Protologue Description: SCIRPUS LINEATUS Michx., f. elongatus, n.f., spiculis elongatis 12-18 mm. longis . Spikelets elongated, 12--18 mm. long. Sharon, Litchfield County; also in New York at Southeast, Putnam County, 27 July, 1928, Eames and Starr, no. 10672 (TYPE in Herb. Eames). In this species spikelets rarely exceed 10 mm., but in these collections the plants are attractively different.