262 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Originally described by Torrey from specimens collected in 

 the New Jersey Pine Barrens, apparently in Ocean County. 

 Fr. — Earlv July to early October. 



Pine Barrens. — Forked River (H), Double Trouble, Bamber, Manahawkin, 

 Speedwell (S), Pleasant Mills, Quaker Bridge (C), Ballinger's Mill (S), 

 Twelfth St. Folsom, Williamstown Jnc, Egg Harbor City. 



Cape May. — Anglesea Jnc, Bennett Court House (S), Cold Spring. 



Eleochai is melanocarpa Torrey. Black-fruited Spike-rusli. 

 PI. XVn., Fig. 9. 



Eleocharis melanocarpa Torrey, Ann. Lye. N. Y. HI. 311. 1836 [Pine Bar- 

 rens near Savannah, Go.]. — Willis 68. — Britton 263.^Stone, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila. 1908. 458. — Long, Bartonia H. 18. 1910. 



Apparently restricted to the lower part of the Middle. district. 

 The first specimens I have seen from the State were collected at 

 Delanco, August, 1907, by Messrs. S. S- Van Pelt, Stewardson 

 Brown and the writer. The plant was quite plentiful then, and 

 the tips of the leaves were rooting after the manner of B. 

 rosteUata. 



The earlier published records "Pine Barrens,'' Parker, and 

 "Sandy Swamps, Monmouth Co.," Willis, unsupported by speci- 

 mens may be regarded with suspicion, at least until we obtain 

 other records from the Pines. 



Fr. — Early July to mid-August, probably. 



Middle District. — Delanco, Below Millville. 

 Cape May. — Bennett. 



Eleocharis tricostata Torr. Three-ribbed Spike-rush. 

 PI. XVn., Fig. 10. 



Eleocharis tricostata Torrey, Ann. Lye. N. Y. HL 310. 1836 [Georgia and 

 Florida].— Knieskern 34.— Willis 68.— Gray Manual Ed. L 524. 1848.— 

 Britton Jour. X. Y. :Micros. Soc. V. 108. 1889.— Britton 263.— Keller and 

 Brown 62. 



Swamps in the Cape May and Pine Barren districts; rare and 

 local in the Middle district. 



Dr. Knieskern first detected this species in the State at Quaker 

 Bridge, but it has since proved to be not uncommon, especially in 

 the Cape May peninsula. 



Fr. — Early July to late August. 



