148 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPOKT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



SCIRPUS, L. Scirpi. 



c^spiTOSus, L. Tufted Scirpus, 



Spliagnous bogs on raountain tops, and cold swamps. Mount Marcy, Knits- 

 kern in herb. Sartwell Harn. Coll. Common on the West-Bergen marsh, 

 northeastern Genesee county; where it grows very high> fifteen to twenty 

 inches. Rare. June, July. 



PAUCIFLORUS, Lightfoot. Few-flowered Scirpus. 



Marshes. "VVatertown near Lake Ontario, Crawe. Grmj addend, hot. Hidden 

 lake, Litchfield; where it abounds in the peculiar covering composed of 

 Hypnu/a scorpioides, with Carices chordorhiza, filiformis and liinosa chiefly: 

 marly bogs around Cedar lake, most abundant on an old outlet of the pond, 

 covering its surface : south Herkimer counl}^ It also occurs very sparingly 

 on the southern border of the swamp in Bergen, northeastern Genesee coun- 

 ty, in marl mud. Rare. July. 



PLANiFOLius, Muhl. Flat-leaved Scirpus. 



Rocky woods and bogs. Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence county, Crawe, Torrey 

 Cyp. Rare. June. 



CLiNTONii, Gray, Dedicated to Gr. W. Clinton. 



Dry banks. 



Scirpus planifolius, Yar. hrevifolius. Leaves much shorter than the 

 culm, very narrow, canaliculate, triquetrous towards the summit; scales 

 shorter and scarcely acuminate. Culm a foot long, very slender. Leaves 

 scarcely half a line wide, 1 — 3 inches long, almost subulate. Spike broadly 

 ovate. Ogdensburgh, N.York, Crawe : Torrey Cyp. 



Folio e vagina suprema involuto-filiformi culmo multum breviori, cas- 

 teris brevissimis vel subnullis; squamis capituli (prjEter inhmam) carina 

 vix prominula haud percurrente muticis; setis perigynii achenium super- 

 antibus : rel. ut in S. planifolio: Gray in Sill. Jour. Rare. June. 



SUBTERMINALIS, Torrey. Suhterminal- fruited Scirpus, 



Deep still water. Inlet of a stream on the west side of First lake, north 

 Herkimer county. Sphagnum pond adjoining North pond, north Oneida co. 



Rare. August. 



var. TERRESTRis. Emcrsed Suhterminal-fruited Scirpus. 



Wet moss on Hidden lake, south Herkimer county. Standing ten to twenty 

 inches high, with one to three or four erect strong leaves and open round 

 heads of fruit. Local. August. 



PUNGENS, Vahl. Pointed Scirpus. 



Lake borders, swamps. Shallow water of ponds in the north woods. Oneida 

 lake, Knieskern. Western part of the State of New-York, Gray Gram. Sf 

 Cyp. Water-sides near Onondaga lake. 

 At Salina a small form occurs, short, slender, and few-flowered. 



Abundant. August. 



TORREYi, Olney. Determined hy Torrey. 



Margins of rivers, ponds. Abundant near the head of Fourth lake, Hamil- 

 ton county, along the south shore, in shallow water on sandy bottoms. Also 

 in quantity over the southern portion of the swamp of West-Bergen, Genesee 

 county; in company with Juncus balticus and other Lake shore plants. 



Rare. August. 



LACUSTRis, L. Lake Scirpus. 



Bogs, rivers, lakes. Common. July. 



DEBiLis, Pursh. Weak Scirpus. 



Sandy borders of lakes. Wet shores of Oneida lake, Knieskern. Shore of 

 Lake Ontario near Sackett's-harbor, New-York, Gray Gram. ^- Cyp.: Terr. 

 Cyp.: in herb. Sartwell Ham, Coll. Rare. August, 



