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Carex hystriciiia Muhl. Willd. Spec. IV (1805). 



C. cooleyi Dew. Sill. Journ. XLVIIl, 144 (1845). 

 C. georgiana Dew. 1. c. VI, 245 (1848). 

 C. thiirberi Dew. Mex. Bound. 232 (1859). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 596: Mac, Fl. Can. II, 173; Chap., 

 Fl. S. St. 543; Webb., Fl. Neb. 98; Britt., Fl. N.J. 270; Coult., Fl. Colo. 

 382; Bail., Syn. Car. 69. 



North America: Newf., N. S., N. Br. to Man., Sas- 

 katchewan and N. of lat. 52° in prairie region; S. to N. Eng., 

 N. J., Ga.; W. to Minn.. Dak., Neb., Ind. Terr, and N. Mex. 



Minn, valley: Forest district and westward to Chip- 

 pewa valley at least; wet meadows and margins of lakes. 



Herb.: SJieldon 342, Smith's Mill, Blue Earth Co.; 

 Ballard 7, Chaska; Ballard 338, Jordan, Scott Co. ; Taj/lor 75, 

 Elysian; MacM. and Slield. 62, Brainerd; Ballard 4a, Zumbrota; 

 Herrick 336, Minneapolis; Kassube 270, Minneapolis; Sandberg 

 551, Center City; Wickersheim 135, Ash lake, Lincoln Co. 



Carcx schweinitzii Dewey, Sill. Journ. IX, 68 (1825). 

 Wats, and Coult. Gray's Man. 6 ed. 595; Mac, Fl. Can. II, 173; Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 270. 



North America: W. N. Eng. and Ont. to Minn, and 

 Mich. 



Minn, valley: Forest district; swamps and borders of 

 lakes. 



Herb. : Ballard 33, Chaska. 



Carex lurida Wahl. K. Acad. Handl. XXIV, 153 (1803). 

 C. tentaculata Muhl. Willd. Spec. IV, 266 (1805). 

 a rostrata Willd. Spec. IV, 282 (1805). 

 C. gigantea Kunth, Enum. II, 503 (1837). 

 C. imrshii Oln. Exsicc. I, 30(1871). 

 C. beyrichiana Boeckl. Linn. XLI, 239 (1876). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 595; Bail., Typ. Car. 10: Mac, Fl. 

 Can. II, 173: Coult., Fl. Colo. 382; Britt., Fl. N. J. 270; Upham, Fl. Minn. 

 158; Mac, Fl. Can. II, 389: Cov., FL Ark. 231. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to N. Eng., N. 

 J., Va. and Pla. ; W. to Minn., 111.. Mo. and Ark. 



Minn, valley: Reported from forest district; infre- 

 quent; wet meadows and bogs. 



Carex retrorsa Schwein. An. Tab. (1823). 

 C. reversa Spreng. Syst. Veg. Ill, 827 (1826). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 595; Bail., Typ. Car. 71: Bail., Syn. 

 Car. 68; Upham, Fl. Minn. 158. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont. to Man., Sas- 

 katchewan, Brit. Col. and Rocky mts. ; S. to N. Eng., Penn., 

 Mich, and Minn. 



