214 FLORA. 



veiy snort; bracts bladeless, sheathing, 6-25 mm. long, usually brown -purple with 

 a white hyaline tip; staminate spike short-stalked; pistillate spikes I or 2, erect, 

 short-stalked, 8-18 mm. long, compact, their stalks partly or wholly enclosed in 

 the sheaths; perigynia obovoid, pubescent, about 2 mm. long, minutely beaked; 

 scales mostly longer than the perigynia, purple, conspicuously white-margined. 

 In dry soil, Ont. to the N. W. Terr, and Br. Col., south to western N. Y., 111., 

 Iowa and S. Dak. Summer. 



123. Carex pedunculata Muhl. LONG-STALKED SEDGE. (I. F. f. 793.) 

 Densely matted; culms slender, roughish above, 7-25 cm. long. Leaves flat, 2- 



3 mm. wide; sheaths green, the upper almost bladeless; staminate spike long- 

 stalked; pistillate spikes 2-6, 6-12 mm. long, few-flowered- filiform-stalked and 

 spreading or drooping, some of them appearing basal; perigynia obovoid, 3-angled, 



4 mm. long, nerveless, narrowed into a stipe, tipped with a minute and somewhat 

 oblique entire beak; scales ovate, abruptly cuspidate or the lower subulate -awned. 

 In dry woods, Anticostito Manitoba, Va., Penn. and Iowa. May-July. 



124. Carex pedicellata (Dewey) Britton. FIBROUS-ROOTED SEDGE. (I. F. f. 

 794.) Light green, not stolon iferous; culms slender, roughish above, 1.5-5 dm. 

 long. Leaves 2-4 mm. wide, shorter than the culms; lower bract 0.6-5 cm. long; 

 staminate spike short-stalked, 8-25 mm. long ; pistillate spikes 2-4, short-oblong, 

 few-flowered; perigynia oval or oblong, rather less than 2 mm. long, pale, pubes- 

 cent, with a subulate 2-toothed beak one-fourth the length of the body; scales 

 green, ovate, acute. In dry soil, N. S. to Minn. Ga., Ohio and Neb. May-July. 



Carex pedicellata Wheeled (Bailey) Britton. Usually lower than the species and 

 the leaves much shorter than the culm ; staminate spike only 4-6 mm. long; pistillate 

 spikes closer together. N. S. to Conn, and Mich. 



125. Carex Pennsylvanica Lam. PENNSYLVANIA SEDGE. (I. F. f. 795.) 

 Dark or dull green, stoloniferous ; culms slender, 1.5-4 dm. tall. Leaves 1-3 mm. 

 wide, the old sheaths persistent and fibrillose ; lower bract rarely over I cm. long ; 

 staminate spike sessile or very short-stalked, 1-2.5 cm - l n g \ pistillate spikes 1-3, 

 short-oblong, few-flowered, sessile ; perigynia oval, about 2 mm. long, pubescent, 

 i -ribbed on each side, with a 2-toothed beak about one-fourth the length of the 

 body ; scales ovate, purplish, acute or cuspidate. In dry soil, N. B. to Mani- 

 toba and the N. W. Terr., south to N. Car., Tenn. and Kans. May-June. 



126. Carex varia Muhl. EMMONS' SEDGE. (I. F. f. 796.) Stoloniferous; 

 culms filiform, erect or somewhat spreading, 1.5-5 dm. l n g- Leaves 1-2.5 mm< 

 wide, nearly always shorter than the culms; lower bract scale-like or subulate, 

 rarely 2 cm. long ; staminate spike 4-8 mm. long, sessile, usually rather prominent ; 

 pistillate spikes 2-4, 4-6 mm. long; perigynia oblong, pubescent, about 2 mm. 

 long, narrowed at the base, with a subulate minutely 2-toothed beak commonly 

 one-half the length of the body; scales ovate, green or purplish -brown, acute. In 

 dry soil, N. S. to Ont, Manitoba, Ga. and Tex. May-July. 



127. Carex Novae-Angliae Schwein. NEW ENGLAND SEDGE. (I. F. f. 

 797.) Stoloniferous; culms filiform, erect or reclining, 1-2 dm. long. Leaves 

 about i mm. wide, soft, elongated, often exceeding the culms; staminate spike 

 short-stalked, very narrow, 6-16 mm. long; pistillate spikes 1-4, distant, sub- 

 globose; lower bract filiform, sometimes overtopping the spikes; perigynia 2 mm. 

 long, pubescent, tipped by a subulate 2-toothed beak about one-fourth the length of 

 the body; scales ovate, greenish -brown, acute or cuspidate; stigmas 2 or 3. In 

 wet shaded places. N. B. to Me., Mass, and N. N. Y. Summer. 



128. Carex deflexa Hornem. NORTHERN SEDGE. (I. F. f. 798.) Culms 

 filiform, diffuse, 2-30 cm. long. Bracts 1-5 cm. long; staminate spike sessile, 

 2-6 mm. long, inconspicuous; pistillate spikes 1-4, 4-8 mm. long, the upper 

 sessile, the lower slender-stalked; commonly also I or 2 nearly basal filiform- 

 stalked spikes from the lowest sheaths; perigynia oblong, pubescent. 2 mm. long 

 or less, with a flat 2-toothed beak about one-fourth the length of the body; scales 

 green, acute or cuspidate; stigmas 3 or 2. In open places, N. S. to Ont., Me., Vt. 

 and Penn. Summer. 



Carex deflexa Farw&lii Britton. Densely tufted; culms stiff, erect, 1.5-4 dm. tall, 

 commonly much longer than the leaves; staminate spike conspicuous, 6- 10 mm. long; 

 pistillate spikes 2 or 3, scattered, the lower slender-stalked and subtended by a foil- 



