Carex CYPERACEAE Carex 



1912 (A); marsh 23^ mi. n. e. of Conowingo (Ce), True, 4 Aug. 

 1935 (P). Mid-May to mid- June. 



Acutae 



C. stricta Lam. Tussock Sedge. 



Common throughout, forming tussocks in marshes. Mid-May, 

 June 



Var. strictior (Dewey) Carey. (C strictior Dewey.) 

 Marshy places; not often collected. May, June. 



Var. decora Bailey. (C. Haydenii Dewey.) 



Rare; marshes of the Coastal Plain: 3^ mi. n. w. of Pepperbox 

 (S), R. R. Tatnall, 3740a, 19 May 1938 (T). Probably only a 

 form of C. stricta. 



C. Emoryi Dewey. 



Rare; swampy places: Holly Oak (NC), Commons, 6 June 

 1866 (A). 



C. torta Boott. 



Frequent; rooting among rocks in running water; Piedmont. 

 Late April, May. 



Cryptocarpae 



C. Mitchelliana M. A. Curtis. 



One collection: swamps, Millsboro (S), Commons, 18 June 

 1875 (A). 



C. gynandra Schw. (C. crinita var. gynandra Schw. & Torr.) 



One collection: margin of Tubmill Pond, 2 mi. n. of Milford 

 (K), Tme, 18 June 1926 (P). 



C. crinita Lam. 



Common; swamps, ponds, stream banks and tidal flats, Pied- 

 mont and Coastal Plain, southward to the Virginia line. Mid- 

 May to July. 



Collmsiae 



C. Collinsii Nutt. (C. suhulata Mx. of Gray's Man., ed. 7.) 



Local; pond margins and "cedar" swamps in Sussex and Wico- 

 mico Counties; also Polkville (NC), E. Tatnall, 16 J'une 1893 (D). 

 Mid-June, July. 



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