88 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



Scirpus georgianus Harper. 



Scirpus atroz'irens of Manuals in part. 



Frequent. Moist meadows and wet open ground. July — 

 early Aug. 



Scirpus polyphyllus Vahl (many-leaved). 



Wet meadows and shaded swamps. Rare through most 

 of the state: Lyme (Graves), Southington and Berlin (An- 

 drews & Bissell), Cheshire, Derby and Oxford (Harger), 

 New Haven and Milford (Eames), Colebrook (Bissell). Be- 

 coming frequent in Fairfield County (Eames). July. 



The var. macrostachys Boeckl. (long-spiked) has been 

 found at Berlin (Andrews & Bissell). 



Scirpus lineatus Michx. (marked with lines). 

 Eriophormn lineatum Benth. & Hook. 



Rare or local. Wet meadows : New Haven (D. C. Eaton), 

 New Milford and Sharon (Bissell), Salisbury (Mrs. C. S. 

 Phelps). July. 

 Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth (rush-like). 

 Eriophormn cyperinuni L. 

 Wool Grass. 



Common. Sw^amps and wet places. Aug. — Sept. 



The var. Andrewsii Fernald has been found at Killingly 

 (Weatherby & Bissell), East Hartford (Bissell), Southington 

 (Andrews). 

 Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth, var. pelius Fernald (black or 



livid). 



Rare. Swamps: Lyme (Graves & Bissell), Hartford and 

 Granby (Bissell), Oxford (Harger). Aug. 



The var. condensatus Fernald (pressed together) occurs 

 occasionally. 



Scirpus Eriophorum Michx. (wool-bearing). 



Scirpus cyperinus Kunth, var. Eriophorum Britton. 



Rare. Swamps: Southington (Andrews), Trumbull 

 (Eames). Aug. — Sept. 



Scirpus pedicellatus Fernald (borne on stalks). 



Swamps and wet meadows. Occasional to common along 

 the Connecticut River from the northern boundary of the 



