LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 101 
Scirpus intermedius MuuL. Gram. 31 (1817). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 575; Britt., Fl. N.J. 263; Up hann 
Fi. Minn, 157; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 96; Chap., Fl. S. St. 576; Mac., Fl. Can. 
II, 373; Britt., Jour. N. Y. Micro. Soe. V, 110. 
North America: Ont. and N. Y. to N. J., Penn., Iowa 
and Minn. 
Minn. valley: Reported from S. central district; peat 
bogs and swamps. 
Heleocharis acuminata (MUBL.) NEEs, Linn. IX, 294 (1835). 
Scirpus acuminatus MUBL. Gram. 27 (1817). 
Hekocharis compressa SULLIV. Sill. Journ. XLII, 50 (1842). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 576; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 96; Upham, 
Fl. Minn. 151; Coult., Fl. Colo. 369; Chap., Suppl. S. St. 659; Britt., Jour. 
Micro. Soc. N. Y. V, 108. 
North America: N. Y. and Ont. to Minn., Mo., Colo.; 
S. to Ga. and Tenn. 
Minn. valley: Forest district; Ft. Snelling to Blue 
Earth Co.; swamps and wet places. 
HERB.: Sandberg 514, Chisago Jake; Sheldon 1847, 
Ft. Snelling. 
Heleocharis palustris (Linn.) R. Br. Prodr. I, 80 (1810). 
Scirpus palustris LINN. Spec. 47 (1753). 
S. baiothryon WAHL. Suppl. 3 (1796). 
S. reptans THUILL. FI. Par. ed. 2, I, 22 (1799). 
S. varius SCHREB. in Schw. and K. FI. Erl. 11 (1804). 
Eleocharis polycaula WEND. Beitr. Hass. 19 (1823). 
E. uniglumis ScHULTES, Mant. II, 88 (1824). 
Scirpus melanostachys D’URV. Mal. 29 (1825). 
Clavula palustris Dum. Fl. Belg. 143 (1827). 
Fimbristylis melanostachya BRoGN. Dup. Voy. &1 (1828). 
Scirpus glaucescens MER. FI. Par. ed. 3, 44 (1831-34). 
Wats. and Couit., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 575; Webb., Fl. Neb. 99; Upham, 
Fl. Mion. 150; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 95; Chap., Fl. 8S. St. 518; Britt., Fl. N.J. 
262; Coult., Fl. Colo. 369; Wats., Fl. Calif. II, 221; Richt., Pl. Eur. 142; 
Led., Fl. Ross. IV, 244; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 441; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Trautv., 
Fl. Sib. 120; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 138; Engl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. IT, 2, 112; 
Wats , King Exp. 360; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 275, 376; Cov., Fl. Ark. 229; R. 
and S., Syst. Veg. II, 151; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 448. 
Europe; Mediterranean region; all Asia; Malay Arch- 
ipelago; Australasia. 
North America: Can. throughout to Greenland, Hud- 
son Bay and Bear lake; U. S.-throughout to Fla. and Mex. 
Minn. valley: Throughout; abundant; wet meadows, 
marshes and in shallow water. 
HERB.: Sheldon 13, Elysian; Sheldon 1411, Lake Ben- 
ton; Sheldon 181, Hagle lake, Blue Earth Co.; Taylor 406 
