No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 85 



Eleocharis Torreyana Boeckl. 



Eleocharis microcarpa of authors, not Torr. 



Rare. Moist sandy soil : Volimtown, at Beach Pond (R. 

 W. Woodward & Graves). Aug. 



Eleocharis tenuis (Willd.) Schultes (slender). 



Common. Swamps and wet places. June — Aug. 



Eleocharis intermedia (Muhl.) Schultes (intermediate). 



Rare. Muddy borders of ponds and on river banks : East 

 Windsor and Salisbury (Bissell). Sept. — Oct. 



Eleocharis rostellata Torr. (small-beaked). 



Marshes and wet meadows along the coast. Rare or local 

 in New Haven County: Alilford (Eames), Orange (An- 

 drews), New Haven (Harger). Becoming occasional east- 

 ward. Aug. 



STENOPHYLLUS Raf. 



Stenophyllus capillaris (L.) Britten (hair-like). 

 Fimbristylis capillaris Gray. 



Common. Dry or moist sterile soil. Aug. — Sept. 



FIMBRISTYLIS Vahl. 



Fimbristylis Frankii Steud. 



Fimbristxlis autuninalis of American authors in part, not R. 



& S." 



Frequent. Wet places on banks of ponds and streams, or 

 in low meadows. Aug. — Sept. 



SCIRPUS L. Bulrush. Club Rush. 



Scirpus nanus Spreng. (dwarf). 

 Eleocharis pygmaea Torr. 



Salt marshes and tidal banks along the coast. Rare east- 

 ward: Groton and ]\Iontville (Graves). Becoming frequent 

 west of New Haven (Eames). July — Sept. 



Scirpus planifolius Aluhl. (flat-leaved). 



Dry woodlands. Rare in New London County: Mont- 

 ville, Ledyard and East Lyme (Graves). Occasional or fre- 

 quent elsewhere. June. 



