CYPERACEAE. 
186, Carex Deweyana Schwein. Dewey’s 
Sedge. (Fig. 856.) 
Carex Deweyana Schwein. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1:65. 1824. 
Pale green, culms slender, spreading, nearly or 
quite smooth, 1°-2° long. Leaves 1//-114’’ wide, 
flat, soft, shorter than the culm; bracts bristle-form, 
the lower commonly elongated; spikes 3-6, oblong 
or subglobose, few-flowered, about 2'%4’’ in diam- 
eter, sessile, distinctly separated or the upper ones 
contiguous; staminate flowers basal; perigynia lan- 
ceolate or ovate-lanceolate, thin, nerveless, 2’’-214’’ 
long, rather less than 1/’ wide, the inner face flat, 
the tapering rough strongly 2-toothed beak at least 
one-half as long as the body; scales nearly white, 
hyaline with a green midvein, cuspidate or acute, 
equalling the perigynia, or shorter; stigmas 2. 
In dry woods, Nova Scotia to Manitoba and Oregon, 
south to Connecticut, aires lvania, Michigan, New 
Mexico and Utah. May-July. 
187. Carex bromoides Schk. Brome-like es (Fig. 857.) 
C. bromoides Schk. Riedgr. Nachtr. 8. 7. 776. 1806. > 
Bright green, culms slender, erect or reclining, 
roughish aboye, 1°-2° long. Leaves 1/’ wide or 
less, flat, soft, equalling or shorter than the culm; 
bracts subulate or bristle-form, the lowest com- 
monly elongated, sometimes overtopping the spikes; 
spikes 3-7, narrowly oblong-cylindric, 4’’-S’’ long, 
about 114’ thick, erect or ascending, mostly close 
together, loosely several-many-flowered, the stam- 
inate flowers either basal, basal and terminal, or 
forming whole spikes, the plant occasionally quite 
dioecious; perigynia linear-lanceolate, firm, pale, 
strongly several-nerved, 2/’-214’’ long, 14’’ wide, 
the inner face flat, the tapering rough 2-toothed 
beak at least one-half as long as the body; scales ob- 
long-lanceolate, green, acute or acuminate, shorter 
than the perigynia; stigmas 2. 
In bogs and swamps, Nova Scotia to Ontario and 
Michigan, south to Florida and Louisiana. June-Aug. 
188, Carex praténsis Drejer. Northern Meadow Sedge. (Fig. 858.) 
Carex pratensis Drejer, Rev. Crit. Car. 24. 1841. 
Light green, culms slender, erect when young, 
the summit later nodding, nearly smooth, 1°- 
1%° tall. Leaves about 1/’ wide, shorter than 
the culm, but the upper sometimes overtopping 
the spikes; lower bract bristle-form, usually 
short; spikes 3-6, oblong or club-shaped, sepa- 
rated or the upper contiguous, silvery-brown and 
shining, 3//-5’’ long, about 214’ in diameter, 
several-flowered, the staminate flowers basal; 
perigynia lanceolate, thin, pale, nerveless on the 
inner face, few-nerved on the outer, 214’’ long, 
nearly 1/’ wide, wing-margined, tapering into a 
beak nearly as long as the body; scales mem- 
branous, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, about 
as long as the perigynia; stigmas 2 
Labrador to western Ontario, Michigan, Manitoba 
and Alaska, south in the Rocky Mountains to Col- 
orado. Summer. 
