22 FLORA OF BURLINGTON AND VICINITY 



ERIOPHORUM L. Cotton Grass 



E. callitrix Cham. Hare's Tail. Peat bogs; frequent. May, June. 

 E. tenellum Nutt. Swamps and bogs; rare. July, Aug. Colchester, 



(N. F. F.). 

 E. Tirgiuicum L. Cotton Grass. Bogs and wet meadows; common. 



Aug., Sept. 

 E. Tiridi-carinatum (Engelm.) Fern. Bogs; frequent. June, July. 



RYNCHOSPORA Vahl. Beak Rush 



R. alba (L.) Vahl. White Beak Rush. Bogs; frequent. July-Sept. 



R. fusca (L.) Ait. f. Brown Beak Rush. Burlington, (Torrey). July- 

 Sept. One specimen in U. V. M. Herb. 



SCIRPUS (Tourn.) L. Bulrush or Club Rush 



S, americauus Pers. Chair-maker's Rush. Sandy shores of Lake Cham- 

 plain; frequent. July-Sept. 



S. atrociuctiis Fern. Wet meadows; occasional. July. Var. brack y- 

 PODus Fern. Rare. July. Colchester, (N. F. F.). 



S. atroTireiis Muhl. Moist meadows; common. July, Aug. 



S. cyperinus (L.) Kunth. Wool Grass. Wet meadows; common. Aug., 

 Sept. 



S. fluviatilis (Torr.) Gray. River Bulrush. Marshy borders of bays 

 and tributaries of Lake Champlain; occasional. July-Sept. 



S. georgianus Harper. Moist meadows; frequent. July, Aug. Pro- 

 liferous forms occur, Burlington and Colchester, (N. F, F.). 



S. lieterochaetus Chase. Sheltered shores; frequent. July, Aug. 



S. pedicellatus Fern. Swales; frequent. July, Aug. 



S. rubrotinctus Fern. Wet meadows; frequent. July, Aug. 



S. Smitliii Gray. Shores of Lake Champlain. Aug. Abundant at onu 

 station, Burlington, (Grout and Tracy). 



S. Talidus Vahl. Great Bulrush. In shallow water; frequent. July, 

 Aug. 



