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THE WEST VIRGINIA FLORA ELEOCHARIS R. Br.

E. tuberculosa (Michx.) R. & S. Sands of New River. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Muttall). E. ovata (Roth.) R. & S. (E. obtusa Schult.) Wet places. Fayette : along turnpike opposite Gauley Junction (Eggleston, 5527-6). Randolph: near Pickens (H. H. Smith, 1362). Muddy places. Upshur: near Buckhannon. Randolph : Tygart's Valley River. Fayette : near Kanawha Falls (James) : near Nuttallburg (Nnttall). Pres ton: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steel). Monongalia: near Morgantown (Sheldon, 675). Randolph: Tygarts Valley River, near Elkins and Huttonsville ; and Tucker: near Par sons (Greenman, 104. 105, 106, 107, 108). E. PAluSTRIS (L.) R. & S. Ohio: near Wheeling (Mertz & Guttenberg). Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall) : Var. glAUCESCENS (Willd.) Gray. Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry (Mertz & Guttenberg). Preston: near Aurora (Mr. & Mrs. Steele). E. tenuis (Willd.) Schult. "Kill Cow." "Poverty Grass." Damp places, abundant everywhere. Note.—The above names are applied along Tygart's Val ley River, where in places this species grows so abundant as to take whole fields, and as cattle will not thrive upon it, • these names suggested themselves. E. ACICULARIS (L.) R. & S. Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry (Mertz & Guttenberg). E. TRicosTATA Torrey. In wet places. Monongalia: along Tibbs Run (Sheldon. 595)FIMBRISTYLIS Vahl. F. AUTUMNALis (L.) Roem. & Schult. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall). SCIRPUS, L. S. Americanus Pers. 5. pungens Vahl. Jefferson: near Harper's Ferry (Mertz & Guttenberg). S. VALiDUS Vahl. (S. lacustris Am. auth.). Tucker: bank of Shavers Fork, near Parsons (Greenman, 121). Glady places. Fayette: near Nuttallburg (Nuttall)? S. debilis Pursh. Wet places. Tucker : bed of Shavers Fork, near Parsons (Greenman, 69).