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Rhode Island Plants. 



Bost. ed. 2, p. 22. Torr. Cyp. p. 330. Trichophophorum cy- 

 perinum, Pers. Muhl. Gram. p. 47. Several varieties of this 

 species are found in this vicinity* Swamps and marshes, 

 Rhode Island ! 



640. Eriophorum Virginicum, Linn. Muhl. Gram. p. 49. 

 Big. Fl. Bost. ed. 2, p. 24. Torr. Cyp. p. 338. Hook. Ft. 

 Bor. Am. II. p. 231. Swamps and marshes, Rhode Island ! 



641. E. polystachyum, Linn. Muhl. Gram,. I. p. 49. Big. 

 Fl. Bost. ed. 2, p. 23. Torr. Cyp. p. 329. Hook. FL Bor. 

 Am. II. p. 231. Marshy places, Rhode Island ! 



642. E. augustifolium, Rosth. Big. Fl. Bost. ed. 2, p. 23. 

 Torr. Cyp. p. 340. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. II. p. 231. Wet 

 meadows, Rhode Island ! 



857. Isolepis capillaris, R. fy S. — NeesabE. in Linnaa, 

 IX. p. 291. Torr. Cyp, p. 350. Scirpus capillaris, Linn. 

 Muhl. Gram. p. 36. Big. Fl. Bost. ed. 2, p. 23. Sandy fields, 

 Rhode Island ! 



858. Trichelostylis mucronulatus, Torr. Cyp. p. 355. 

 Scirpus autumnalis, Pursh. Muhl. Gram. p. 37. Big. Fl. 

 Bost. ed. 2, p. 23. Banks of ponds and small streams, Rhode 

 Island ! 



859. Psilocarya scirpoides, Torr.f Cyp. p. 360. Banks 

 of Spectacle Pond, Smithfield ! (North Providence, Torr.) 

 where it was first discovered by T. A. Greene, Esq. I know 

 of no other locality for this rare plant but Plymouth, Mass., 

 where it was first discovered by Messrs. Oakes ! and Tucker- 

 man. 



860. Rhynchospora fusca, R. fy S. — Gray! Mon.ip.215. 

 Torr. Cyp. p. 366. Marshy places, rare ; Cumberland ! 



861. R. alba, Vahl. Gray! Mon. p. 213. Torr.! Cyp. p. 

 366. Marshes and swamps, abundant ; Rhode Island ! 



862. R. glomerata, Vahl. Gray ! Mon. p. 217. Torr. Cyp. 

 p. 367. Marshes and borders of ponds, abundant ; Rhode 

 Island ! 



863. Ceratoshcenus macrostachys, Torr. ! Cyp. p. 369. 

 Rhynchospora macrostachys, Torr. ! in Gray's Mon. p. 206. 

 Banks of Sneech Pond, Cumberland ! 



