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93. B. palustris (L.) R. and S. Creeping Spike Rush. 



Scattered along the edge of the lake, among the sclrpi. A 

 good patch just a little >Yay north of Chicago Hill pier. 



94. B. acicularis (L.) R. and S. Needle-spike Rush. 



Tolerably abundant, often found in flower but rarely in fruit, 

 at the edge of the lake and in marshes. 



95. E. tenuis (Willd.) Schultes. Slender Spike-rush. 



Some found in the lake plain. 

 9G. Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britton. {Fimbristylis capillaris Gray.) 

 Found in sandy soil. Some in a field, some at the edge of tlio 

 lake plain, on the bank at Chicago Hill. 



97. Scirpus smithii Gray. 



Some found in the county, but not near Eagle Lake. 



98. S. americanus Pers. Chair-maker's Rush. (S. piingens Vahl.) 



Quite abundant along the edges of the lake. 



99. S. lacustris Tj. Great Bulrush. 



The most abundant of the species, forming a broad bolt :iro;in<l 

 the margin of the greater part of the lake. 



100. S. atrovireus INluhl. Dark-green Bulrush. 



Common in swamps. 



101. S. lineatus Michx. Retldish Bulrush. 



Common in wet grounds. 



102. S. cyperinus (L.) Kunth. Wool Grass. 



Grows in clumps, in ponds. 



103. Eriophorum virgin Icum. 



Scattered in marshes — generally old tamaracks. 



104. Rynchospora alba (L.) Yahl. White-beaked Rush. 



In u marsh south of the lake, also in the tamarack northeast 

 of f]agle Lake. 



105. R. Capillacea laeviseta E. J. Hill. 



In a marsh south of the lake. 

 100. Cladium mari-scoides (Muhl.) Torr. Twig Rush. 



In the lake plain and along the edge of the lake on the west 

 side of the lake. 

 107. Scleria verticillata Muhl. Low Nut Grass. 



Found in a tamarack, and in a flat pasture south cf Eagle 

 Lake. 



