SEDGE FAMILY. 337 
135. Carex scirpoidea Michx. Scirpus- 
like Sedge. (Fig. 805.) 
Carex scirpoidea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 2:171. 1803. 
Dioecious, foliage glabrous, rather bright green, 
culms erect, slender but stiff, 6’-18’ tall, slightly 
rough. Leaves '4’/-1’’ wide, nearly erect, usually 
much shorter than the culm; spike solitary or rarely 
with an additional and very small one near its base, 
} linear-cylindric, densely many-flowered, 8//-15’’ 
long, (14’/-2’’ in diameter, subtended by a short or 
sometimes subulate bract; perigynia oval, few- 
nerved, densely pubescent, 1/’ long, 1%4’’ thick, nar- 
rowed at the base, tipped with a very short beak; 
scales ovate-oval, dark purple with a narrow green 
midvein, acute, about as long as the perigynia; 
stigmas 3. 
In rocky soil, Greenland to Alaska, south to the higher 
mountains of New England, Lake Huron, Utah and Cali- 
fornia. Also in northern Europe and Asia. Summer. 
136. Carex Willdenovii Schk. Willdenow’s Sedge. (Fig. 806. ) 
Y Care Willdenovit Schk. Riedgr. Nachtr. 33. / 745. 
1806. 
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Glabrous and pale green, culms very short, erect, 
1’-4/ high. Leaves much elongated, nearly erect, 
rather stiff, 1//-114’’ wide, often 1° long, very much 
overtopping the spikes, lowest reduced to blade- 
less sheaths; spikes 1-5, androgynous, staminate 
above, pistillate below or sometimes completely 
staminate, about 1%’ long, appearing nearly basal, 
one or more of them on filiform stalks 3/-7’ long, 
the stalks of the others much shorter; body of the 
perigynium oblong, smooth, 1//-1!4’’ long, rather 
less than 1’ thick, narrowed into a flattened 2- 
edged rough beak of about its own length; scales 
lanceolate, acute, acuminate or awned, finely sev- 
eral-nerved, the lower I or 2 commonly bract-like, 
foliaceous and often overtopping the staminate 
portion of the spike; stigmas 3. 
In dry woods and thickets, Massachusetts to Ohio, Michigan and Manitoba, south to Florida, 
Kentucky and Texas. April-July. 
137. Carex Jamesii Schwein. James’ Sedge. (Fig. 807.) 
Carex Jamesti Schwein. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 1:67. 1824. “ 
Carex Steudelti Kunth, Enum. 2: 480. 1837. \\ \ Vy 
Similar to the preceding species, but the leaves ! 
rather narrower, soft, spreading or ascending, very 
much surpassing the spikes, the lowest mere 
clasping sheaths. Spikes androgynous, one or 
more of them filiform-stalked, the terminal stami- 
nate portion very slender, the pistillate flowers 
only 1-4 and slightly separated; body of the peri- 
gynium subglobose, 1’’ in diameter, contracted at 
the base, abruptly tipped by a subulate rough 
beak of more than its own length; lower scales 
bract-like, foliaceous, commonly much oyertop- 
ping the staminate portion of the spike, the upper 
shorter and sometimes not exceeding the perigynia; 
stigmas 3. 
In dry woods and thickets, southern Ontario and 
New_York to Indiana and Michigan, south to West 
Virginia and Missouri. April-May. 
