328 CYPERACEAE. 
108. Carex stylofléxa Buckley. Bent 
Sedge. (Fig. 778.) 
Carex stylofiexa Buckley, Am. Journ. Sci. 45:174. 1843. 
Carex laxiflora var. styloflexa Boott, Il. 37. 1858. 
Glabrous, culms leaning, slender, smooth, 1°-2° tall. 
Leaves 114//-3’’ wide; flat, shorter than the culm; 
bracts short, rarely exceeding the spikes; staminate 
spike solitary, usually long-stalked but sometimes 
nearly sessile; pistillate spikes 1-4, distant, loosely 
few-several-flowered, less than 8’’ long, the lower 
drooping on filiform stalks; perigynia oblong, trian- 
gular, many-nerved, about 2’ long, 1’ thick, some- 
what oblique, tapering gradually to both ends and 
thus slender-beaked; scales ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
scarious-margined, acute, cuspidate or short-awned, 
shorter than the perigynia; stigmas 3. 
In woods and thickets, southern New York and Penn- 
sylvania to Florida, Louisiana and Texas. May-July. 
10g. Carex digitalis Willd. Slender Wood Sedge. (Fig. 779.) 
Carex digitalis Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 298. 1805. 
Glabrous, bright green, not at all glaucous, culms 
slender or almost filiform, nearly ortquite smooth, us- 
ually reclining, 4’/-18’ long. Leaves flat, 1’’-2’’ wide, 
the basal sometimes exceeding the culm, the upper 
ones and the bracts similar but shorter, the latter com- 
monly overtopping the spikes; staminate spike 
stalked; pistillate spikes 2-4, linear, loosely alter- 
nately flowered, 14’-1’ long, the upper one sessile or 
nearly so, the others filiform-stalked and widely 
spreading or drooping; perigynia oblong, sharply 
triangular, many-nerved, brown when ripe, narrowed 
at both ends, 1’’ long, more than 14’ thick, the very 
short beak slightly oblique; scales lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate, scarious-margined, acute, acuminate or 
short-awned, shorter than or the lower about equal- i 
ling the perigynia; stigmas 3. V TS 
In woods and thickets, Maine and southern Ontario to Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas. 
Ascends to 3000 ft. in Virginia. May-July. 
; Carex digitalis copulata Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1: 47. LS8Q.F 5 | . 
Larger in every way, culms sometimes 2° long, reclining; leaves 2's''-4'’ wide; pistillate spikes 
shorter and denser; perigynia larger. Michigan and southern Ontario, 
110. Carex Careyana Torr. Carey’s Sedge. (Fig. 780.) 
Carex Careyana Torr.; Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 30: 
60. f. 88." 1836. 
Glabrous, bright green, culms slender, erect 
or somewhat reclining, smooth or nearly so, 1° 
2° tall. Basal leaves flat, 3/’-6’’ wide, much 
shorter than the culm; bracts linear-lanceolate 
with very long sheaths, the blades 1/3’ long; 
staminate spike usually large, long-stalked; 
pistillate spikes 1-3 (commonly 2), erect, loosely 
few-several-flowered, less than 1’ long, the 
upper sessile or short-stalked, the lower on a 
long filiform stalk; perigynia ovoid-oblong, 
very sharply 3-angled, many-nerved, fully 2/7 
long and over 1/’ thick, brown, the short beak 
slightly oblique, entire; scales ovate with white 
hyaline margins, cuspidate or awned, shorter 
than the perigynia; stigmas 3. 
In woods, New England (according to Bailey); 
New York to Michigan and Virginia. May-June. 
