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Rhode Island Plants. 



61, t. 4, f. 1. Isolepis subsquarrosa, Schrad. Torr. Cyp. ! p. 

 348. Scirpus subsquarrosus, Muhl. Sandy banks of ponds, 

 Cranston ! 



840. Fuirena squarrosa, p. pumila, Torr. Cyp. ! p. 291. 

 Sandy banks of Long Pond ! 



841. Eleocharis eqjjisetoides, Torr. Cyp. i p. 296. Scir- 

 pus equisetoides, Ell. Cumberland ! This is the first discovery 

 of this plant in New England. July, 1845. 



842. E. palustris, R. Br. Torr. Cyp. p. 299. Scirpus pa- 

 lustris, Linn. Muhl Gram. p. 28. Big. Fl. Bost. ed. 2, p. 20. 

 Wet places, Rhode Island ! 



843. E. olivacea, Torr. Cyp. p. 300. Scirpus intermedius, 

 Gr. " Bristles nearly twice as long as the nut." Torr. MSS. 

 There are also seven or eight bristles instead of six, in the 

 Rhode Island variety. Banks of ponds, North Providence ! 



844. E. obtusa, Schultes, Torr. Cyp. p. 302. Hook. FL 

 Bor. Am. II. p. 229. Scirpus capitatus, Walt. Muhl. Gram. 

 p. 30. Bogs and ditches, Rhode Island ! 



845. E. rostellata, Torr. ! Fl. N. Y. Scirpus rostellatus, 

 Torr. ! Cyp. p. 3 J 8. Marshes, Cranston, R. I. ! This is another 

 plant that I do not find enumerated as a New England plant. 



846. E. tuberculosa, R. Br. Torr. Cyp. p. 307. Salt 

 marshes and wet sandy plains, Rhode Island ! 



847. E. acicularis, R. B. Torr. Cyp. p. 308. Scirpus tri- 

 chodes, Muhl. Gram. p. 30. Big. Fl. Bost. ed. 2, p. 2. Bor- 

 ders of ponds, Rhode Island ! 



848. E. tenuis, Schultes, Torr. Cyp. p. 309. Scirpus tenuis, 

 Willd. Big. Fl. Bost. ed. 2, p. 21. Bogs, Rhode Island ! 



849. E. melanocarpa, Torr. ! Cyp. p. 311. Scirpus melan- 

 ocarpa, Baldw. MSS. Bank of Spectacle Pond, Smithfield ! 

 Banks of Long Pond, Providence and Cranston ! The only 

 other known locality for this plant in New England is Plym- 

 outh, Mass., where it was discovered in 1839, by Messrs. Oakes ! 

 and Tuckerman. 



850. E. pygmjea, Torr. ! Salt marshes, Providence ! First 

 discovery of this plant in New England. 



