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CYPERACEAE. 
i. DULICHIUM L. C. Richard. 
i. Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britt. In wet and muddy places from 
N. S. to B. C., Fla. and Tex.—Locality not given. 
2. CYPERUS L. Cyperus, Galingale, Nut-grass, Papyrus. 
Rachis persistent. 
Annuals. 
Glumes awned or mucronate. 
Glumes acute, neither awned nor mucronate. 
Perennials. 
Glumes tipped with a curved or bent awn. 
Glumes blunt or merely mucronate. 
Rachis deciduous above the two empty glumes. 
1. C. inflexus. 
2. C. acuminatus. 
3. C. Fendlerianus. 
4. C. Bushii. 
5. C. iiliculmis. 
1. Cyperus inflexus Muhl. In wet, sandy soil from Vt. to B. C., Fla. and 
Calif.; also in Mex.—Alt. 5000-6500 ft.—Plains and foot-hills near Boulder; 
Ft. Collins; along Platte River, near Denver; Canon City; New Windsor, 
Weld Co.; Arkansas River; along Poudre River. 
2. Cyperus acuminatus Torr. & Hook. In wet soil from Ill. to Ore., La. 
and Calif.—Exact locality not given. 
3. Cyperus Fendlerianus Boeckl. In wet soil from Tex. to Colo., Ariz. 
and Mex.—Alt. 4000-6000 ft.—Colorado Springs; Arkansas Canon. 
4. Cyperus Bushii Britt. (C. Schweinitzii Coult.; not Torr.) In sandy 
soil from Wise, to Ore., Kans. and Colo.—Alt. 4000-5000 ft.—Denver; 
Meadow Park. 
5. Cyperus filiculmis Vahl. In dry fields and on hills from N. H. to Minn., 
Fla. and Tex.—Alt. about 5500 ft.—Colorado Springs. 
3. ERIOPHORUM L. Cotton-grass. 
Achenes obovoid, obtuse. 
Glumes ovate-lanceolate; achenes light brown. 1. E. poly st achy on. 
Glumes oval or ovate, obtuse ; achenes dark brown, almost black. 
2. E. ocreatum. 
Achenes linear-oblong, acute. 3. E. gracile. 
1. Eriophorum polystachyon L. In bogs from Greenl. to Alaska, Ga. and 
Colo.—Alt. 4000-11,500 ft.—Hamor’s Lake, north of Durango; Seven Lakes; 
West Cliff; Estes Park, Larimer Co. 
2. Eriophorum ocreatum A. Nels. In bogs of Wyo. and Colo.—Twin 
Lakes. 
3. Eriophorum gracile Koch. In bogs from Newf. to Alaska, Pa. and 
Calif.—Estes Park, Larimer Co. 
4. SCIRPUS L. Bull-rush, Club-rush. 
Involucre of a single bract or wanting. 
Spikelets solitary, rarely 2 together; plants dwarfed. 
Annuals; bristles none. 1. 5 “. coloradensis. 
Perennials; bristles present. 
Involucre none. 2. S. pauciflorns. 
Involucre of one erect bract. 
