I 68 CYPERACEAE 



N. J. Rare in Mercer, Somerset and Union counties, increasing 



northward. 

 Pa. Throughout, increasing northward. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older Formations, increasing north- 

 ward. 117-207 days. Sea level-3,080 ft. 



19. S. lineatus Michx. In swamps and wet meadows: Ont. to 



N. H., Ore., Kan. and Tex. 



Conn. Rare; New Haven, New Milford, Sharon and Salisbury. 



N. Y. Woodlawn, N. Y. City. 



N. J. Rare in Sussex, Bergen, Ocean and one station in the pine- 

 barrens in Atlantic Co. 



Pa. Chester Co. 



A rare and scattered plant, most common on limestone (accor 



ing to K. K. Mackenzie"). 



20. S. cyperinusL. (S. pedicellat its Fernald. S. Eriophorum Michx. 



Eriophorum cyperinum L. 6". cyperinus pelius Fernald). 



In swamps: Newf. to Ont., Sask., Fla. and La. 



Common in some of its forms throughout the range. 



A form known as S. airocinctus Fernald has been collected in several parts of our 

 range, being replaced in the pine-barrens by the form known as 5. Longii Fernald. 5. 

 Hallii A. Gray was admitted into the " Preliminary Catalogue " of 1888, but the record 

 of the station has been lost. The nearest station is Winter Pond, Winchester, Mass. 

 A plant recorded from Connecticut as 5. Peckii Britton appears to be a race of 5. 

 polyphyllus. 



7. Fuirena Rottb. 



Annual; perianth-scales long-awned. I. F. squarrosa. 



Perennial; perianth-scales short-awned or awnless. 2. F. hispida. 



1. F. squarrosa Michx. In wet meadows and marshes: Mass. to 



Fla. and La. Also in Mich, and Ind. 



In our coastal marshes, but not definitely known from Conn., 

 S. I., or Pa. 



2. F. hispida Ell. Wet grounds: New York (?), N. J. to Fla., 



Ky., Ind. Terr, and Tex. 



Frequent from Long Branch southward, along the New Jersey 

 coast but not certainly known elsewhere in our range. 



8. Lipocarpha R. Br. 

 1. L. maculata (Michx.) Torr. In wet or moist soil: Va. to Fla., 

 near Philadelphia, probably adventive. 



Known in our area only from Petty's Island, Camden Co., N. J.; 

 obviously introduced. 



