Ill PEELIMINARY CATALOGUE OP PLANTS. 



S. Eriophorum, Michx. Wool-grass. Swamps. Common through- 

 out the State. 



Var. laxus, Gray. Bergen Point, W. H. Leggett. 



Eriophorum, L Cotton-grass. 



B. Virginicum, L. Swamps. Frequent in all parts of the State, 

 hut especially abundant in pine barren regions. 



E. polystachyon, L. Closter, Bergen Co., C. F. Austin ; and spar- 

 ingly in pine barren regions. Eu. 



E. gracile, Koch; Var. paucinervium, Engl. Sparingly in the 

 ■northern counties. Newton, Sussex Co., A. P. Garber ; Budd's Lake, 

 Morris Co., C. F. Parker; New Durham Swamp, Torrey Catalogue; 

 ■Closter, C. F. Austin ; Tenafly, N. L. Britton. Eu. 



Pimbristylis, Vahl. Fimbristylis. 



P. spadicea, Vahl. ; Var. castanea. Gray. Frequent on salt meadows. 



P. congesta, Torr. In ballast at Camden, C. F. Parker. Adv. 

 ■Southern States. 



P. autnmnalis, E. & S. Low grounds. Bather common through- 

 -out. 



P. capillaris, Gray. Dry sandy fields. Common throughout. ' 



Dichromena, Richard Dichromena. 



D. leucocephala, Michx. Damp pine barrens of New Jersey, 

 ■Gray's Manual ; Monmouth and Ocean Cos., 0. R. Willis. Rare. 



Rhynchospora, Vahl Beak-rush. 



R. cymosa, Nutt. Rare. Near Newberry Pond, Squan, Monmouth 

 •Co., P. D. Knieskern; low ground, Griffith's, Camden Co., C. P. 

 Parker ; near Hightstown, 0. R. Willis ; Warren Co., F. Knighton in 

 Willis Catalogue. 



R. Torreyana, Gray. Sparingly in wet places in the pine barrens. 



R. fusca, R. & S. Scarce. Abundant in swamps near Manchester, 

 ■Ocean Co., P. D. Knieskern ; low ground at Spring Garden, Camden 

 Co., C. F. Parker. 



R. gracilenta. Gray. Scarce and confined to the southern counties. 

 ■Common (?) in Ocean Co., P. D. Knieskern ; Quaker Bridge, C. F. 

 Parker. 



R. paUida, M. A. Curtis. Sparingly in pine barren regions. Bogs 

 near Tom's River, Batsto, Atlantic Co., and Merchantville, C. F. 

 Parker ; Atsion, W. M. Canby. 



R. alba, Vahl. Bogs. Common throughout. 



R. Knieskernii, Carey. Sparingly on bog iron ore in the pine bar- 

 j:ens. Paint Hollow, two miles from Manchester, Ocean Co., on the 



