3IO REPORT OP' NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



Carex canescens disjuncta Fcinald. Silvery Sedge.* 



PI. XXI., Fig. 5. 



Carcx caiicscciis var. disjtincta Foniald, Prnc. Amcr. .Acad. 37. 488. 1902 



[Eastern N. A.]. 

 Carex canesccvs Knicskcrii 3s. — \Yilli.s 70. — Brittun 278. — Keller and Brown 



87. 

 Carex brunnesccns gracilior Keller and Brown 87. 



Bog'S of the Middle and Pine Barren districts, locally com- 

 mon. 



Fr. — Late May to early Jnne. 



Middle District. — Farmingdale, Delanco, Camden, Mt. Holly, Westville 

 (P), Medford (S), Center Square. Glassboro, Pitman, Micklcton. 



Pine Barrens. — Toms River (NY), Forked River, Speedwell, Jackson, 

 Albion, Clementon, Landisville. 



Carex trisperma Dewey. Three-fruited Sedge. 



Carex trisperma Dewey, Am. Jour. Sci. IX. 63. 1825 [Williamstown and 

 Deerfield, Mass.]. — Knieskern 35. — Willis 70. — Britton 278. — Keller and 

 Brown 87. 



Bogs of the Xorthern district and Pine Barren Cedar Swamps, 

 frequent. 



V^ariety billingsii Knight, credited to New Jersey in the new- 

 Gray's Manual, seems to be too poorly characterized to warrant 

 recognition, at least so far as our material is concerned. 



Fr. — Mid-June to late August, or occasionally into early 

 autumn. 



Pine Barrens. — Manchester (C), Lakehurst, Toms River (S), Bamber, 

 Pasadena, Double Trouble, Spring Garden (P). Waterford. Cedar Brook 

 (KB), Malaga (P), Andrews. Landisville, Dennisville (P). 



Carex scoparia Schk. Pointed Broom Sedge. 



PI. XXVI., Fig. I. 



Carex scoparia Schkuhr, Riedgr. Nachtr. XX. f. 175. 1806 [North America]. — 

 Knieskern 35.- Willis 70. — Britton 278. 



* Carcx brunnescens has several times 1)een recorded from southern New 

 Jersey, but no authentic specimens have come to my notice, and it is, I think, 

 safe to say that the records were the result of misidentification. Such as I 

 have examined seem to be young of the present species. 



