342 CYPERACEAE. 
150. Carex Douglasii Boott. Douglas’ Sedge. (Fig. 820.) 
Carex Douglasii Boott; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 213. i. 
214. 1840. 
Light green, rootstock extensively creeping, culms. 
slender, erect, smooth or nearly so, 4/-12’ tall. 
Leaves 1’/ wide or less, somewhat involute in drying, 
sometimes longer than the culm, tapering toa long 
point; spikes narrowly oblong, acute, 4’’-6’’ long, 
several or numerous in a dense terminal oblong or 
ovoid cluster 1/-2’ long; staminate flowers terminal 
or variously distributed, whole spikes occasionally 
staminate or the plants even dioecious; perigynia 
ovate-lanceolate, about 114’” long, faintly several- 
nerved, on both sides, narrowed at the base, the 
slender tapering beak more than one-half as long as 
the body; scales pale greenish brown, lanccolate, 
scarious, smooth-awned, 2-4 times longer than the 
perigynia and completely concealing them; stigmas 2. 
In dry soil, Manitoba to Nebraska and New Mexico, 
west to British Columbia and California. June-Aug. 
151. Carex arenaria I. Sand Sedge. 
Sand-star. (Fig. 821.) 
Carex arenaria 1, Sp. Pl. 973-1753: 
Rootstock extensively creeping, culms erect, slen- 
der, slightly scabrous above, 4/-15’ high. Leaves 1/’ 
or less wide, very long-pointed, shorter than the culm; 
lower bract subulate, sometimes 144’ long; spikes ob- 
long, 3/’-5’’ long, aggregated into a terminal ovoid 
cluster 1/-2’ long, the terminal commonly staminate, 
the middle ones staminate at the top, the lower usu- 
ally wholly pistillate; perigynia lanceolate, 114’/—2/’ 
long, strongly several-nerved on both sides, the flat 
strongly 2-toothed beak nearly as long as the body 
and decurrent on its summit; scales lanceolate, light 
brown, long-acuminate or awned, about equalling the 
perigynia; stigmas 2. ~. = 
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152. Carex conjuncta Boott. Soft Fox Sedge, (Fig. 822. 
) 
Carex vulpina Carey, in A. Gray, Man. 541. 1848. 
Not L. 1753. 
Carex conjuncia Boott, Ill, 122. 1862. 
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Light green, culms smooth or roughish above, 
WB | sharply 3-angled when fresh, flat when pressed, 
WA \| soft, erect, 114°-3° tall. Leaves shorter than or 
Ws | sometimes equalling the culm, soft, flat, rough- 
. Wo | margined, 2'%’’-3%’’ wide; bracts small and 
bristle-like or wanting; spikes several or numer- 
ous, in a terminal elongated sometimes branched 
cluster, or the lower separated, the staminate 
flowers few, terminal; perigynia ovate-lanceolate 
or lanceolate, pale, 1%’ long, thickened at the 
base, strongly several-nerved, tapering into a 
| roughish 2-toothed beak shorter than the body; 
scales oblong-lanceolate, cuspidate or short awned, 
about as long as the perigynia; stigmas 2. 
_ Inmoist meadows and thickets, New Jersey (accord- 
ing to Bailey), southeastern Pennsylvania to Kentucky, 
Illinois and Minnesota. June-Aug. 
