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Report of the State Botanist. 



Potamogeton major {Fr.) Morong. 

 P. Vaseyi Robbins. 



P. lateralis Morong. 



P. diversifolius Raf, 



Potamogeton Spirillus Tuckm. 

 P. filiformis Pers. 



P. pectinatus L. 



P. Robinsii Oakes. 



Eriophorum lineatum -B. & H. 



Low moist ground near Middle Grove. July. 



Carex trisperma Dewey. 



A form with the leaves more narrow than usual was collected 

 on the boggy shore of Highland lake. 



Carex retroflexa 3fuhl. 



In the Manual, this sedge is subjoined to C. rosea as a variety. 

 It differs considerably from that species in its rane:e as well as in 

 its appearance and characters. I do not find it at all in the 

 northern and northeastern counties of the State, but it is not 

 rare in some of the southern and western counties. C. rosea is 

 common everywhere except perhaps in the coldest mountain 

 regions. 



Carex rosea Schk. var. staminata n. var. 



Culms very slender but erect or nearly so V2, to 20 inches high, 

 much surpassing the very narrow leaves; spikes commonly 4, 

 distant, each terminated by a conspicuous staminate part sub- 



