SEDGES. 417 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,605. Chap, F1.540. Britt. & Brown, Il. Fl. 1: 321. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey, southern Virginia, southern Ohio, 
Florida, Mississippi, and western Louisiana (Hale). 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Central Prairie region. Lawrence County (7. MM. 
Peters). Wilcox County (8. B. buckley). Rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ America septentrionalis,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Am. Journ, Sei, ser. 2,2: 245. 1846. 
THIN-FRUITED SEDGE, 
Carex xanthosperma Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 42: 334, 1866. 
Chap. Fl. ed. 3,567, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 480. 
Louisianian area. Florida west to western Louisiana (//ale) and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie belt. Shady woods. Montgomery County, banks of 
Pentulalla Creek. Not frequent. 
Type locality: “ Florida and Louisiana, Dr. Leavenworth.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex granularis Muhl.; Willd. Sp. P1.4:279. 1805. MEADOW SEDGE, 
Ell. Sk. 2:548. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 605, huge FL. 540. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Ontario, west to Manitoba; 
New E ‘neland to Minnesota, south to New Jersey; Virginia, Ohio Valley to Missouri, 
south to Tennessee and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain and Central Prairie region. Walker County (7. WV, Peters). 
Wilcox County (Buckley), Lee County, Auburn (Baker §° Farle, 526). 
Type locality: “Hab, in Pennsylvania.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex laxiflora Lam. Encyel. 3: 392. 1720). LOOSE-FLOWERED SEDGE, 
Carex anceps Muhl.; Willd. Sp. P1.4:278. 1805, 
C. anceps angustifolia Dewey in Wood, Bot. 425, 1845, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 607. Chap, F1.540. In part. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Ontario, Eastern States, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: From the mountains to Central Prairie region. Shady woods and moist 
copses. Cullman County, 800 feet. Clark County, Choctaw Corner. Common. 
Type locality: “eC ette espece bien distinete eroit dans le New-York, la Pensylva- 
nie & la Virginie.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex laxiflora varians Bailey, Mem. Torr, Club. 1:32. 1889. 
Carex laxiflora striatula Carey in Gray, Man. ed. 2, 524. 1856. Not ©, striatula 
Miehx. 1803. 
C. blanda Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 10:45, 1826. 
Gray, Man. ed.6, 607. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 481. 
Canadian zone, Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; New England (Mount 
Desert Island), throughout the Eastern States to North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shady woods. Blount County, banks of Mulberry 
River. Cullman County. Lee County, Auburn. June; rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘New “Hampshire to New Jersey, Minnesota, and Kansas.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex laxiflora patulifolia (Dewey) Carey in Gray, Man. ed. 2, 524. 
BROAD-LEAF LOOSE-FLOWERED SEDGE. 
Carex plantaginea Schk. Riedgr. Nacht. 63, f. 7295, 1806. Not Lam, 1789. 
C. anceps patulifolia Dewey in Wood, Bot. 423. 1845. 
C. laxiflora var, plantayinea Boott, TH.1:37. 1858. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 607, 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England to Michigan, southward to North 
Carolina, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. .Shady copses. Blount County, Blount Springs. 
Walker County (7. M. Peters; Beaumont). Not rare, 
Type locality of C. plantaginea Schk.: ‘Hab, in sylvis Virginiae, Carolinae, Pen- 
Carex flaccosperma Dewey 
vo 
sylvaniae,.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Carex striatula Michx. F]. Bor. Am. 2:173. 1805. MICHAUNX’S SEDGE. 
Carex tetanica FL. Sk. 2:549. 1824. Not Schk. 
C.ignota Dewey, Am. Journ, Sci, ser, 2,8: 548. 1849. 
C. laxiflora michaurii Bailey, Mem. Torr, Club, 1:32. 1889, 
C. laxiflora Boott, 11. 1:36, 6.89. L858, 
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