Il6 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBuIl. 



Rare. Swamps and bogs: Salisbury and Sharon (Bissell). 

 Fruit Aug-. — Sept. 



Juncus brevicaudatus (Engelm.) Fernald (short-tailed). 

 Jiincus canadensis J. Gay, var. brevicaudatus Engelm. 

 Juncus canadensis J. Gay, var. coarctatus Engelm. 



Occasional. Bogs and moist sandy places. Fruit Aug. — 

 Sept. 



Juncus canadensis J. Gay. 



Juncus canadensis J. Gay, var. longicaudatns Engelm. 



Frequent. Open swamps and wet meadows. Fruit Aug. — 

 Sept. 

 Juncus canadensis J. Gay, var. subcaudatus Engelm. (some- 

 what tailed). 



Rare or occasional. Low moist ground, often in shade: 

 Sprague and Stafford (Graves), Lyme, East Windsor, Farm- 

 ington and Southington (Bissell). Fruit Aug. — Sept. 



Juncus pelocarpus Mey. (dark-fruited). 



Sandy or muddy shores of ponds and streams. Occasional 

 in the southeastern part of the state ; apparently rare or local 

 elsewhere. Fruit Aug. — Sept. 



Often proliferous. 



Juncus militaris Bigel. (soldierly). 



Rare or local. Shallow water of ponds : Groton and East 

 Lyme (Graves), Guilford (G. H. Bartlett & Bissell). Fruit 

 July — Sept. 



Juncus nodosus L. (knotty). 

 Knotted Rush. 



River banks and moist sandy soil bordering swamps, ponds 

 or small streams. Rare in most districts : Oxford (Harger), 

 Cornwall (R. W. Woodward), Norfolk, Litchfield and Salis- 

 bury (Bissell). Occasional along the Connecticut River from 

 East Windsor (Bissell) to Lyme (Graves). Fruit July — 

 Aug. 



Juncus brachycarpus Engelm. (short-fruited). 



Rare. New London, low ground near Ocean Beach 

 (Graves). Fruit July. A fugitive, probably from the West 

 or South. 



