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CYPERACEAE. 



VOL. I. 



59. Carex Crawfordii Fernald. 

 Sedge. Fig. 926. 



Crawford's 



C. scoparia var. minor Boott, 111. Car. 3: 116. pi. 369. 1862. 

 C. Crawfordii Fernald, Proc. Am. Acad. 37: 469. 1902. 

 C. Crawfordii var. rigens Fernald, Proc. Am. Acad. 37 : 470. 

 1902. 



Culms erect, acutely triangular and somewhat rough- 

 ened above, slender but stiff, $'-24' high, in dense 

 clumps. Leaves i"-i" wide, shorter than the culm; 

 lower one or two bracts usually developed, but incon- 

 spicuous, shorter than head ; spikes 3-12, light brownish, 

 blunt, densely many-flowered, oblong, 22"~5i" long, 

 ii"-2i" wide, rather closely aggregated into an ovoid 

 to linear-oblong head usually 6"-i3" long and 2"-4" 

 wide ; perigynia erect-ascending, subulate, the margin 

 at base nearly obsolete, rounded at base, 2" long, about 

 ' wide at the base, distended over achene, tapering into 

 a narrow rough 2-toothed beak, shorter than the ob- 

 scurely nerved body; scales lanceolate, acute or acumi- 

 nate, light brown, dull, about as wide as but a little 

 shorter than the perigynia ; stigmas 2. 



In open places, Newfoundland to British Columbia, Con- 

 necticut, Michigan and Washington. June-Sept. 



60. Carex scoparia Schk. Pointed Broom Sedge. Fig. 927. 



Carex scoparia Schk.; Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 230. 1805. 



C. scoparia var. moniliformis Tuckerm. Enum. Method. 8, 17. 



1843. 

 C. scoparia var. condensa Fernald, Proc. Am. Acad. 37 : 468. 



1902. 



Culms slender, erect, roughish above, %-2\ tall. Leaves 

 less than \\" wide, those of sterile shoots not very numer- 

 ous, erect or ascending ; lower bract bristle-form or want- 

 ing; spikes 3~io, oblong, narrowed at both ends, brownish 

 or straw-colored, 3"-8" long, 2"-$" in diameter, densely 

 many-flowered, varying from closely aggregated to scat- 

 tered ; staminate flowers basal ; perigynia lanceolate, very 

 thin, ascending or erect, 2"-$$." long, rather less than i" 

 wide, the tips appressed, narrowly wing-margined, several- 

 nerved on both faces, tapering into the serrulate 2-toothed 

 beak ; scales thin, brown, acute or acuminate, shorter than 

 the perigynia ; achenes 4" long ; stigmas 2. 



In moist soil, Newfoundland to Washington, Florida and Col- 

 orado. Ascends to 6200 ft. in North Carolina. July-Sept. 



61. Carex tribuloides Wahl. Blunt Broom Sedge. Fig. 928. 



Carex tribuloides Wahl. Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. (II.) 24: 



145. 1803. 



Carex lagopodioides Schk. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 230. 1805. 

 C. tribuloides var. turbata Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club i : 55. 



1889. 



Bright green, culms usually stout, erect, roughish above, 

 i'-T>y tall. Leaves flat, ii"~4" wide, shorter than or the 

 uppermost overtopping the culm, those of sterile culms very 

 numerous, widely spreading, the sheaths loose; lower bract 

 bristle- form, sometimes elongated; spikes 6-20, generally 

 obovoid or top-shaped, but varying to suborbicular. blunt, 

 densely clustered or sometimes separated, 3i"-6" long, 

 3"~4" thick ; staminate flowers basal ; perigynia lanceolate, 

 thin, sometimes distended over achene, greenish brown, flat, 

 ascending or erect, the tips not spreading or recurved, if"- 

 2\" long, about 3" wide, several-nerved on each face, with 

 a sharply 2-toothed, rough wing-margined beak ; scales 

 lanceolate, straw-colored, acute, about half as long as the 

 perigynia; achenes short-oblong, f" long; stigmas 2. 



In meadows, New Brunswick to Saskatchewan, Florida and 

 Arizona. Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. July-Sept. 



