— 
“mate flowers terminal; perigynia flat, spreading, 
SEDGE FAMILY. 345 
Carex alopecoidea sparsispicata Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. (II.) 8: 350. 1849. 
Spikes distinctly separated. Southeastern Michigan. 
159. Carex gravida Bailey. Heavy Sedge. 
(Fig. 829.) 
Carex gravida Bailey. Mem. Torr. Club, 1:5. 1889. 
Carex gravida var. laxtfolia Bailey, loc. cit. 6. 1889. 
Light green, culms slender, 114°-3° tall, sharply 
3-angled, erect, rough above. Leaves flat, 114//- 3// 
wide, spreading or ascending, equalling or shorter 
than the culm; bracts filiform, usually very short; 
spikes several, in an oblong or oyoid-oblong dense 
heavy head 1/-1 14’ long, pale, subglobose, the stami- 
broadly ovate or suborbicular, 14’/-2’’ long, at least 
1’’ wide, rounded at the base, sessile or short-stalked, 
narrowed into a 2-toothed beak about one-third as long 
as the body, several-nerved on the outer face or nerve- 
less; scales ovate-lanceolate, acute, cuspidate or short- 
awned, about as long as the perigynia; stigmas 2. =e yh, 
Illinois to South Dakota and Nebraska. May-July. — 
160. Carex vulpinoidea Michx. Fox Sedge. (Fig. 830.) 
Carex vulpinotdea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 169. 1803. 
Culms slender, stiff, sharply 3-angled, rough 
above, 1°-3° tall. Leaves 1//-2'4’’ wide, elon- 
gated, often exceeding the culm; bracts bristle-like, 
short or sometimes 2/-3/ long; spikes ovoid-oblong, 
densely flowered, 2’’-4’’ long, very numerous in a 
compact or somewhat interrupted cluster, 114/—5’ 
long, the lower ones sometimes compound, stami- 
nate flowers terminal; perigynia ovate or the body 
broader than long, less than 1// long, rather more 
than '4’’ wide, greenish brown, flat, several-nerved 
on the outer face, nerveless or 1-3 nerved on the 
inner, ascending or spreading, tipped with a lanceo- 
late 2-toothed beak about half as long as the body; 
scales lanceolate, acuminate or awned, about as 
long as the perigynia, but narrower; stigmas 2. 
In swamps and wet meadows, New Brunswick to 
Manitoba, south to Florida, Louisiana, Nebraska and 
Texas. Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. June-Aug. 
161. Carex xanthocarpa Bicknell. Yellow-fruited Sedge. (Fig. 831.) 
see vanthocarpa Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 22. 
Culms rather stout, rough above, 1°-5° tall, 
much longer than the leaves. Leaves 114//-3/’ 
wide; head oblong or ovoid, usually dense, 34/-214’ 
long; spikes numerous, ovoid, many-flowered, 
short; staminate flowers terminal; bracts mostly 
short and inconspicuous; perigynia bright yellow, 
plano-convex, ovate-elliptic, about 114’ long, with 
a narrowed or cuneate base and a short minutely 
2-toothed beak, nerveless, or obscurely few-nerved 
on the outer face; scales acuminate, short-awned. 
In fields, Massachusetts to New York and Ohio, 
jJune-Aug. 
Carex xanthocarpa annéctens Bicknell, Bull. Torr. Club, 
23: 22. 1896. 
Lower and slender; leaves 1'’-2'' wide; head not over 
114’ long; bracts usually numerous and longer than the 
globose spikes; perigynia ovate or suborbicular. Abun- 
dant in the vicinity of New York. 
