_ a Baw, 
334 CYPERACEAE, 
126. Carex varia Muhl. Emmons’ Sedge. (Fig. 796.) 
Carex varia Muhl.; Wahl. Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. 
(I1.) 24: 159. 1803. 
Cc. Emmonsti Dewey; Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 3: 411. 1836. 
C. varia var. colorata Bailey, Mem. Torr, Club, 1:41. 1889. 
Rather bright green, stoloniferous, culms filiform, 
erect or somewhat spreading, roughish above, 6’—18/ 
long. Leaves elongated, 14//-14%’’ wide, nearly al- 
ways shorter than the culms; lower bract scale-like or 
subulate, rarely 1/ long; staminate spike 2’/-4’’ long, 
sessile, sometimes scarcely overtopping the upper pis- 
tillate one, but usually rather prominent; pistillate 
spikes 2-4, mostly close together, 2-3’ long, few- 
flowered; perigynia oblong, pubescent, about 1’ long 
4” thick, narrowed at the base, tipped with a subu- 
late minutely 2-toothed beak commonly one-half the 
length of the body; scales ovate, green or purplish- 
brown, acute, about as long as the perigynia; stigmas 3. 
In dry soil, Nova Scotia to western Ontario and Mani- 
toba, south to Georgia and Texas. May-July. 
127. Carex Novae-Angliae Schwein. 
New England Sedge. (Fig. 797.) 
C. Novae-Angliae Schwein. Ann. Lyc. N. ¥. 1:67. 1824. 
Rather dark green, stoloniferous, culms filiform, 
erect or reclining, 4’-8’ long. Leaves about 4’ 
wide, soft, elongated, often exceeding the culms; 
staminate spike short-stalked, very narrow or almost 
filiform, 3’’-8’’ long; pistillate spikes 1-4, distant, 
subglobose, few-flowered, sessile or the lower short- 
stalked; lower bract filiform, short or sometimes 
overtopping the spikes; perigynia narrowly obovoid 
or oblong, 1’’ long, %’’ thick, pubescent, tipped by 
a subulate 2-toothed beak about one-fourth the length 
of the body; scales ovate, greenish-brown, acute or 
cuspidate; stigmas 2 or 3. 
In wet shaded places, New Brunswick to Maine, Massa- 
chusetts and northern New York. Summer. 
128. Carex defléxa Hornem. Northern Sedge. (Fig. 798.) 
Carex deflexa Hornem. Plantel. Ed. 3, 1:938. 1821. 
Carex deflexa var. Deanei Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club. 1: 
42. 1889. 
Carex Peckit Howe; Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 
Nat. Hist. 47: 166. 1894. 
Aspect of smaller forms of the preceding species; 
culms filiform, erect or spreading, 1/-12’ long, shorter 
than or exceeding the narrow bright green leaves. 
Bracts subulate or very narrowly linear, !4’-2’ long; 
staminate spike sessile, 1/’-3’ long, sometimes ob- 
lique, inconspicuous; pistillate spikes 1-4, 2//-4/’ 
long, oblong, few-flowered, the upper sessile, the 
lower slender-stalked and somewhat separated, com- 
monly also 1 or 2 nearly basal filiform-stalked spikes 
from the lowest sheaths; perigynia oblong, much 
narrowed at the base, pubescent, 1’’ or less long, 
tipped with a flat 2-toothed beak about one-fourth 
the length of the body; scales ovate or ovate-lanceo- 
late, green, acute or cuspidate; stigmas 3 or 2. 
_In open places, Nova Scotia to Ontario, Maine, Vermont and Pennsylvania, mostly at high 
altitudes. Summer. Carea Peckti Howe (C. albicans Willd., an older name) may be distinct. 
Carex defléxa Farweéllii Britton. 
Carex deflexa var. media Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1: 43. 1889. Not C. media R. Br. 1823. 
Densely tufted; culms stiff, erect, 6’-15' tall, commonly much longer than the leaves; stam- 
