2l8 THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA 



ELEOCHARIS R. Br. 



E. TUBERCULOSA (Michx.) R. & S. 



Sands of New River. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nutt- 

 all). 

 E. ovATA (Roth.) R. & S. {E. obtusa Schult.) 



Wet places. Fayette : along turnpike opposite Gauley 

 Junction (Eggleston, 5527-6). Randolph: near Pickens (H. 

 H. Smith, 1362). Muddy places. Upshur: near Buck- 

 hannon. Randolph : Tygart's Valley River. Fayette : near 

 Kanawha Falls (James) ; near Nuttallburg {Nuttall). Pres- 

 ton: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steel). Monongalia: near 

 Morgantown (Sheldon, 675). Randolph: Tygarts Valley 

 River, near Elkins and Huttonsville ; and Tucker : near Par- 

 sons (Greenman, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108). 

 E. PALUSTEIS (L.) R. & S. 



Ohio: near Wheeling (Mertz & Gufteiiberg). Fayette: 

 near Nuttallburg (Nuttall) : 

 Var. GLAUCESCENS (Willd.) Gray. 



Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry (Mertz & Guttenberg). 

 Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). 

 E. TENUIS (Willd.) Schult. "Kill Cow." "Poverty Grass." 

 Damp places, abundant everywhere. 



Note. — The above names are applied along Tygart's Val- 

 ley River, where in places this species grows so abundant as 

 to take whole fields^ and as cattle will not thrive upon it, 

 these names suggested themselves. 

 E. ACICUI.ARIS (L.) R. & S. 



Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry (Mertz & Gttttenberg). 



E. tricostata Torrey. 



In wet places. Monongalia : along Tibbs Run (Sheldon, 



595)- 



FIMBRISTYLIS Vahl. 



F. AUTUMNALis (L.) Roem. & Schult. 



Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). 



SCIRPUS, L. 



S. Americanus Pers. 5". [^ungens Vahl. 



Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry (Mertz & Guttenberg). 

 S. VALIDUS Vahl. (S. lacustris Am. auth.). 



Tucker: bank of Shavers Fork, near Parsons (Greenman, 

 121). Glady places. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall)? 

 S. debilis Pursh. 



Wet places. Tucker : bed of Shavers Fork, near Parsons 

 (Greenman, 69). 



