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3. M. mexicana (L.) Trin. (M. foliosa Trin.). In swamps and 



borders of fields: N. B. to Wyoming south to N. Car. and 

 Tex. 



Throughout the range, except the coastal plain of N. J., there rare 

 or wanting. 



4. M. racemosa (Michx.) B. S. P. In wet places: Newf. to Br. 



Col., south to N. J., Md. and N. Mex. 



Conn. Very rare in the south, increasing northwestward. 



N. Y. Dutchess and Columbia counties, and in the Catskills, and 



at Woodmere, L. I. 

 N. J. Bergen, Morris and Warren Counties, increasing northward. 

 Pa. Pike, Monroe, Chester and Bucks counties. 



5. M. tenuiflora (Willd.) B. S. P. In rocky woods: Mass. to 



Minn., Ala. and Tex. 



Conn. Throughout. 



N. Y. Rare and local in the Bronx, increasing northward. 



N. J. Rare ai Swedesboro, Gloucester Co., thence unknown to 



Bergen and Morris counties, thence increasing northward; 



reported by Kneiskern from Ocean and Monmouth counties. 

 Pa. Northampton, Bucks, Delaware, and Chester counties. 



6. M. umbrosa Scribn. (M. sylvatica Torn). In moist woods and 



along streams: N. B. to S. Dak., south to N. Car. and Okl. 

 Throughout the range, except the coastal plain of N. J., there 

 reported only from Landisville. 



7. M. capillaris (Lam.) Trin. In dry sandy or rocky soils: Mass. 



to Kan., Fla. and Tex. 



Conn. Rare at New Haven and Hamden, on rocky cliffs. 



N. Y. Known only from Wading River, L. I, 



N. J. Little Snake Hill, Bergen Co., Woodbury, Camden Co. and 



Hammonton, Altantic Co.; reported also from Milburn, Essex 



Co. and Wright's Pond, Sussex Co. 



Very rare and local in our range. 



29. Brachyelytrum Beauv. 

 1. B. erectum (Schreb.) Beauv. Newf. to Minn., south to Ga. 

 and Kan. 



Conn. Rare along the coast, increasing northwestward. 

 N. Y. Westchester Co., Pine Plains, Dutchess Co. and in the 

 Catskills; also on the coastal plain of L. I. 



