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Ephedraceae 



4. Ephedra spp. — Brigham's tea, clapweed, southern Utah 



and Nevada (Ray Chandler) ; most of the vernacular 

 names known for these plants (see Lyon's Plant Names, 

 1907, p. 177; Wooton and Standley, Flora of N. Mex.. 

 1915, p. 38) refer to a supposed value for the treatment 

 of venereal diseases. 



Typhaceae 



5. Typha latifolia L. — Queue de rat, Louisiana (Dorrance). 



Potamogetonaceae 



6. Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen. — Muskie (i.e. muskel- 



lunge) weed, Wisconsin (John H. Steenis). 



7. Ruppia maritima L. — Duck grass, coast of Virginia (C. 



Cottam). 



8. Zostera tnarina L. — Sea-oar, coast of Maryland, Virginia, 



and North Carolina (C. Cottam). 



Alismaceae 



9. Echinodorus sp. — Bean-leaved wampee, Combahee River, 



S. Car. (L. A. Beckman). 



Gramineae 



10. Setaria italica L. — Quail's-delight, Hilton Head Id., S. Car. 



11. Leersia oryzoides L. — Cut-grass, Charleston, W. Va. 



(Barton). 



12. Spartina alterniflora Loiseleur. — Cow-grass (William Vogt, 



Delaware Sportsman, 2(2), Oct. 1936, p. 9). 



13. Spartina patens Aiton. — Bent hay, Delaware (C. Cottam). 



14. Phragmites communis Trinius.: — Foxtail (William Vogt, 



Delaware Sportsman, 2(2), Oct. 1936, p. 9). 



Cyperaceae 



15. Scirpiis validus Vahl. — A note by J. G. Cooper on the com- 



mon western name of this plant is of interest. He says, 

 it "should be printed tulS, it being the Spanish or Mexi- 

 can name of the giant rush .... In Utah it is spelled 

 Tooele, the lake thus named being within the range of 

 Spanish travel, but should be pronounced too-ly in two 

 syllables" (The Auk, 3(1), Jan. 1886, p. 124). 



