SEDGE FAMILY. 347 
| 165. Carex rosea Schk. Stellate Sedge. 
(Fig. 835.) 
Carex rosea Schk. Riedgr. Nachtr. 15. f. 179. 1806. 
Rather bright green, culms very slender or filiform, 
erect or reclining, rough above, 1°-2'4° long. Leaves 
flat, soft, spreading, 1’’ or less wide, shorter than the 
culm; lower bract filiform or bristle-like, '/-2%’ 
long; spikes 4-8, subglobose, 2’/—3’’ in diameter, 5-15- 
flowered, the 2 or 3 upper close together, the others 
distant; staminate flowers few, terminal; perigynia 
ovyate-lanceolate, flat, bright green, stellately diverging, 
nerveless, shining, 1//-1 4’ long, rather more than 4’ 
wide, tapering into a stout 2-toothed beak about one- 
fourth the length of the body; scales ovate-oblong, 
white, hyaline, half as long as the perigynia; stigmas 2. 
In woods and thickets, Newfoundland to Ontario and 
Manitoba, south to North Carolina, Nebraska and Mis- 
souri. Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. May-July. 
Carex rosea radiata Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 10: 276. 1826. 
Culms filiform, spreading; leaves about !s'’ wide; spikes only 2-6-flowered, scattered; perigynia 
ascending, lanceolate, about ''' wide. Ontario to Massachusetts, North Carolina and Kentucky. 
166. Carex retrofléxa Muhl. Reflexed Sedge. (Fig. 836.) 
Carex retroflexa Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 235. 1805. 
C. rosea var, retroflexa Torr. Ann. Lyc. 3: 389. 1836. 
Culms very slender, erect, rather stiff, 8’/-18/ tall, 
smooth or roughish above. Leaves about 4’ in 
width, mostly shorter than the culm; lower bract 
bristle-form, sometimes 2’ long, usually shorter; 
spikes 4-8, subglobose, 4-9-flowered, the upper all 
close together, the lower 2 or 3 separated; stami- 
nate flowers terminal or rarely variously intermixed 
with the pistillate; perigynia oblong-lanceolate or 
ovate-lanceolate, radiating or reflexed at maturity, 
about 1%’ long and a little more than %’ wide, 
smooth, green-brown, compressed, but not as flat 
as those of the preceding species, somewhat corky- 
thickened at the base, tapering upwardly into a 2- 
toothed beak about one-third the length of the 
body; dcales ovate, hyaline, about half as long as 
the perigynia; stigmas 2. 
In woods and thickets, Massachusetts to Ontario, Michigan, Florida, and Texas. May-July. 
167. Carex Texénsis (Torr.) Bailey. Texas Sedge. (Fig. 837.) 
Carex rosea var. Texensis Torr.; Bailey, Mem. Torr. 
Club, 1:57. _ 1889. 
Carex Texensis Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:97. 1894. 
Similar to the preceding species, culms very 
slender, erect, smooth, 6’-18/ tall. Leaves spread- 
ing or ascending, soft, about 14’/ wide, shorter than 
the culm; lower bract commonly filiform, some- 
times elongated; spikes 4-7, 4-10-flowered, all close 
together in a narrow head 1%4’-114’ long, or the 
lower ones separated; perigynia narrowly lanceo- 
late, green, nerveless, smooth, radiating or widely 
spreading, 114’/-2’’ long, 1%4’’ wide, the tapering 
beak about one-half as long as the body; scales 
lanceolate or ovate, hyaline, acute or acuminate, 
less than one-half as long as the perigynia; stig- 
mas 2, 
Southern Illinois (according to Bailey); Alabama to 
Texas, April-May. 
