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Minn, valley: N. E. district; woods and river banks. 

 Herb. : ? Kassube 276, Minneapolis. 



Carex laxiflora Lam. Enc. Meth. Ill, 392 (1789). 

 C. striatula MiCHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 173 (1803). 

 C. conoidea Muhl. Diss. Gram. 248 (1817). 

 C. anceps Schwein. and Tuur. Mod. 343 (1825) in part. 

 C. blanda Dew. Sill. Journ. X, 45 (1826). 

 C. anceps \ar. blanda Hook. Fl. Bor.-Am. II, 226 (1840). 

 C. anceps var. striatida Carey, Gray's Man. ed. 1, 554 (1848). 

 C. ignola Deav. Sill. Journ. VIII, 348 (1849). 

 C. laxiflora var. striatula Carev, Gray's Man. ed. 2, 524 (1852). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 607; Mac, Fl. Can. II, 155; Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 274; Webb., Fl. Neb. 98; Upham, Fl. Minn. 157; Chap., Fl. S. St. 

 540; Mac, Fl. Can. II, 382; Cov., Fl. Ark. 231; Bail., Syn. Car. 114. 



North America: Ont. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla. ; W. 

 to Minn, and Mo. 



Minn, valley: Forest district; Ft, Snelling to Blue 

 Earth Co.; wet meadows; infrequent. 



Herb. : Sandberg 546, Red Wing. 



Carex flava Linn. Spec. 975 (1753) var. liridula (Michx. ) 

 Bail. Typ. Car. 31 (1889). 



C. viridula Michx. Fl. N. Am. II, 170 (1803). 

 C. irregularis Schwein. An. Tab. (1823). 

 C. oederi Schwein. and Torr. Mon. Car. 334 (1825). 

 ? C. demissa Hornem. Spreng. Syst. Ill, 822 (1826). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 606; Mac, Fl. Can. II, 140; Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 273; Bail., Syn. Car. Ill; Upham, Fl. Minn. 158; Richt., PI. Eur. 

 164 (specj; Herd., Fl. Eur. Russ. 140 (spec ; Hook., Fl. Gt. Brit. 461 

 (spec); Cov., Fl. Ark. 231; Engl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. II, 2, 125; Hart., Fl. 

 Scand. I, 459 (spec). 



North America: Greenland, N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont., 

 Man. to Brit. Col., Vancouver and Hudson Bay; S. to N. Eng., 

 Penn., N. J.; W. to Minn., Dak. and Mont. 



Minn, valley: N. E. district; rare; wet places and in 

 rocky soil. 



Herb.: MacM. and Shekl, Brainerd (var. graminis 

 Bail.). 



Carex crawei Dew. Torr., Bot. N. Y. H, 408 (1843). 



V. heterostackya Torr. Sill. Journ. II, 248 (1846). 

 C craioei var. heterostachya Dew. Sill. Journ. XLII, 4 (1866). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 606; Mac, Fl. Can. 11, 153; Up- 

 ham, Fl. Minn. 157; Bail., Syn. Car. 110. 



North America: Anticosti, Ont., Owen Sound and 

 Man. to N. Y., 111. and Minn. 



Minn, valley: S. central district; peat bogs and wet 

 places in forest. 



