SEDGES. 421 



Carex cephalophoia Miibl. ; Willcl. Sp. PI. 4:220. 1803. Oval-iieadkd Sedgk. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 526. Gray, Mau. ed. 6, 617. Chap. Fl. 534. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 483. 



Allegbeniau to Louisianiau area. Ontario and New England, west to Michigan 

 and Iowa ; through the Ohio Valley and Southern Atlantic States, west to Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region, Central Pine belt. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa 

 County {E. A. iSmith), May; not infrequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Peusylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex leavenworthii Dewey, Am. .Tourn, Sci. ser. 2, 2 : 246. 1846. 



Leavenworth's Sedge. 



Carex cephalophora var. angustifoHa Boott, 111. 3 : 123. 1862. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 617. Coulter" Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 483. 



Allegbeniau to Louisianiau area. South to the Gulf, and from Florida to Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Coast plain. Dry open woods. Cullman County. 

 Madison County, Huiitsville {Baker cj- Earle, 537). Blount County, Blount Spring's. 

 Mobile County. June; not infrequent. 



Type locality : "Louisiana, Dr. Leavenworth." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex sterilis Willd. Sp. PI. 4:208. 1805. Little Pkickly Sedge. 



Carex steUulata and C. eehinata Amer. authors. 



C. sterilis Boott, 111. 1 :56, t. 146. 1858. 



C. eehinata var. microstachiis Boeckl. Linnaea, 39 : 125. 1875. 



C. sterilis excelsior Bailey, 'Bull. Torr. Club, 20 : 424. 1894. 



Gray, Man. ed, 6, 618. Chap. Fl. 534. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 236. 



Mexico. 



Alleghenian to Lonisianian area. Ontario; through the Rocky Mountains to the 

 Pacific; from Vancouver Island to California; New England, through the Atlantic 

 States to Florida, west to Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Montana, and Nevada. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. Shaded boggy places. Lee County, 

 Auburn {Baker 4' Earlc, .537). i\Iadison County, Huntsville. Cullman Couuty. 

 Mobile County, Springhill, Mount Vernon. Baldwin County, Point Clear. April, 

 May ; not infrequent. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Pensylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex atlantica Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 20:425. 1893. Eastern Sedge. 



Carex steUulata covferta Chap. Fl. 534. Not C. conferta Koch. 1860. 



C. eehinata var. conferta Bailev, Cat. N. A. Carices. 1884. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 618. Chap! Fl. 534. Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 350. 



Canadian zone to Louisianiau area. Along the coast from Newfoundland to 

 Florida and Mississipjji. 



Alabama: Coast plain to the Mountain region. Boggy banks of streams. Mobile 

 County, Springhill, Mouut Vernon. Cullm&n County. May; frequent in swamps 

 and along pine-barren streams. 



Type locality: " Follows the coast from Newfoundland to Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex interior Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 20:426. 1893. Inland Sedge. 



Carex seirpoides Sartwell, lOxsic. No. 36. 1848. 



C. steUulata var. seirpoides Boott, 111. 1:56, t. 146 * *. 1858. 



Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1:350,/. 176. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Maine to Minnesota; south to Florida. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Woods. Madison County, ^lontcsano, 1,200 to 1,. 500 

 feet. Lee County, Auburn (Baker 4- Earle, 556). Infrequent. 



Type locality: "Bogs and swamps in the interior country from Maine to Minne- 

 sota and Kansas." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex bromoides Schk. Kiedgr. Nacht. 8,/. 176. 1806. Brome-like Sedge. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :528. Gray, Mau. ed. 6, 619. Chap. Fl. 533. 



Europe. 



Alleghenian to Louisianiau area. New Brunswick and Ontario, thence to the 

 Pacific, and from. British Columbia to California; New England west to Michigan 

 and Missouri ; south from New York to Florida and west to Louisiana. 



