2l8 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



ELEOCHARIS R. Br. 



E. TUBERCULOSA (Michx.) R. & S. 



Sands of New River. Fayette : near Nuttallburg (Nutt- 

 all). 



E. OVATA (Roth.) R. & S. (E. obtusa Schult.) 



. Wet places. Fayette : along turnpike opposite Gauley 

 Junction (Eggleston, 5527-6). Randolph: near Pickens (H. 

 H. Smith, 1362). Muddy places. Upshur : near Buck- 

 hannon. Randolph : Tygart's Valley River. Fayette : near 

 Kanawha Falls (James) ; near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). Pres- 

 ton: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steel). Monongalia: near 

 Morgantown (Sheldon, 675). Randolph: Tygarts Valley 

 River, near Elkins and Huttonsville ; and Tucker : near Par- 

 sons (Greenman, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108). 

 E. PALUSTRIS (L.) R. & S. 



Ohio: near Wheeling- (Mertz & Guttenberg). Fayette: 

 near Nuttallburg (Nuttall) : 

 Var. GLAUCESCENS (Willd.) Gray. 



Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry (Mertz & Guttenberg). 

 Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 E. TENUIS (Willd.) Schult. "Kill Cow." "Poverty Grass." 

 Damp places, abundant everywhere. 



NOTE. The above names are applied along Tygart's Val- 

 ley River, where in places this species grows so abundant as 

 to take whole fields,, and as cattle will not thrive upon it, 

 these names suggested themselves. 

 E. ACICULARIS (L.) R. & S. 



Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry (Mertz & Guttenberg). 



E. TRICOSTATA Torrey. 



In wet places. Monongalia : along Tibbs Run (Sheldon, 



595). 



FIMBRISTYLIS Vahl. 



F. AUTUMNALIS (L.) Roem. & Schult. 



Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



SCIRPUS, L. 



S. AMERICANUS Pers. 5\ pungens Vahl. 



Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry (Mertz & Guttenberg). 

 S. VALIDUS Vahl. (S. lacustris Am. auth.). 



Tucker: bank of Shavers Fork, near Parsons (Greenman, 

 121 ). Glady places. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall)? 

 S. DEBILIS Pursh. 



Wet places. Tucker : bed of Shavers Fork, near Parsons 

 (Greenman, 69). 



