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61. 
CYPERACEAE. 
Carex misandra R. Br. Short-leaved Sedge. (Fig. 731.) 
Ca misandra R. Br. Suppl. Parry’s Voy. cclxxxiii. 
1824. 
Glabrous and smooth, culms very slender, erect, 
1/-15’ tall. Teaves 1/’-1%4’’ wide, clustered at the 
base, usually much shorter than the culm, seldom 
over 214’ long; bracts narrowly linear, sheathing, not 
overtopping the spikes; terminal spike often partially 
pistillate at base or summit, slender-stalked; pis- 
tillate spikes 1 or 2, filiform-stalked, 3/’-7’” long, 
about 2’ thick, rather few-flowered, drooping; peri- 
gynia narrowly lanceolate, acuminate at the apex, 
narrowed at the base, 114’’ long, ascending, dark 
brown, denticulate above; scales oval, obtuse, purple- 
black with narrow white margins, somewhat shorter 
than the perigynia; stigmas 2 or 3. ; 
Throughout arctic America, extending south in the 
Rocky Mountains to the higher summits of Colorado. 
Also in arctic Europe and Asia. 
(Fig. 732.) 
62. Carex littoralis Schwein. Barratt’s Sedge. 
Carex littoralis Schwein. Ann. Lyc. N. ¥.1: 70. 1824. 
Carex Barrattii Schwein. & Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1: 
361. 1825. 
Glabrous, pale green and somewhat glaucous, 
culms erect, slender, smooth, 1°-2° tall, leafless 
above. Leaves 114//-2’/’ wide, smooth, usually 
much shorter than the culm, the lower sheaths 
fibrillose; bracts not sheathing, the lower usually 
short and narrow, sometimes elongated and over- 
topping the culm; staminate spikes 1-3, usually 
rather long-stalked; pistillate spikes 2-4, drooping 
or the upper ascending, slender-stalked, linear- 
cylindric, %/’-2’ long, 3/’ in diameter, mostly 
staminate at the summit; perigynia oblong, green, 
faintly few-nerved, 1//-1%4’’ long, tipped with a 
minute entire beak; scales brown-purple with 
lighter margins, obtuse, equalling or shorter than 
the perigynia; stigmas 3. 
In pine-barren swamps, eastern Long Island and 
New Jersey to North Carolina. May-July. 
63. Carex rarifléra J. E. Smith. Loose-flowered Alpine Sedge. (Fig. 733.) 
Carex rariflora J. E. Smith, Engl. Bot. p/. 2576. 1813. 
Glabrous, culms very slender, rather stiff, erect, 
4/-12/ tall, smooth, or roughish above. Leaves 1// 
wide or less, shorter than the culm, the lower very 
short; bracts subulate, purple at the base; staminate 
spike solitary, long-stalked, sometimes with a few 
pistillate flowers at the base; pistillate spikes 1 or 2, 
narrowly oblong, few-flowered 3/’-6’’ long, 2’ in di- 
ameter, nodding on filiform stalks; perigynia pale, 
oblong, acute at each end, 1%4’’ long, 14’’ wide, mi- 
nutely beaked, few-nerved, the orifice entire; scales 
oval, purple-brown with a greenish midvein, obtuse 
or mucronate, equalling or a little longer than the 
perigynia; stigmas 3. 
In wet places, Greenland and Labrador to Hudson Bay, 
south to Mt. Katahdin, Maine, and to northern Minne- 
sota. Also in Europe and Asia. Summer. 
