76 EBPOBT OF THB STATE BOTANIST. 



bristle-tipped, or sometimes the lowest leaf like and 9"-! 8' in length; 

 perigynia subrotund or obovate, obtusely angled, densely or 

 lightly pubescent, indistinctly nerved, abruptly contracted at the 

 base, and nirrowe I above into a short bifid beili, covered by the 

 ovato acute or acuminate, dark purplish or light brown scale. 



Dryish soil in woods, copses or open places. Very common. 

 May, June. 



Var. separans Peck. Pistillate spikes 1-3, usuall}' 2, the upper- 

 most approximate to the short-stalked dark-brown sterile spike, 

 the lowest 5"-10" distant; perigynia with a longer and more 

 slender beak ; otherwise like the type (Var. distans. Report 46, 

 p. 51). 



Along or within the borders of woods. Jefferson and Otsego 

 counties. June. 



Var. gracilifolia Peck, n. nom. Leaves long and slender, ^"-f" 

 wide, sometimes slightly involute and almost capillarv, about 

 equaling or sometimes considerably surpassing the slender culm. 

 (Var. angustifolia I. c.) 



Light or sandy soil in woods or open places. It often grows in 

 tufts. This variety*is common on Long Island. May. 



Because of the frequent previous use of the varietal name 

 under which this plant was published it is thought best to give it 

 a new name. 



Var. glumabunda Peck, n. var. Stems 8'-lS' high, rather 

 weak and often somewhat drooping, frequently growing in 

 definite tufts; pistillate spikes mostly short and sessile as in the 

 type, but sometimes the lowest 3"-8" long, conspicuously stalked 

 or on a capillary peduncle 2'-S' long which issues from the axil 

 of the uppermost leaf, the others near the staminate spike and 

 contiguous to each other or the lower sometimes 4"-6" distant, 

 these occasionally sterile and acute at the apex ; scales conspicu. 

 ously brown or blackish brown, oblong-ovate or lanceolate, sharp- 

 pointed or cuspidate, longer than the perigynia and widely 

 spreading at maturity. (Forma paleacea in part, 1. c.) 



Sandy soil. Albany and Suffolk counties. 



Very rarely a second long-peduncled spike issues from the axil 

 of one of the lower leaves. In all these varieties the bract of 

 the lowest sessile spike is sometimes longer than its spike and 

 green or foliaceous. 



