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Carex hormathodes Fernald. Frequent on brackish 

 shores. Swans Island and Brooklin. 



var. iiswisA (W. Boott) Fernald. Eare Brackish soil, 

 Warren Point, South Deer Isle (ISTo. 864). 

 Carex FOE^fEA Willd. Dry fields and meadows, Torrey 



Island, Eggemoggin Eeach, Brooklin (No. 2848). 

 *Carex adusta Boott. Isle an Haut (J. C. Arthur). 



Carex exilis Dewey. Infrequent in sphagnum bogs. 

 Swans Island and Isle au Haut. 



Carex echixata Murr.' [^Carex stellulata Good.] Occa- 

 sional in low ground. 



var. ORMANTHA Fernald.' [C. stellulata Good., var. 

 ormtm^/ia Fernald.] Rare. Swampy meadow, Dun- 

 ham's Point, Deer Isle {l^o. 2233). 



yar. excelsior (Bailey) Fernald.' [C. stellulata 



Good., yar. excelsior (Bailey) Fernald.] Rare. 



Sphag-num bog, IsTaskeag Point, Brooklin {'Eo. 1458). 

 yar. cephalaxtha Bailey.^ [C. stellulata Good., yar. 



ceplialantlia (Bailey) Fernald.] Abundant in bogs 



and meadows. 



yar. axgustata (Carey) Bailey.'' [C stellulata Good., 

 yar. angu^tata Carey.] Common in moist woods and 

 low ground. 



Carex sterilis Willd. Common in sphagnum bogs. 

 Carex caxescexs L. Rare. Wet meadow near Swans 



Island Head, Swans Island (Xo. 755) ; sphagnum bog. 



Central Tract, Brooklin (Xo. 1048). 



1. Prodr. PI. Goth. 76 (1770). See Fernald, M. L., Rhodora 19: 154 



(1917). 



2. Proc. Am. Acad. 37: 483, 484 (1902). 



3. Mem. Torr. Bot. Club 1: 58, 59 (1889). . ■■ .' 



