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Scirpus validus, Vahl. (Great BuLRUSH.) 
Newbury (Oakes); Pleasant pond, Wenham, growing seven or 
eight feet high; West Gloucester, Byfield, etc. This species is 
sometimes found in brackish waters. 
Scirpus debilis, Pursh. 
Lawrence, above the dam on the Merrimac (J. R.). Scarce. 
Scirpus supinus, L., var. Hallii. (Gray’s Manual). 
Winter pond, Winchester, 1878 (E. H. Hitchings). Beyond the 
county limits, yet within the latitude, and but a few miles to the 
westward. 
Scirpus maritimus, Z. (Sea CLus-Rusu.) 
Common in brackish water. Specimens were collected at Kern- 
wood, Salem, 1879, five feet high, bearing panicles three times 
the ordinary size. 
Scirpus fluviatilis, Gray. 
Ipswich river, Aug., 1876 (J. R.). Rare. 
Scirpus sylvaticus, L. 
‘* Along brooks, eastern Massachusetts, W. Boott,” etc. (Gray’s 
Manual, 5th ed.), Lawrence, August 5, 1879. Specimens are_fre- 
quently met with where the styles are two-cieft, and, hence, the 
achenium lenticular. 
Scirpus microcarpus, Presi. 
Shore of the Merrimac, from Lawrence to Newburyport. Not very 
common. 
Scirpus atrovirens, Muh. 
Shores of Ipswich and Merrimac rivers, North Andover, Danvers 
(J. H. Sears). Scarce. 
Scirpus Eriophorum, Miche. 
Meadows. Very common and variable. Flowering from June to 
September. 
Scirpus lineatus, Micke. 
Essex county, about 1824 (memo. Dr. Chas. Pickering). Notinthe 
county herbarium P. A. S. 
Eriophorum alpinum, L. 
Hamilton (Oakes); Boxford (J. R.); Georgetown (Mrs. C. N. S. 
Horner). Abundant where it grows at all. 
Eriophorum vaginatum, L. 
Long pond, Saugus (Herbert A. Young). It is quite probable that 
this species may be found in other similar localities. 
Eriophorum Virginicum, L. 
Bogs. Frequent. 
Var. album (Gray’s Manual). 
In similar situations. Common. 
