148 EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE CABINET. 



SCIRPUS, L. Scirpi. 



cvEsrrrosrs, L. Tufted Scirpus. 



Sphagnous bogs oti mountain tops, and cold swamps. Mount Marcy, Knits- 

 kern in herb. Sartwell Ham. Coll. Common on the West-Bergen marsh, 

 northeastern Genesee county; where it grows very high, lifteen to twenty 

 inches. Rare. June, July. 



PArciFLORUS, Lightfoot. Few-foicered Scirpus. 



Marshes. Watertown near Lake Ontario, Crawe. Gray addend, bot. Hidden 

 lake, Litchfield; where it abounds in the peculiar covering composed of 

 Hypnum scorpioides, with Carices chordorhiza, Jlliformis and limosa chiefly: 

 marly bogs around Cedar lake, most abundant on an old outlet of the pond, 

 covering its surface : south Herkimer county. It also occurs very sparingly 

 on the southern border of the swamp in Bergen, northeastern Genesee coun- 

 ty, in marl mud. Rare. July. 



planifolius, Muhl. Flat-hated Scirpiis. 



Rocky woods and bogs. Ogdensburgh, St. Lawrence county, Crawe, Torrey 

 Cyp. Rare. June. 



clintonii, Gray. Dedicated to G. W. Clinton. 



Dry banks. 



Scirpus planifolius, var. brevifolius. Leaves much shorter than the 

 culm, very narrow, canaliculate, triquetrous towards the summit; scales 

 shorter and scarcely acuminate. Culm a foot long, very slender. Leaves 

 scarcely half a line wide, l - 3 inches long, almost subulate. Spike broadly 

 ovate. Ogdensburgh, N.York, Crawe : Torrey Cyp. 



Folio e vagina suprema involuto-filiformi culmo multum breviori, ce- 

 teris brevissimis vel subnullis; squamis capituli (prater infimam) carina 

 vix prominula haud percurrente muticis; setis perigynii achenium super- 

 antibus : rel. ut in S. planifolio: Gray in Sill. Jour. Rare. June. 



SUBTERMINALIS, Torrey. Subterminal- fruited Scirpus. 



Deep still water. Inlet of a stream on the west side of First lake, north 

 Herkimer count}-. Sphagnum pond adjoining North pond, north Oneida co. 



Rare. August. 



var. terrestris. Emersed Subterminal-fruited Scirpus. 



"Wet moss on Hidden lake, south Herkimer county. Standing ten to twenty 

 inches high, with one to three or four erect strong leaves and open round 

 heads of fruit. Local. August. 



PUNGENS, Vahl. Pointed Scirpus. 



Lake borders, swamps. Shallow water of ponds in the north woods. Oneida 

 lake, Knieskern. "Western part of the State of New-York, Gray Gram, fy 

 Cyp. Water-sides near Onondaga lake. 

 At Salina a small form occurs, short, slender, and few-flowered. 



Abundant. August. 



torreyi, Olney. . Determined by Torrey. 



Margins of rivers, ponds. Abundant near the head of Fourth lake, Hamil- 

 ton county, along the south shore, in shallow water on sandy bottoms. Also 

 in quantity over the southern portion of the swamp of "West-Bergen, Genesee 

 county; in company with Juncus balticus and other Lake shore plants. 



Rare. August. 



Lacustris, L. Lake Scirpus. 



Bogs, rivers, lakes. Common. July. 



debilis, Pursh. Weak Scirpus. 



Sandy borders of lakes. "Wet shores of Oneida lake, Knieskern. Shore of 

 Lake Ontario near Sackett's-harbor, New-York, Gray Grain. <§• Cyp.: Torr. 

 Cyp.: in herb Sartwell Ham. Coll. Rare. August. 



