92 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Cyperus esculentus Linn. Spec. 45 (1753). 

 G. 2ihymatodes Ml'hl. Gram. 23 (1817). 

 C. reijens Ell. Sk. I, 69 (1821). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 571; Britt., Fl. N. J. 260; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 150; Webb., Fl. Neb. 99; Wats., Fl. Calif. 11. 215; Mac, Fl. Can. 

 II. 93: Chap., Fl. S. St. 508? Richt., PI. Eur. 135; Engl. Pax., Nat. Pflanz. 

 II, 2, 108: Cov., Fl. Ark. 229; Britt., Torr. Bull. XIII, 210. 

 Cosmopolitan. 



North America : N. Br. to L. Erie ; S. to Fla. ; W. to 

 Minn.. Yosemite and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Reported from forest district; rare; low 

 places along streams. 



Cyperus erytlirorliizos Muhl. Gram. (1817). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 571; Britt., Fl. N. J. 261; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 150: Mac, Fl. Can. II. 94; Chap., Fl. S. St. 512; Wats., Fl. Calif. 

 II. 215; Cov., Fl. Ark. 229: Britt., Torr. Bui:. XIII, 213, 



North America: W. Ont. to L. I.. N. J.. Penn.; S. to 

 Fla. ; W. to Minn. , Mich, and N. Mex. ; also, Rio Colorado to 

 Oregon. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; rather common; banks. 



Herb.: Sheldon 880, Sleepy 'Eye: Ballard 802, Goose 

 lake ; Ballard 832, Page lake ; Ballard 892, St. Bonifacius ; 

 Taylor 1117, Glenwood; Ballard 274, Jordan, Scott Co.; Sheldon 

 1633, Taylor's Falls; MacM. and Sheld. 29, Brainerd; Sandherg 

 50G, Goodhue Co. 



Cyperus flliculmis Vahl, Enum. II, 328 (1806). 

 Scirpus cyperiformis Muhl. Gram. 41 (1819). 

 Cyperus manscoides Ell. Sk. 1,67 (1821). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 570; Britt., Fl. N. J. 261; Mac, Fl. 

 Can. II, 94; Upham, Fl. Minn. 150; Webb., Fl. Neb. 99; Chap., Fl. S. St. 

 511; Coult., Fl. Colo. 306; Cov., Fl. Ark. 229: Britt., Torr. Bull. XIII. 216. 

 North America: Ont. to N. Eng. and N. J.; S. to Fla.; 

 W. to Minn., Neb., Kan., Ark., Colo, and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Forest district and perhaps W. ; dry and 

 waste places. 



Herb. : Ballard 636, Chaska, Carver Co. ; MocM. and 

 Sheld. 25, Brainerd; Ballard 18a, Goodhue Co.; Leiherg 76, Blue 

 Earth Co. ; Sandherg 511, Red Wing; 512, Red Wing. 



Cyperus seliweinitzii Torr. Cyp. 27G (1836). 



C. alternijlorus ScinvEix. Long Appx. II, 381 (1825) not li. Br. 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 570: We1)l).. Fl. Neb. 99; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 150; Mac, Fl. Can. II, 93: Roth., Wh.-el. Exp. 274: Britt., Torr. 

 Bull. XIII, 207. 



North America: Ont. to L. of Woods, QuAppelle, 

 Assiniboia; S. toW. N. Y. and Penn. ; W.to Minn. Neb. and Can. 



