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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester (1881 revised edition, Vol. I)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. I. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Revised posthumous edition. Passage 1968 of 1976 251 words

Order 127.-- CYPERACE2E. (Sedge Family.)

Cyperus, L.

C. diandrus, Torr. Damp places. C. inflexus, Muhl. Sandy shores. C. deutatus, Torr. Sandy wet ground. C. strigosus, L. Fertile soil.

C. Michauxianus, Schultes. (Leggett.)

Dulichium, Richard.

D. spathaceum, Pers. Near ponds and sluggish streams.

Fuirena, Rottboll. (Umbrella-grass.) F. squarrosa, Mx. Wet sand.

Eleocharis, R. Br. (Spike-rush.)

E. equisetoides, Torr. In shallow pools and flooded places. E. quadrangulata, R. Br. East Long Pond. (Mead.)

E. tuberculosa, R. Br. Coast of the Sound.

E. obtusa, Schultes. Muddy edges of slow streams.

E. olivacea, Torr. (Leggett.)

E. palustris, R. Br. In flooded places.

E. tenuis, Schultes. Wet grounds.

E. acicularis, R. Br. Edges of ponds and slow streams.

Scirpus, L. (Bulrush.)

S. pungens, Vahl. Along the salt meadows, in the edges of pools. S. Olneyi, Cray. Salt marshes, coast of the Sound. S. Torrcyi, Olney. Along the coast of the Sound. S. vahdus, Vahl. Flooded places.

OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

S. dcbilis, Push, Swampy places.

S. maritimus, L. Borders of salt marshes along the Sound. S. fluviatilis, Gray. Edges of Rye Lake. S. atrovirens, Muhl. Wet swampy places.

Eriophorum, L.

E. Virginicum, L. Bogs, and wet grounds.

Fiinbristylis, Vahl.

F. spadicea, Vahl. coast of the Sound.

F. autumnalis, Roem. -- Schultz. Wet grounds.

Rhynchospora, Vahl, (Beak-Rush.) R. alba. Vahl, Bogs. Wet grounds. R. glomcrata, Vahl. Wet undrained lands.

Cladium, P. Browne. (Twig-Rush.) C. mariscoidcs, Torr.

Scleria, L, (Nut-Rush.)

S. triglomerata, Mx. Swampy lands ; common.

S. reticularis, Mx. Edges of ponds and slow streams.

Carex, L. (Sedge.)

Passages from this source (1976)

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