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201. Carex festucacea Willd. Fescue Sedge. (Fig. 871.) 
Carex festucacea Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 242. 1805. 
Carex straminea var. brevior Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 11: 
158. 1826. 
C. straminea var. festucacea Tuck. En. Meth. 18. 1843. 
Culms slender or rather stout, nearly or quite 
smooth, stiff, strictly erect, 1°-4° tall. Leaves rather 
stiff, erect, 1/’-2’’ wide, shorter than the culm; spikes 
3-8, green-brown oblong or nearly globular, clustered 
at the summit but not at all confluent, 2’’-4’’ in diam- 
eter, the lower one sometimes subtended by a short 
filiform bract; perigynia orbicular or very broadly 
ovate, broadly wing-margined, about 114’’ in diam- 
eter, little if at all longer than wide, spreading or as- 
cending, several-nerved on both faces, the roughish 
beak about one-third the length of the body; scales 
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtusish, about 
as long as and narrower than the perigynia; stigmas 2. 
In dry or moist soil, New Brunswick to Minnesota, 3 
south to Florida and Kansas. May-July. 
202. Carex alata Torr. Broad-winged Sedge. (Fig. 872.) 
Carex alata Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 3: 396. 1836. 
Carex straminea var. alata Bailey, Carex Cat. 1884. 
Culms stiff, rather stout, strictly erect, roughish 
above, 1°-3%° tall. Leaves grass-like, but somewhat 
rigid, 1’’-2’’ wide, shorter than the culm, spikes ob- 
long or oblong-conic, green-brown, very densely 
many-flowered, 5/’-8’’ long, 4’’-5’’ thick, usually con- 
spicuously staminate and contracted at the base, 
pointed or obtuse at the summit; all distinct but 
usually little separated, bractless, or the lower one 
subtended by a short filiform bract; perigynia orbicu- 
lar or oboyate-orbicular, very broadly winged, 2//-2%4’’ 
in diameter, faintly few-nerved or almost nerveless, 
erect and appressed, or somewhat curved upward, the 
short beak not more than one-fourth as long as the 
body; scales lanceolate, acuminate, scarcely over \4// 
wide, a little shorter than the perigynia; stigmas 2; 
; achene distinctly stipitate. 
In moist soil, Massachusetts to Florida, mostly near the coast. May-June. 
203. Carex albolutéscens Schwein. Greenish-white Sedge. (Fig. 873.) 
Carex albolutescens Schwein. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 1:66. 1824. 
Carex straminea vat. foenea Torr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 3: 395. 
1836. Not C. foenea Willd. 1809. 
Carex albolutescens var. cumulata Bailey, Bull. Torr. 
Club, 20: 422. 1893. 
Similar to the preceding species, but usually lower, 
culms 1°-2° tall, stout, strictly erect, rough above. 
Leaves 1//-2’’ wide, shorter than the culm; bracts fili- 
form or wanting, the lower one sometimes exceeding 
its spike; spikes 3-8, oblong, usually narrowed at 
both ends, staminate below, silvery green when young 
but becoming brownish, 4/’-6’ long, mostly less than 
3’’ thick, clustered, but distinct, the lowest sometimes 
separated, and very rarely stalked; perigynia broadly 
ovate, not twice as long as wide, broadly winged, 
strongly nerved on both faces, appressed, about 2/’ 
long, the roughish beak about one-third as long as the 
body; scales lanceolate, acuminate, about as long as the 
perigynia, but much narrower;-achene nearly or quite 
sessile; stigmas 2. 
In wet soil, most abundant along salt meadows, but also occurring inland, New Brunswick to 
eastern Pennsylvania and Florida. May-July. 
