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123. Carex pedunculata Muhl. Long-stalked Sedge. (Fig. 793.) 
Carex pedunculata Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 222. 1805. \ 7. y, 
Densely matted, rather bright green, culms very | fp \ If | / 
slender, roughish above, diffuse or reclining, 3’-10’ y 
long. Leaves flat, 1//-114’’ wide, the basal com- | y 
monly longer than the culms; sheaths green, the 
upper almost bladeless, the lower with short leaf-like j 
blades; staminate spike long-stalked, usually with 7 y 
some pistillate flowers at its base; pistillate spikes 2— 
6, 3/’-6’ long, few-flowered, filiform-stalked and 
spreading or drooping, scattered, commonly borne 
at every node, some of them appearing basal; peri- 
gynia obovoid, sharply 3-angled, puberulent or be- 
coming glabrous, 2’’ long, pale green, nerveless, 
narrowed below into a stipe, tipped with a minute 
and somewhat oblique entire beak; scales green or 
purplish, ovate, abruptly cuspidate or the lower sub- 
ulate-awned, equalling or the lower considerably 
exceeding the perigynia; stigmas 3. ) 
In dry woods, Anticosti to Manitoba, south to Virginia, Pennsylvania and Minnesota. May-July. 
124. Carex pedicellata (Dewey) Britton. Fibrous-rooted Sedge. (Fig. 794.) 
Carex varia Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 11: 102. 1826. Not 
Muhl. 1805. 
C. varia var. pedicellata Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 11: 162. 1826, 
Carex communis Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1: 41. 1889. 
Carex pedicellata Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 87. 1894. 
Light green, not stoloniferous, fibrous-rooted, culms 
slender, roughish above, erect or reclining, 6’—20/ long. 
Leaves 1//-2/ wide, shorter than the culms; lower bract 
narrowly linear or subulate, 1 /-2’ long; staminate spike 
short-stalked, 4’/’-12/’ long; pistillate spikes 2-4, short- 
oblong, few-flowered, sessile and usually separated, or 
the lowest short-stalked; perigynia oval or oblong, 
rather less than 1’ long and a little more than 14// in 
diameter, pale, pubescent, slightly 1-ribbed on each 
side, tipped with a subulate 2-toothed beak one-fourth 
the length of the body; scales green, ovate, acute, about 
equalling the perigynia; stigmas 3. 
In dry soil, Nova Scotia to Minnesota, Georgia, Ohio and 
Michigan, Ascends to 5700 ft. in Virginia. May-July. 
Carex pedicellata Wheéleri (Bailey) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:88. 1894. — 
Carex communis var. Wheeleri Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1:41. 1889. . 
Usually lower than the species and the leaves much shorter than the culm; staminate spike only 
2''-3'' long; pistillate spikes closer together. Nova Scotia to Connecticut and Michigan. 
125. Carex Pennsylvanica am. Pennsylvania Sedge. (Fig. 795.) 
Carex Pennsylvanica Yam. Encycl. 3: 388. 1789. ( 
Dark or dull green, stoloniferous, culms slender, erect, 
smooth or roughish, 6’-15/ tall. Leaves 14//-14’/ wide, 
the basal shorter than or sometimes exceeding the culm, 
the old sheaths persistent and fibrillose; lower bract sub- 
ulate or scale-like, rarely over 14’ long; staminate spike 
sessile or very short-stalked, 14’-1’ long; pistillate 
spikes 1-3, short-oblong, few-flowered, sessile, contigu- 
ous or the lower somewhat distant; perigynia broadly 
oval, about 1’ long and more than 14’ in diameter, pu- 
bescent, 1-ribbed on each side, narrowed at the base, 
tipped with a 2-toothed beak about one-fourth the length 
of the body; scales ovate, purplish, acute or cuspidate, 
equalling or a little longer than the perigynia; stigmas 3. 
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In dry soil, New Brunswick to Manitoba and the North- 
west Territory, south to North Carolina, Tennessee and Kan- 
sas. Ascends to 5000 ft. in North Carolina. May-June. 
