146 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



SCHOLLERA, Schreber. Water Star- grass. 



GRAMINEA, Willd. Grass-Uaved Schollera, 



Flowing water. Chenango canal, two miles southwest of Utica. Occasional 

 in the Mohawk river throughout. Unadilla river common, Gray. Eaton 

 Madison county, Bradley. Junius, Seneca county, Sartwell in herb. Ham. 

 Coll. Genesee river and Irondequoit bay, C. M. Booth. Infrequent. August. 



XYRIDACE^. Xyrids. 



XYRIS, L. Yellow-eyed Grass, 



BULBOSA, Kunth. Bulbous Xyris, 



Muddy edges of an elevated pond at the east end of Bald rock, north Her- 

 kimer county. Growing in clusters of many plants connected at the roots : 

 very small in size, scapes two to six inches high, leaves one-half to two 

 inches long. Rare. July, August. 



EEIOCAULONACE^. Fipeworts. 



ERIOCAULON, L. 



SEPTANGULARE, Withering. Seven-angled Eriocaulon, 



Lakes and ponds of the north woods, throughout and common. August. 



CYPEEACE^. Sedffes. 



CYPERUS, L. Cyperi. 



DIANDRUS, Torrey. Two-stamened Cyperus. 



var. CASTANEUS, Torr. Chestnut-colored Cyperus. 



"Wet pastures, Oneida county, Knieskern. Common in southern Oneida and 

 Madison counties, Gray. Marshy banks at Salina, and sandy shores beyond 

 Liverpool, Onondaga lake. Yates county, Sartwell. Monroe county, L. 

 Holzer. Abundant. August, September. 



MICHAUXIANUS, Schultes. Discovered by Michaux. 



Waterside marshes. Borders of Oneida lake, Knieskern. Salina, New-York, 

 J. Carey, Torrey Cyp. Wet banks at the head and east side of Onondaga 

 lake, but scarce. Shores of Lake Ontario : Oswego. Crooked lake, Sartwell. 



Rare. August. 



STRIGOSUS, L. St rigose- spiked Cyperus. 



Stream-sides, low sandy grounds. Yalley of the Mohawk throughout, on 

 springy hillsides and gravelly banks. Whitesboro, on the barren sand from 

 the break of the Erie canal. Borders of swamps on the plains of Rome. 

 Around Onondaga lake. Frequent. August. 



INFLEXUS, Muhl. Recurved- scaled Cyperus. 



Sandy shores of rivers and lakes. Near Albany, Tracy and Eaton, Torrey 

 Cyp. Near Oneida lake. Gray Gram. ^ Cyp. Shore of Oneida lake at the 

 water's edge, a half mile north of Fish creek, plenty, Knieskern. 



Infrequent. August. 



DENTATUS, Torr. Dentate-spiked Cyperus. 



Shores of Fourth lake in the chain of Eight, north Herkimer and Hamilton 

 counties, on a sandy point of the north side, and at the head near the inlet 

 from the upper lake : where it occurs in its abnormal state, with scales and 

 spikes foliaceous. Rare. Aug-ust, September. 



PHYMATODES, Muhl. Many-tubered Cyperus. 



Damp banks. Low alluvial bottoms in the bed of the Mohawk river through- 

 out its length, but chietly from Schenectady to Littlefulls; also in ditches and 

 bogs over the flats. Shores of Oneida lake, Torr. Cyp. Avon springs, Li- 

 vingston county, Sartwell in herb. Ha7R> Coll. Common. August. 



