cladium mariscoides (Muhl.) Torr. Twig Rush. 



In the lake plain and along the edge of the lake on the west 

 side of the lake. 



107. Scleria verticillata Muhl. Low Nut Grass. 



Found in a tamarack, and in a flat pasture south of Eagle 

 Lake. 



