LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 101 



Sdrpus intermedius MUHL. Gram. 31 (1817). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 575; Britt., Fl. N. J. 263; Up ham 

 Fl. Minn. 157; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 96; Chap., Fl. S. St. 576; Mac., Fl. Can. 

 II, 373; Britt., Jour. N. Y. Micro. Soc. V, 110. 



North America: Ont. and N. Y. to N. J., Perm., Iowa 

 and Minn. 



Minn, valley: Reported from S. central district; peat 

 bogs and swamps. 



Heleocharis acuminata (MUHL.) NEES, LINN. IX, 294 (1835). 

 Sdrpus acuminatus MUHL. Gram. 27 (1817). 

 Hekocfiaris compressa SULLIV. Sill. Journ. XLII, 50 (1842). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 576; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 96; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 151; Coult., Fl. Colo. 369; Chap., Suppl. S. St. 659; Britt., Jour. 

 Micro. Soc. N. Y. V, 108. 



North America: N. Y. and Ont. to Minn., Mo., Colo.; 

 S. to Ga. and Tenn. 



Minn, valley: Forest district; Ft. Snelling to Blue 

 Earth Co. ; swamps and wet places. 



HERB.: Sandberg 514, Chisago ]ake; Sheldon 1847, 

 Ft. Snelling. 



Heleocharis palustris (LINN.) R. BR. Prodr. I, 80 (1810). 

 Sdrpus palustris LINN. Spec. 47 (1753). 

 S. baiotfiryon WAHL. Suppl. 3(1796). 

 S. reptans THUILL. Fl. Par. ed. 2, I, 22 (1799). 

 S. varius SCHREB. in Schw. and K. Fl. Erl. 11 (1804). 

 Eleocharis polycaula WEND. Beitr. Hass. 19 (1823). 

 E. uniglumis SCHULTES, Mant. II, 88 (1824). 

 Sdrpus melanostacliys D'URV. Mai. 29 (1825). 

 Clavula palustris DUM. Fl. Belg. 143 (1827). 

 Fwibristylis melanostachya BROGN. Dup. Voy. 81 (1828). 

 Sdrpus glaucescens MER. Fl. Par. ed. 3, 44 (1831-34). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 575; Webb., Fl. Neb. 99; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 150; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 95; Chap., Fl. S. St. 518; Britt., FL N. J. 

 262; Coult., Fl. Colo. 369; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 221; Richt., PI. Eur. 142; 

 Led., Fl. Boss. IV, 244; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 441; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Trautv., 

 FL Sib. 120; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 138; Engl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. II, 2, 112; 

 Wats , King Exp. 360; Roth., Wheel. Exp.275, 376; Cov., Fl. Ark. 229; R. 

 and S., Syst. Veg. II, 151; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 448. 



Europe; Mediterranean region; all Asia; Malay Arch- 

 ipelago; Australasia. 



North America: Can. throughout to Greenland, Hud- 

 son Bay and Bear lake; U. S. throughout to Fla. and Mex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; abundant; wet meadows, 

 marshes and in shallow water. 



HERB.: Sheldon 13, Elysian; Sheldon 1411, Lake Ben- 

 ton; Sheldon 181, Eagle lake, Blue Earth Co.; Taylor 406 



