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Rynchospora pallida M. A. Curtis. Pale Beaked-rush. 



PL XVIII., Fig. 10 (upper). 



Rhyncliospora pallida M. A. Curtis, Am. Jour. Sci (II.) 7. 409. 1849 [Wil- 

 mington. X. C.].— Willis 69.— Gray Man. Ed. V. 568. 1867.— Britton 

 Trans. X. Y. Acad. Sci. XI. 87. 1892. — Britton 267. — Keller and Brown 

 67. 



Comimon in bogs of the Pine Barren, Cape May and locally 

 in the lower Middle districts. It does not range north of the 

 New Jersey Pines. 



Fr. — Mid-Jnly to erd'ly September. 



Middle District. — Xew Egypt, Bordentown, IMerchantville, Woodbury, Lin- 

 denwold. Dividing Creek. 



Pine Barretts. — Lakehurst, Manchester, Forked River, Toms River, Browns 

 Mills (P), Chatsworth, Bear Swamp, Clementon, Atsion, Parkdale, Quaker 

 Bridge, Landisville, Buena Vista (T), Batsto (P), Hammonton (S), Egg 

 Harbor City. 



Cape May. — Court House. 



Rynchospora knieskernii Carey. Knieskern's Beaked-rush. 

 PL XVIII.. Fig. 2. 



Rliynchospora Knieskernii Carey, Am. Jour. Sci. (II.) 4. 25. 1847 [Pines 

 of New Jersey]. — Knieskern 35. — Willis 69. — Britton Trans. X'. Y. Acad. 

 Sci. XL 88. 1892. — Britton 267. — Keller and Brown 67. 



Confined to the Pine Barren region, where it is said to always 

 occur on deposits O'f bog iron; rare. 



Remarkabh^ fine specimens were oi^tained by Mr. C. A. Gross, 

 which measured 6 dm. in height. 



The species was first discovered by Dr. Knieskern, after whom 

 it was named, at Point Hollow, two miles from Manchester (now 

 Lakehurst), on the road to Cassville, where the doctor resided. 

 Knieskern was one of the pioneer botanists of the Pine Barrens, 

 and his name appears frequently in Gray's Manual — His Cata- 

 logue of Plants of Monmouth and Ocean Cos. 1856, was the first 

 publication dealing directly with the flora of the Pines. 



Fr. — Late July to late September. 



Pine Barrens. — Hope Village on Shark River (P), Cassville, Bamber, Whit- 

 ings, West Creek (S), Pleasant Mills, Atsion, Egg Harbor Cit}', Quaker 

 Bridge (C). 



Original specimens at the New York Botanical Garden are labelled by 

 Knieskern "R. Grayana Kn. (NSp)," a name that was apparently never pub- 

 lished. 



