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CYPERACEAE. 



VOL. I. 



131. Carex granularis Aluhl. Meadow Sedge. Fig. 998. 



Carex granularis Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 179. 1805. 



C. granularis recta Dewey ; Wood's Class-book 763. 1860. 



Glabrous, light green and slightly glaucous, culms 

 slender, erect or ascending, smooth or nearly so, 6'-2j s 

 tall. Leaves flat, roughish, i'~4' wide, the basal 

 shorter than the culm ; bracts similar to the culm-leaves, 

 usually much exceeding the spikes, strongly sheathing; 

 staminate spike solitary, sessile or short-stalked; pistil- 

 late spikes 2-5, distant or the upper two contiguous, 

 erect or slightly spreading, narrowly oblong or cylin- 

 dric, tr'-ii' long, 23" thick, densely io-j5O-flowered, the 

 lower at least exsert-peduncled; perigynia ovoid to 

 obovoid, somewhat swollen and suborbicular in cross- 

 section, strongly many-nerved, ascending, slightly more 

 than i" long, J"-i" wide, contracted into a short, usu- 

 ally entire, bent, or nearly straight beak; scales nar- 

 rowly ovate, thin, acuminate or cuspidate, shorter than 

 the perigynia ; stigmas 3. 



In moist meadows, New Brunswick to Manitoba, south to 

 Florida and Louisiana. May-July. 



132. Carex Crawei Dewey. Crawe's Sedge. Fig. 999. 



Carex Crmvei Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. (II.) 2: 246. 1846. 

 Carex heterostachya Torr. Am. Journ. Sci. (II.) 2 : 248. 1846. 



Glabrous, culms low, stiff, smooth or nearly so, erect, 

 3'-iS' tall, from long creeping rootstocks. Leaves 

 rather stiff, i"-2" wide, erect or nearly so, shorter than 

 the culm, the bracts similar, short, rarely overtopping 

 the spikes ; staminate spike usually i, long-stalked ; 

 pistillate spikes 1-4, distant, oblong, erect, 5"-is" long, 

 2 "-3" thick, densely io-45-flowered, short-stalked or 

 the upper sessile, the lowest often borne near the base 

 of the culm ; perigynia ovoid, ascending, obscurely 

 many-nerved, usually minutely resinous dotted, i4"-if" 

 long, suborbicular in cross-section, rounded at base, 

 tapering into a very short entire, or emarginate beak ; 

 scales obovate, thin, acute or cuspidate, or the lowest 

 blunt, shorter than the perigynia ; stigmas 3. 



In moist meadows and on banks, Cape Breton Island to 

 Manitoba, south to northern Maine, Pennsylvania, Tennes- 

 see and Kansas. May-July. 



133. Carex oligocarpa Schk. Few-fruited 

 Sedge. Fig. 1000. 



Carex oligocarpa Schk.; Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 279. 1805. 



Glabrous, culms slender, spreading, roughish, 6'-2o' 

 high. Leaves i-|"-if" wide, spreading, soft, the basal 

 shorter than or exceeding the culm, the bracts simi- 

 lar, usually exceeding the spikes; sheaths smooth; 

 staminate spike solitary, stalked or nearly sessile; 

 pistillate spikes 2-4, erect or nearly so, distant, 

 loosely 2-S-flowered, 4"-! 2" long, about 2" thick, 

 erect, the lower filiform-stalked, the upper sessile; 

 perigynia obovoid, firm, pale, finelv many-striate, 

 ascending, obtusely triangular, i|"-2" long, abruptly 

 narrowed into a short straight or oblique entire beak; 

 scales ovate, cuspidate, or short-awned, longer or 

 shorter than perigynia ; stigmas 3. 



In dry woods and thickets. Vermont and Ontario to 

 Michigan, south to West Virginia, Kentucky and Okla- 

 homa. May-July. 



