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304 CYPERACEAE. 
37. Carex scabrata Schwein. Rough Sedge. (Fig. 707.) 
ie scabrala Schwein. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 1: 69. 
Glabrous, culms slender, erect or reclining, 
rough above, leafy, 1°-3° long. Leaves rough, 
much elongated, 214’’-7’’ wide, the bracts sim- 
ilar but narrower and usually exceeding the 
culm; staminate spike short-stalked; pistillate 
spikes 3-6, erect, the upper short-stalked, the 
lower sometimes spreading or drooping, all 
linear-cylindric, densely many-flowered, 1/—2/ 
long, 214’/-4’’ in diameter; perigynia greenish- 
brown, ovoid, somewhat inflated, strongly 
nerved, papillose, tipped with a short rough 
minutely 2-toothed or entire beak; scales lanceo- 
late, acute orshort-awned, prominently 1-nerved, . 
shorter than the perigynia; stigmas 3. 
In moist woods and thickets, New Hampshire 
and Ontario to Michigan, South Carolina and Ten- 
nessee. Ascends to 4200 ft. in Virginia. May-Aug- 
38. Carex vestita Willd. Velvet Sedge. 
(Fig. 708.) 
Carex vestita Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 263. 1805. 
Culms strict and slender, erect or reclining, 114°-214° 
tall, rough above. Leaves distant, 114’/-2'%4’’ wide, 
not overtopping the culm; bracts similar, but nar- 
rower, short, rough-ciliate on the margins; staminate 
spike solitary, rarely 2, almost sessile; pistillate spikes 
1-5, oblong, 5’’-10’’ long, 3/’-4’’ in diameter, erect, 
commonly staminate at the summit, sessile or the 
lower very short-stalked; perigynia ovoid, ascending 
or the lower spreading, densely pubescent, less than 
1’ in diameter, prominently few-ribbed, tapering 
gradually into a short conic 2-toothed whitish beak, 
slightly shorter than or equalling the ovate acute 
membranous scales; stigmas 3. 
In sandy woods, Massachusetts to eastern New York 
and Pennsylvania, south to Georgia. June-July. 
39. Carex Walteriana Bailey. Walter’s Sedge. (Fig. 709.) 
Carex striata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 174. 1803. Not 
Gilib. 1792. 
Carex Waiteriana Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 429. 1893. 
Carex Walteriana var. brevis Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 
429. 1893. 
Culms slender, strict, erect, usually rough above, 
1°-21%4° tall. Leaves narrow and elongated, smooth 
or roughish, 1’/-2’’ wide, nodulose, not overtopping 
the culm; lowest bract similar, very long, the upper 
smaller and often almost filiform; staminate spikes 
2-5, long-stalked; pistillate spikes 1 or 2, when 2 the 
lower remote from the upper, sessile or very short- 
stalked, oblong-cylindric, erect, 1/-114’ long, about 
4’’ in diameter, rather loosely many-flowered; peri- 
gynia ovoid, purple-brown, many-nerved, slightly in- 
flated, ascending, glabrous, or partly or wholly pubes- 
cent, 1!4’’ in diameter, tapering into a short 2-toothed 
beak, the teeth short; scales ovate, acute, short-aristate 
or obtuse, membranous, one-half the length of the 
perigynia; stigmas 3. 
In pine-barren bogs, southern New Jersey to Florida, near the coast. May-July. 
