39S 



CYPERACEAE. 



VOL. I. 



113. Carex Meadii. Devvey. Mead's Sedge. Fig. 980. 



Car ex Meadii Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 43 : 90. 1842. 



Carex tetanica var. Meadii Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22: 



118. 1886. 

 Carex tetanica var. Carteri Porter, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1887 : 



76. 1887. 

 Carex tetanica var. Canbyi Porter, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1887 : 



76. 1887. 



Similar to the following species, glabrous, culm 

 stouter, strongly phyllopodic, not purplish-tinged, very 

 rough above, S'-i8' tall. Rootstocks elongated, deep- 

 seated, slender ; leaves flat, those of the fertile culm 

 usually 6-10, iV-^" wide; bracts short, not overtop- 

 ping the spikes; staminate spike long-stalked; pistillate 

 \ spikes 1-3, sometimes staminate at the summit, rarely 

 compound at the base, oblong-cylindric, densely 8-30- 

 flowered, -i long, about 3" in diameter, erect, 

 stalked, or the upper one sessile, the lower often very 

 long-stalked ; perigynia obovoid, obtusely triangular, 

 prominently many-nerved, green, 15" long, about l" in 

 diameter, tipped with a minute slightly bent beak; scales 

 ovate, green with reddish-brown or purple-brown mar- 

 gins, obtuse to cuspidate, and from much shorter than 

 to exceeding perigynia; stigmas 3. 

 In swamps and wet meadows, New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Georgia, Michigan, Assiniboia, 

 Nebraska and Arkansas. May-July. 



114. Carex tetanica Schk. Wood's Sedge 



C. tetanica Schk. Riedgr. Nachtr. 68. figs. 100, 207. 1806. 

 Carex tetanica var. Woodii Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club i : 53. 

 1889. 



Light green and glabrous, or sheaths slightly puberu- 

 lent, culms slender, more or less strongly phyllopodic, 

 not strongly purplish-tinged at base, erect, rough above, 

 6'-2 tall. Rootstocks elongated, deep-seated, white, 

 slender; leaves flat, those of the fertile culm usually 

 3-5, i"-ij" wide, shorter than the culm; bracts narrow, 

 elongated, usually shorter than the spikes, sheathing; 

 staminate spike long-stalked ; pistillate spikes I to 3, 

 erect, distant, narrowed at the base, compactly 6-20- 

 flowered or attenuate at base, linear, i' long or less, the 

 lower filiform-stalked and often drooping; perigynia 

 oblong-obovoid, green, prominently many-nerved, about 

 i ' long and i" thick, obtusely triangular, abruptly 

 minutely beaked or beakless, the orifice entire ; scales 

 ovate, obtuse or mucronate, usually shorter than the 

 perigynia; stigmas 3. 



In meadows and wet woods, Massachusetts to Manitoba, 

 south to District of Columbia and Missouri. June-July. 



Fig. 981. 



115. Carex colorata Mackenzie. Purplish- 

 tinged Sedge. Fig. 982. 

 Carex colorata Mackenzie, Bull. Torr. Club 37: 232. 1910. 



Light green and glabrous, culms slender, aphyllo- 

 podic and strongly purplish-tinged at base, strongly 

 stoloniferous, erect, roughened above, i-2 tall. 

 Leaves flat, those of the fertile culm usually 2-4, 

 ii"-2" wide, shorter than the culm;_bracts narrow, 

 elongated, usually not exceeding the spikes, sheathing; 

 staminate spike more or less peduncled ; pistillate spikes 

 2-3, erect, distant, rather loosely 6-iS-flowered, linear, 

 /"-i8" long, 2" thick, on slender much-exserted 

 peduncles ; perigynia narrowly obovoid, obtusely trian- 

 gular, lightly many-nerved, i|"-2" long, 3" wide, 

 tapering at both ends, the beak \" long, slightly curv- 

 ing, the orifice oblique; scales ovate, obtuse to cuspi- 

 date, shorter than the perigynia ; stigmas 3. 



Woodlands, New York and Ontario to Michigan and 

 Manitoba. Mav-June. 



