LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 101 



Scir pus intermedins Muhl. Gram. 81 (1817). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 575; Britt., Fl. N. J. 263; Up ham 

 Fl. Minn. 157; Mac, Fl. Can. II, 96; Chap., Fl. S. St. 576; Mac, Fl. Can. 

 II, 373: Britt., Jour. N. Y. Micro. Soc V, 110. 



North America: Ont. and N. Y. to N. J., Penn., Iowa 

 and Minn. 



Minn, valley: Reported from S. central district; peat 

 bogs and swamps. 



Heleocharis acuminata (Muhl.) Nees, Linn. IX, 294 (1835). 



Scirjms acuminatus Muhl. Gram. 27 (1817). 

 Hekocliaris compressa Sulliv. Sill. Journ. XLII, 50 (1842). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 576; Mac, Fl.Can. II, 96; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 151; Coult., Fl. Colo. 369; Chap., Suppl.S. St. 659; Britt., Jour. 

 Micro. Soc N.Y.V, 108. 



North America: N. Y. and Ont. to Minn., Mo.. Colo.; 

 S. to Ga. and Tenn. 



Minn, valley: Forest district; Ft. Snelling to Blue 

 Earth Co. ; swamps and wet places. 



Herb.: Sandberg 514, Chisago lake; Sheldon 1847, 

 Ft. Snelling. 



Heleocharis palustris (Linn.) R. Br. Prodr. I, 80 (1810). 

 Scirpus palustris Linn. Spec. 47 (1753). 

 S. baiothryon Wahl. Suppl. 3 (1796). 

 <S. reptans Thuill. Fl. Par. ed. 2, I, 22 (1799). 

 S. varins Schreb. in Schw. and K. Fl. Erl. 11 (1804). 

 Eleocharis polycaula Wend. Beitr. Hass. 19 (1823). 

 E. iiniglumis Schultes, Mant. II, 88 (1824). 

 Scirpus melanostadiys D'Urv. Mai. 29 (1825). 

 Clavula palustris DuM. Fl. Belg. 143 (1827). 

 Firabristylis melanostachya Brogn. Dup. Voy. 81 (1828). 

 Scirpus glaucescens Meu. Fl. Par. ed. 3, 44 (1831-34). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 575; Webb., Fl. Neb. 99; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 1.50; Mac, Fl. Can. II, 95; Chap., Fl. S. St. 518; Britt., Fl. N.J. 

 262: Coult., Fl. Colo. 369; Wats., Fl. Calif, II, 221; Eicht., PI. Eur. 142; 

 Led., Fl. Ross. IV, 244; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 441; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Trautv., 

 Fl. Sib. 120; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 138; En^l. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. II, 2, 112; 

 Wats , King Exp. 360; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 275, 376; Cov., Fl. Ark. 229; R. 

 and S., Syst. Veg. II, 151; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 448. 



Europe; Mediterranean region; all Asia; Malay Arch- 

 ipelago; Australasia. 



North America: Can. throughout to Greenland, Hud- 

 son Bay and Bear lake; U. S. throughout to Fla. and Mex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant; wet meadows, 

 marshes and in shallow water. 



Herb.: Sheldon 13, 'Ely s'mn; Sheldon 1411, Lake Ben- 

 ton; Sheldon 181, Eagle lake, Blue Earth Co.; Taylor 406 



