+ Dacula 
SEDGE FAMILY. 
153. Carex stipata Muhl. Awl-fruited Sedge. (Fig. 823.) 
Carex stipata Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 233. 1805. 
Culms smooth, rather weak, erect or nearly so, 
sharply 3-angled before drying, 1°-314° tall. Leaves 
flat, 2’’-4’’ wide, shorter than the culm, the upper 
ones sometimes overtopping the spikes; bracts short, 
bristle-form or wanting; spikes numerous, yellowish 
brown, crowded into a terminal oblong cluster 114/— 
4’ long, the lowest sometimes branched, the stami- 
nate flowers few, always terminal; perigynia lanceo- 
late, strongly several-nerved, 2’/-2'4’’ long, about 1/’ 
wide at the base, gradually tapering into a rough 
flattened 2-toothed beak 1-2 times as long as the 
body, giving the clusters a peculiarly bristly aspect; 
scales ovate or lanceolate, thin, hyaline, acuminate, 
shorter than the perigynia; stigmas 2. 
In swamps and wet meadows, Newfoundland to Ontario 
and British Columbia, south to Florida, Tennessee, Mis- 
WA 
1S 
souri, New Mexico and California. Asce 
in Virginia. May-July. 
nds to 4200 ft. 
154. Carex Crus-Cérvi Shuttlw. Raven’s-foot Sedge. (Fig. 824.) 
Carex Crus-Corvi Shuttlw.; Kunze, Riedg. Suppl. 128. 
pl. 32. 1844. 
Carex Halei Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. (II.)2:248. 1846. 
Pale green and glaucous, culms stout, 3-angled, 
rough above, erect, 2°-4° tall. Leaves flat, 2%4//— 
6’’ wide, rough-margined, sometimes equalling the 
culm, usually shorter; spikes yellowish brown, 
staminate above, very numerous in a large com- 
pound branching terminal cluster 4/-12/ long, 1/— 
3/ thick; perigynia elongated-lanceolate, strongly 
several-nerved, about 4/’ long, with a short hard 
base and a subulate rough 2-toothed beak 3 or 4 
times as long as the body; scales ovate or lanceo- 
late, thin, very much shorter than the perigynia; 
stigmas 2. 
155. Carex decomposita Muhl. Large- 
panicled Sedge. (Fig. 825.) 
Carex decomposita Muhl. Gram. 264. 1817. 
Dark green, culms smooth, very obtusely angled 
or terete below, rather stout, erect, 11%4°-3° tall. 
Leaves 2’’-4’’ wide, rough, rather stiff, longer than 
the culm, equitant at the base; spikes yellowish 
brown, staminate above, small and very numerous 
in a terminal decompound cluster 2/-5’ long, the 
lower branches ascending and 1/—2/ long; bracts 
subulate, ciliate or wanting; perigynia short-ob- 
ovate, less than 1/’ long, hard, somewhat shin- 
ing, faintly few-nerved, abruptly tipped with a 
very short slightly 2-toothed beak; scales ovate, 
scarious-margined, about equalling the perigynia; 
stigmas 2, 
In swamps, New York to Ohio and Michigan, south 
to Florida and Louisiana. May-Aug. 
In swamps, Indiana to southern Minnesota, south to 
Florida, Louisiana and Texas. May-July. 
