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Report of the State Botanist. 



Potamogeton major {Fr.) Morong. 



Potamogeton Spirillus Tuckm. 



Eriophorum lineatum B. & H. 

 Low moist ground near Middle Grove. July. 



Carex trisperma Dewey, 

 A form with the leaves more narrow than usual was collected 

 on the bogg}^ shore of Highland lake. 



Carex retroflexa Muhl. 

 In the Manual, this sedge is subjoined to C. rosea as a variety. 

 It differs considerably from that species in its ransre as well as in 

 its appearance and characters. I do not find it at all in the 

 northern and northeastern counties of ttie Stale, but it is not 

 rare in some of the southern and western counties. C. rosea is 

 common everywhere except perhaps in the coldest mountain 

 regions. 



Carex rosea Schk. var. staminata n. var. 



Culms very slender but erect or nearly so 12 to 20 inches high, 

 much surpassing the very narrow leaves; spikes commonly 4, 

 distant, each terminated by a conspicuous staminate part sub- 



