MONTANA IIOTAXV XOTRS 



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over % the ul,.,l... nr rrducod to a rudiment, lateral ribs prominent, faintly 

 l-.-ril)bed on the face, mostly green, sometimes purplish above, closely ap"- 

 pressod, 2 mm. long. Scales very broadly ovate, barely acute to cuspidate 

 dark-chestnut colored with broad and white hyaline edges, as long as the 

 pengynia. Rracts very short and scale-like except the lowest which has a 

 sul)ulate and green tip l-:j cm. long, sheathing with pu»r)lc arricles, at least 



Carex Parryana var. Statoni, 1, 2. :;. 



Same, smaller specimen, 4. 5. 



Carex Goodenovii var. dolia, 7, S, 9, 10. 



wiL'^T"?- °"^'- ^^^^"'^^ ''" "^^'^^ "^ "^a'-'^' «"• '•arely 1 dm. long, 3-5 mm. 

 wide feehng smooth, but finely papillose, subulate acuminate, stiff, flat 

 splitting up into coarse chestnut-colored fibers below, sheaths slightlv fibril- 

 lose, green. Stems obtusely angled, erect .5-1.5 ft. high, smooth, widelv'stoloni- 



^f °"!' '^5''™'''- ^^''^ ^'■"''■•'^ ^" ^^y meadows along with C. Parrvana 

 Mon.da,. Montana. Middle Temperate life zone. This comes in the 3-s?igma 

 group with .sessils perigynia and granular, and is related to C. Richardson! 

 Dedicated to Prof. M. J. Elrod. Figured on P. 19 as Parryana var, Hallin, 



