150 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



GRACILE, Koch. Slender Eri&phorum. 



Mossy marshes. Open grassy bog, north of Summit lake, Otsego county. 

 Cedar swamp bordering Mud lake : abundant on Hidden lake; south Herki- 

 mer county. Common on cold bogs west of Fort Bull, Rome, near the Erie 

 canal. Pools in the sphagnous marsh adjoining North pond. Wet banks and 

 along brooks in the north woods. Infrequent. June. 



FIMBRISTYLIS, Vahl 



AUTUMNALis, Rcem. Sf Schultes. Autumnal Fimhristylis, 



River-sides. Troy and Schenectady, Pearson. Infrequent. August, Sept. 



CAPiLLARis, Gray, Capillary Fimhristylis. 



Dry sand. Pine plains of Schenectady, ^. W.Paige. Sandy plains of Oneida 

 lake. Gray. Uncommon. August, September. 



RHYNCHOSPORA, Vahl. Beaked Rushes. 



FUSCA, Rosm. 6f Schultes. Brown Rhynchospora, 



Lake-shores and boggy margins of ponds in the north woods, Herkimer and 

 Hamilton counties : abundant there. August. 



ALBA, Vahl. White Rhynchospora. 



Marshes. Summit lake. Mud lake. Frankfort hill. State marsh. Hidden lake. 

 Oriskany swamp, Knieskern. North pond, off Alder creek; and in all the 

 bogs of the north woods. Common. August. 



CAPILLACEA, Torrcy. Capillary Rhynchospora. 



Bogs and wet rocks. Cranberry marsh at the head of Oneida lake, Knieskern. 

 On limestone rocks, Watertown, New-York, Gray Rhyn. Junius, Seneca 

 county, Sartwell. Crevices and seats of the wet cliffs below the falls of Ge- 

 nesee river, Rochester. West-Bergen swamp, Genesee county. 



A variety with twelve bristles is abundant on Hidden lake and the State 

 marsh, Litchfield, south Herkimer county. Rare. July, August. 



GLOMERATA, Vahl. Clustered Rhynchospora. 



Mossy level adjoining an elevated pond at the east end of Bald rock, north 

 of Third lake, north Herkimer county. Rare. August. 



CLADIUM, Browne. 



MARiscoiDES, Torrey. Mariscus-like Cladium. 



Marshes and lake-shores. Abundant on Hidden lake, Litchfield. Oriskany 

 swamp, Gray : Knieskern. Common on borders of lakes and ponds in the 

 north woods. Infrequent. August. 



SCLERIA, L. Nut-rushes. 



TRIGLOMERATA, Michaux. Threc-clustered Scleria. 



Swamps, low copses. Plains of Rome, Knieskern. Yates county, Sartwell. 



Infrequent. July. 



PAUCIFLORA, Muhlenberg. Few-flowered Scleria. 



Wet meadows, hillsides. Greece, Monroe county, Bradley. Rare. July. 



VERTiciLLATA, Muhl. Whorled-fruited Scleria. 



Marshes. Junius, Seneca county, Sartwell, Torrey Cyp. ; Gray Gram, fy 

 Cyp.: in herb. Sartwell Ham. Coll. Abounding in the damp marl of the 

 W^est-Bergen swamp, Genesee county. 



The fresh plant has a peculiar and agreeable fragrance. Rare. August. 



