320 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY' STATE MUSEUM. 



c. Sepals {ringed. X. Ambriata, p. 322 



cc. Sepals not fringed, but slightly lacerate. 



d. Heads globular or ovoid. A', congdoni, p. 320 



dd. Heads cylindrical, twice as long as thick or more. 



X. data, p. 321 

 bb. Lateral sepals not projecting beyond the scales. (This and the last 

 easily distinguished from torta by the broad green central part to- 

 each scale) . Plant smaller, less than S dm., high. 



X. caroHniana, p. 321; 



Xyn's torta J. E. Smith. Slender Yellow-eyed Grass. 



Xyris torta J. E. Smith, Rees, Cycl. 39 vol. 1819 [North America]. 

 Xyris fiexuosa Barton Fl. Phila. I. 25. 1818.— Willis 66.— Britton 247. 

 Xyris bulbosa Gray Man. Ed. I. 513. 1848. 



In swampy spots, locally in the northern counties and common 

 throughout the region covered by this list. 



This species is more conspicuously twisted than the equally 

 common X. caroHniana^ the leaves being frequently spiral. 

 Smith's description certainly applies to this species and not to- 

 X. arenicola to which his name was so long applied, (cf. Harper, 

 Torreya, 1905, 128). 



Pi. — Early July to late August. Mature Heads. — Late July 

 persisting into winter. 



Middle District. — -New Egypt, Florence, Camden, Paulsboro, Lindenwold, 

 Swedesboro, Beaver Dam, Dividing Creek (S). 



Pine Barrens. — Long Branch, Belmar (NY), Pt. Pleasant, Toms River (S),. 

 Forked River, Seaside Park, Jones Mill (S), Parkdale (S), Pleasant Mills- 

 (T), Main Road Sta., Pancoast (NB), Eighth St., Egg Harbor City, Bees- 

 ley's Pt. (S), Palermo (S), Woodbine. 



Coast Strip. — Holgate's (L), Sherburn's (L). 



Cape Moy.— Cape May (S), Town Bank. 



Xyris congdoni Small. Congdon's Yellow-eyed Grass. 



Xyris congdoni Small, Britton's Manual, 2nd Ed. 1067. 1907 [So. Kingston,. 

 R. L] 



Rather frequent in swamps of the Pine Barrens and occasional 

 in the Middle and Cape May districts in isolated bogs. This- 

 large species was confused with the smaller X. caroliniana in the 

 past. It is closely allied to X. smallii of the south, but sufficiently 

 distinct and apparently isolated from it geographically. 



Fl. — Mid- June to late August. Mature Heads. — Mid-July per- 

 sisting into October. 



