No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 89 



state to the coast ; occasional westward in southern districts. 

 July — Aug. 



The var. pullus Fernald (dusky) is rare : Southington 

 and Winchester (Bissell). 



Scirpus atrocinctus Fernald (dark-girded). 

 Eriophorum cyperinum L., var. laxum Gray. 



Low meadows and bogs. Rare or absent near the coast: 

 New London and Lyme (Graves). Becoming occasional or 

 frequent in the northern part of the state. Late June — July. 



The var. brack ypodus Fernald (short-stalked) occurs at 

 Union, Somers, East Windsor and Norfolk (Bissell). 



ERIOPHORUM L. Cotton Grass. 



Eriophorum callitrix Cham, (having beautiful hair). 

 Eriophorum vaginatum of American authors, not L. 

 Hare's Tail. 



Rare or local. Sphagnum bogs: Willington (Weatherby 

 & Bissell), Southington (Andrews), Burlington (J. N. Bish- 

 op), Litchfield (J. P. Brace), Middlebury (Harger), Norfolk 

 and Salisbury (Bissell). May — early June. 



Eriophorum gracile Roth (slender). 



Rare or local. Boggy meadows or in sphagnum : Gris- 

 wold (Graves), Union (Weatherby & Bissell), Franklin (R. 

 W. Woodward & Graves), Coventry, Cheshire, Southington 

 and Burlington (Bissell), Meriden and Bethany (Harger), 

 Easton (Fames), New Milford (E. H. Austin), Salisbury 

 (Bissell). Late May — early June. 



Eriophorum tenellum Nutt. (small; delicate). 

 Eriophorum pancinervium A. A. Eaton. 



Bogs and wet meadows. Rare or local through most of 

 the state: South Windsor (Weatherby), Monroe and Strat- 

 ford (Fames), Oxford and Meriden (Harger), Orange (R. 

 W. Woodward), Salisbury, Southington, East Haddam and 

 Union (Bissell). Becoming occasional in New London 

 County ( Graves ) . July — Aug. 



