No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 9I 



Rynchospora glomerata (L.) Vahl (densely clustered). 



Common. Moist fields, meadows and in wet open places. 

 July — Sept. 



CLADIUM P. Br. Twig Rush. 



Cladium mariscoides (Muhl.) Torr. (like Mariscus). 



Borders of ponds and marshes, either salt or fresh. Rare 

 or local inland: Stafford (Dr. E. J. Thompson & Weatherby), 

 Woodbury (Harger), Monroe (Eames), Salisbury (Mrs. C. 

 S. Phelps). Becoming occasional or frequent on the coast or 

 in its vicinity. Aug. — Sept. 



SCLERIA Bergius. Nut Rush. 



Scleria triglomerata Michx. (three-headed). 



Sandy soil either dry or moist. Rare or local in most dis- 

 tricts : Griswold, Stonington and Waterford (Graves), South 

 Windsor (J. F. Smith), Hartford (A. W. Driggs), Southing- 

 ton (Andrews & Bissell), Cheshire (Bissell). Becoming occa- 

 sional along the coast in Fairfield County (Eames). July — 

 Aug. 



Scleria paucifiora Muhl. (few-flowered), var. caroliniana 



(Willd.) Wood. 

 Scleria paucifiora of recent Manuals in part. 



Rare or local. Low meadows: Columbia (Mrs. C. S. 

 Phelps), Hartford (H. J. Koehler). July — Sept. 



Scleria verticillata Muhl. (whorled) . 



Local. Salisbury, plentiful in an open grassy swamp in 

 sandy soil (H. S. Clark & Bissell). Aug.— Sept. 



CAREX L. Sedge. 



Carex scoparia Schk. (broom-like) . 



Common. Wet open ground, or sometimes in drier places. 



June — July. 



The var. moniliformis Tuckerm. (necklace-shaped), and 

 the var. condensa Fernald (compact), both occur occasionally 

 with the species. 



