148 TWELFTH ANNUAL KEPORT. 



L. spadicea, DC, var. melanocarpa, Meyer. (L. parviflora, Desv., var. 

 melanocarpa, Gray.) Wood-Rush. 

 Frequent along the northern boundary of Minnesota, Macoun. 



Jj. canipestris, DC. Wood-Rush. 



Throughout the state. Upper Mississippi river, Oarrison; Anoka county, etc. 

 Upham; lake Pepin, Miss Manning; Emmet county, Iowa (very rare), Cratty. 



JUNCUS, L. Rush. Bog-Rush. 



J. effusus, L. Common or Soft Rush. 



Throughout the state. Lapham. L&keFepiQ, Miss Manning. [North of lake 

 Superior, Agassiz; Manitoba, Macoim.] 



J. filiforniis, L. Bog-Rush. 



Lapnam. Lake Veji'm, Miss Manning. [Manitoba, Jfocoim; Nebraska, ^ttg/iej/'.] 

 Throughout the state, chiefly northward. 



J. Balticiis, Dethard. Bog Rush. 



Lauham. Pemhin-d,, Chichering ; Ked river country generally, Dau'son. [North 

 of lake Superior, Agassiz ; Emmet county, Iowa (rare), Cratty. \ Throughout the state, 

 chiefly northward. 



J. Balticus, Dethard, var. niontaims, Engelm.* Bog-Rush. 

 Lake of the Woods, Dawson, Macoun. West. 



J. Imfouius, L. Bog- Rush. 



Lake Pepin, Miss Manning] lake of the Woods, Macoun. [James river, Dakota, 

 Geyer.] Infrequent. 



[J. stygius, L., and J. Gerardi, Loisel, should be looked for in Minnesota north of 

 lake Superior.] 



jr. tenuis, Willd. Bog-Rush. 



Common, or abundant, throughout the state. 



J. tenuis, Willd., var cougestus, Engelm. Bog- Rush. 



IJlue Earth county, X/eiberfif, determined by Watson. Southwest. [Branches 

 contracted into a head, and flowers darker-colored. Engelmann, Trans. Acad. Sci., 

 Saint Louis, vol. ii.] 



J. Vaseyi, Engelm. Vasey's Bog-Rush. 



Steele county, Upham ; lake Superior and Manitoba, Macoiui ; probably occurring 

 throughout Minnesota. 



♦J. pelocarpus, E. Meyer. Bog-Rush. 



Lapham. St. Croix river. Parry ; lake Pepin, Miss Manning. 



J. alpiuns, Villars, var. insignis. Fries. Bog-Rush. 



North shore of lake Superior, Juni ; lake of the Woods, Dawson, Macoun. North. 



J. acuniinatus, Michx., var. legitinnis, Engelm. Bog-Rush, 



Lapham. [North of lake Superior, ^f/ossfo ; Manitoba, Macoun; Devil's lake, 

 Dakota, Geyer.] Throughout the slate. 



*JuNcus Balticus, Dethard, var. MONTANUS, Engelmann. Sepals nearly of the 

 same length, the minor ones sometimes more obtuse ; anthers four times longer than 

 the filament ; capsule ovate-pyramidal, angled, beaked ; seeds smaller, narrower and 

 longer pointed than in the eastern form. Watson's Rep. in King's Expl. of the Fortieth 

 Parallel. 



