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Eleocharis diandra C. Wright (two-stamened). 



Rare. Banks and high sand bars of the Connecticut River : 

 Lyme (Graves), Wethersfield (C. Wright), East Windsor 

 (Bissell). Sept.— Oct. 



Eleocharis ovata (Roth) R. & S. (egg-shaped). 



Rare. Sand flats, bed of the Connecticut River, East 

 Windsor (Bissell). Sept. — Oct. 



Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schultes (blunt). 

 Eleocharis ovata of recent Manuals. 



Common. Banks of streams, about ponds and in muddy- 

 places. Aug. — Sept. 



Eleocharis Engelmanni Steud. 



Rare. Gravelly or sandy border of ponds or streams: 

 Wethersfield (C. Wright), West Hartford (Bissell). Aug.— 

 Sept. 



Many reports of this species should be referred to Eleo- 

 charis obtusa. 



Eleocharis palustris (L.) R. «& S. (of marshes). 



Sphagnum bogs, marshy ground or shallow water on bor- 

 ders of ponds. The typical form is rare over most of the state : 

 East Lyme (Graves), East Hartford (A. W. Driggs), Kent 

 (Eames). Frequent in Fairfield County (Fames). 



The var. glaucescens (Willd.) Gray (somewhat glau- 

 cous) is frequent throughout. 



The var. major Sender (greater), var. vigens Bailey, is 

 rare: East Lyme (Graves). July — Aug. 



Eleocharis acicularis (L.) R. & S. (needle-shaped). 



Common. Borders of ponds and in shallow water. July — 

 Sept. 



Eleocharis tuberculosa (Michx.) R. & S. (pimply). 



Swamps, boggy meadows and wet margins of ponds and 

 streams. Frequent near the coast in New London County, 

 becoming rare or local northward and westward, reaching 

 Franklin (R. W. Woodward), Thompson (Weatherby & Bis- 

 sell), New Haven and East Haven (Harger), Orange (An- 

 drews), Milford (Eames). July — Sept. 



