CYPERACEAE l6l 



N. J. Ocean and Burlington counties, increasing southward, but 



rare west of the pine-barrens. 

 Pa. Tinicum, Delaware Co. 



Tertiary, not rare on Beacon Hill, scattered elsewhere: Cre- 

 taceous, very rare: Older Formations, scattered and local near the 

 coast. 179-220 days. About sea level. 



16. E. tenuis (Willd.) Schultes. In wet soil: Cape Breton to Ont. 



and Man., south to Fla. and Tex. 

 Throughout the range. 



17. E. intermedia (Willd.) Schultes. In marshes: Que. to Minn., 



south to N. J., Ohio, 111. and Iowa. 



Conn. Rare in northern Hartford and Litchfield counties. 



N. J. Lake Grinnell, Sussex Co. and at Succasunna, Morris Co. 



Pa. Philadelphia, increasing northward. 



Rare and local species always increasing northward. 



18. E. rostellata Torr. In marshes and wet meadows: N. J., 



Vt. and N. Y. to Br. Col., Fla., Tex., Mex. and Cal. 



Conn. Rare and local in coastal marshes, decreasing inland and 



westward. 

 N. Y. Not uncommon on L. L, and in southern Westchester Co.; 



occasional in the Bronx. 

 N. J. In the Hackensack marshes and increasing in the coastal 



marshes southward: not in the pine-barrens. 



More common in our area near the sea than elsewhere. 



The reported occurrence at Sellersville, Bucks Co., Pa., of E. acuminata (Muhl.) 

 Nees. was based on an incorrectly determined specimen of E. tenuis (Willd ) Schultes. 



3. Stenophyllus Raf. 



1. S. capillaris (L.) Britton. In dry or moist soil: Me. to 

 southern Ont., Minn., Fla., Tex., Cal. and tropical Am. 

 Common throughout the range. 



4. Fimbristylis Vahl. 



Style 2-cleft; achene lenticular or biconvex. 

 Culms 0.2-0.9 m. tall. 



Perennial; leaves involute. 



Scales glabrous, shining, coriaceous. I. F. castanea. 



Scales, at least the lower, pubescent or puberulent. 2. F. puberula. 



