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SEDGE FAMILY. 351 
Carex intérior capillacea Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 426. 1893. 
Leaves about \"’ wide; perigynia ovate, cordate, strongly nerved. Massachusetts to Pennsylvania. 
177. Carex canéscens IL. Silvery Sedge. (Fig. 847.) 
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Carex canescens ¥,. Sp. Pl. 974. 1753 
Pale green and somewhat glaucous, culms slender, 
erect, roughish above, 10’-2%4° tall. Leaves flat, 
%4//-1’’ wide, shorter than the culm; bracts very short 
or none, or the lowest occasionally bristle-form and 
longer than its spike; spikes 4-9, short-oblong or sub- 
globose, sessile, densely many-flowered, 214//-5/’ 
long, about 2’’ in diameter, scattered or the upper 
close together; staminate flowers basal; perigynia 4 
oval or ovate-oval, silvery green or nearly white, 
faintly few-nerved, ascending, blunt-edged, rather 
less than 1/’ long, about %’’ wide, rough above, 
tipped with a minute entire beak; scales hyaline, 
ovate, acute or obtuse, slightly shorter than or as long 
as the perigynia; stigmas 2. 
In swamps and bogs, Newfoundland to British Coluim- 2 
bia, south to Virginia, Michigan, Colorado and Oregon. ay 
Ascends to 4200 ft. in Virginia. Also in Europe and . 
Asia. May-July. ——) ZI 
178. Carex brunnéscens (Pers.) Poir. Brownish Sedge. (Fig. 848.) 
Carex curta var. brunnescens Pers. Syn. 2: 539. 1807. 
C, canescens var. alpicola Wahl. Fl. Lapp. 232. 1812. 
C. brunnescens Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 3: 286. 1813. 
Rather dark green, not glaucous, culms slender, stiff, 
erect, roughish above, 8/’—18/ tall. Leaves 1’’ wide or 
less, shorter than the culm; lower bract bristle-form 
and longer than its spike, or short, or none; spikes 4-5, 
subglobose or short-oblong, few-flowered, rarely over 
2%’ long, scattered, or the upper close together; stami- 
nate flowers basal; perigynia ascending or spreading, 
brown, smaller than those of the preceding species, less 
than 1’’ long, tipped with a manifest beak about one- 
fourth as long as the body; scales ovate, membranous, 
brownish, about equalling the perigynia; stigmas 2. 
In wet places, mostly at high altitudes, Labrador to 
British Columbia, New York and New England, on the 
southern Alleghenies, and the Rocky Mountains. Alsoin 
Europe. Ascends to 6600 ft. in North Carolina. Summer. 
Carex brunnéscens gracilior Britton. 
Carex canescens var. vulgaris Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 13:86. 1888. Not C. vulgaris Fries, 1842. 
Culms nearly filiform, weak, often spreading; spikes 4-8-flowered; perigynia spreading, longer- 
beaked. Range of type, mostly at lower altitudes. Perhaps a distinct species. 
179. Carex Norvégica Willd. Norway 
Sedge. (Fig. 849.) 
Carex Norvegica Willd.; Schk. Riedgr. 50. 1801. 
Bright green, culms slender but stiff and erect, 
slightly scabrous above, 6/—16/ tall. Leaves 1’ wide 
or less, shorter than the culm; bracts very short or 
wanting; spikes 3-6, brown, oblong or subglobose, 
scattered or rather close together, densely many- 
flowered, 3/’-6’’ long, about 2’’ in diameter; stami- 
nate flowers basal, very numerous at the bottom of 
the upper spike; perigynia ascending, about 1// 
long, elliptic, blunt-edged, narrowed at both ends, 
brownish, finely many-nerved, tipped with a very 
short rough beak; scales ovate or oval, brown, ob- 
tuse, rather shorter than the perigynia; stigmas 2. 
Along salt meadows, Maine to Anticosti. Reported 
from Minnesota, Also in Europe. Summer. 
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