FERNALD. — SCIRPUS ERIOPHORUM. 508 
(Henry Gillman, no. 12): Iowa, Clinton Co., July 1, 1878 (Geo. D. 
ler). Passing to 
Var. brachypodus. Spikelets subsessile or on shortened pedicels, 
in a capitate or subcapitate cluster 2 to 4 cm. in diameter; inflorescence 
occasionally with one or two elongated rays. — With the species, or 
more often by itself in wet meadows or swamps. Apparently the com- 
mon form-in Newfoundland. — NewFouNnDLAND, St. John’s, Aug. 3, 
1894 (Robinson & Schrenk, no. 65); without. locality, 1835 (from Herb. 
J. Gay, collector unknown): Mainz, Dead River, Aug. 13, 1896 
(M. L. Fernald & W. C. Strong, no. 482); Hartford, July, 1892 (J. 0. 
Parlin) ; Cornish, July 21,1891 (M. L. Fernald); Wells, July 8, 1898 
(Kate Furbish): New Hampsnire, Randolph, July 10, 1894 (#. F. 
Williams) ; above the woods, Mt. Monadnock, Aug. 10, 1883 (0. W. 
Swan) ; Jaffrey, Aug. 3, 1890 (W. Deane); near East Jaffrey, July 9, 
1897 (B. L. Robinson, no. 326): Vermont, Willoughby Lake, Aug. 3, 
1885 (W. Deane): Massacuusetts, Reading, July 12, 1882 (C. Z. 
P erkins), 
