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Scirpus hudsonianus (Michx.) Fernald. 



Eriophorum alpinum L., not Scirpus alpinus Schleich. 



Rare or local. Open bogs and wet meadows : Union, Ash- 

 ford and Stafford (Weatherby & Bissell), Willington (H. C. 

 Beardslee), Mansfield (A. F. Blakeslee), Goshen (Mr. Hop- 

 pin). May — early June. 



Scirpus subternlinalis Torr. (a little below the end). 



Rare or local. Shallow water of ponds : Ledyard (W. A. 

 Setchell), Voluntown, Groton, East Lyme and Lyme (Graves), 

 Guilford (G. H. Bartlett), Salisbury (Bissell). Aug. • 



Scirpus debilis Pursh (weak). 



Frequent. Muddy borders of ponds and streams. Aug. — ■ 

 Sept. 



Scirpus Smithii Gray. 



Rare or local. Muddy shores: Lyme (Graves), Monroe 

 (H. C. Beardslee), Newtown (Fames). Aug. — Sept. 



Scirpus americanus Pers. 

 Scirpus pungens Vahl. 

 Three-square or Chair-maker's Rush. 



Marshes and wet places. Occasional or local over most of 

 the state, but common along and near the coast. July — Aug. 



Scirpus Torreyi Olney. 



Local. Lyme, marshy banks and shallow water of the 

 Connecticut River (Graves). Aug. 



Scirpus Olneyi Gray. 



Salt or brackish marshes. Occasional or local along the 

 coast, also extending up the rivers as far as salt water influ- 

 ences. July — Aug. 



The var. contortus Fames (twisted or bent) is plentiful 

 in a brackish marsh at Milford (Fames). 



Scirpus validus Vahl (stout). 



Scirpus lacustris mostly of American authors, not L. 

 Great Bulrush. 



Frequent. Shallow water and in swamps. July — Aug. 



