82 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Cyperus Nuttallii Eddy. 



Frequent along the coast on wet, sandy shores and edges 

 of salt marshes. Aug. — Sept. 



Cyperus aristatus Rottb. (awned). 

 Cyperus inflexus Muhl. 



Occasional. Moist, sandy soil on river banks, beside ponds 

 and along roadsides. Aug. — Oct. 



The dried plants are pleasantly sweet-scented. 



Cyperus fuscus L. (dusky). 



Rare. Sandy shore of the Connecticut River near Had- 

 lyme Ferry, Lyme (Graves). Aug. — Sept. Fugitive from 

 Europe. 



Cyperus dentatus Torr. (toothed). 



Occasional or local. Sandy shores of ponds and streams. 

 Aug. — Oct. 



Cyperus esculentus L. (eatable). 



Frequent. Moist fields, waste ground and along rivers. 

 Aug. — Sept. 



The var. leptostachyus Boeckl. (thin-spiked), var. an- 

 gustispicatus Britton, is sometimes seen. 



A weed, often a pest in cultivated ground and difficult to 

 exterminate. 



Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhl. (red-rooted). 



Local. Plentiful along the banks of the Connecticut River 

 at East Windsor and Glastonbury (Bissell), Hartford (C. 

 Wright), Lyme (Graves). Also found along the Pequonnock 

 River, Bridgeport (Fames). Aug. — Sept. 



The var. pumilus Engelm. (low^ occurs with the species 

 at Hartford (H. S. Clark & Weatherby). 



Cyperus ferax Richard (fruitful). 

 Cyperus speciosus Vahl. 



Sandy beaches and about brackish marshes near the coast. 

 Rare at Old Lyme (Graves) ; becoming occasional or frequent 

 westward. Sept. — Oct. 



