314 CYPERACEAE, 
67. Carex cryptocarpa C. A. Meyer. 
Hidden-fruited Sedge. (Fig. 737.) 
Carex crypltocarpa ©. A. Meyer, Mem. Acad. St. 
Petersb, 1: 226. Pl. 74. 1825-31. 
Glabrous, culm stout, erect, sharply 3-angled, 
rough above, 114°-3° tall. Leaves smooth, 2’/-3/% 
wide, the basal shorter than or equalling the culm, 
the upper ones and the lower bract shorter; stami- 
nate spikes 2-4, stalked; pistillate spikes 2-5, all 
filiform-stalked and drooping, densely flowered, 1/— 
3/ long, 3/’-4’’ in diameter; perigynia oblong or 
oval, green, faintly several-nerved, 114’’ long, 
tipped with a very short entire beak; scales purple- 
brown, ascending, lanceolate, acuminate, 2 or 3 
times longer than the perigynia; stigmas 2. 
Arctic America from Greenland to Alaska. Summer. 
Carex cryptocarpa variegata iaeia!) Britton, Mem. 
Torr. Club, 5:7 1894. 
Carex filipendula var. ase: Drejer, Rev. Crit. 
Car. 46. 1841. 
Lower than the type, seldom over 1° tall; pistillate spikes about 2, ovoid or short oblong, 6'’-9'” 
long; scales ovate-lanceolate, acute, little longer than the perigynia. Range of the species. 
68. Carex maritima Muller. Seaside Sedge. (Fig. 738.) 
C. maritima Muller, Fl. Dan. 4: 12:6. pl. 70}. 1777- 
Glabrous, light green, culms slender, or rather \ 
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stout, erect, sharply 3-angled, smooth, or roughish \ \ 
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above, 1°-214° tall. Leaves 2//-3/’ wide, roughish 
on the margins and midvein, rarely overtopping 
the culm, the lower bracts similar; staminate spikes 
1-3, slender-stalked, often pistillate at the base; 
pistillate spikes 2-4, cylindric, often staminate at 
the summit, densely many-flowered, 1/-3/ long, 
4//-6’’ thick, drooping on filiform stalks; perigynia 
oval or nearly orbicular, ascending, pale, biconvex, 
rather less than 1// long, nerveless or with a few 
faint nerves, tipped with a very short and nearly 
or quite entire beak; scales ascending, green, lin- 
ear-subulate, ciliate-scabrous, 3-8 times as long as 
the perigynia; stigmas 2. 
In salt meadows, Newfoundland and Labrador to 
Massachusetts. Alsoin Europe. June—Aug. 
69. Carex crinita Lam. Fringed 
Sedge. (Fig. 739.) 
Carex crinita Lam. Encycl. 3: 393. 1789. 
Glabrous, culms stout, 3-angled, rough or very 
nearly smooth, erect or somewhat recurving, 2°- 
5° tall. Leaves flat, rough-margined, 3/’-5’’ wide, 
the upper sometimes overtopping the culm, the 
lowest very short and sheathing; staminate spikes 
I or 2, stalked, often pistillate at the base or in 
the middle; pistillate spikes 3-5, narrowly cylin- 
dric, densely many-flowered, 1/-4'4’ long, 3/’-4’’ 
in diameter, all stalked, drooping and commonly 
secund; perigynia obovoid, obtuse, about 1/’ long 
and nearly as thick, nerveless, abruptly tipped by 
the very short entire beak; scales green, subulate, 
ciliate-scabrous, spreading, 2-6 times as long as 
the perigynia; stigmas 2. 
In swamps and wet woods, Nova Scotiaand Ontario to Florida and Texas. June-Aug. 
A hybrid with C. /orfa, occurring in New Hampshire, is described by Prof. L. H. Bailey. 
