688 CLX. CYPERACEZ. Carex. 
92. C. Hircucockiana. Dew. wi 
ov Spike erect, pedunculate; 9 spikes 2—3, erect, few-flowered, lowest dis- 
tant; perig. oval-triquetrous, tapering at both ends, inflated, alternate, bent at 
the apex, striate, with a short, truncated and open beak, about equaling or 
shorter than the oblong or ovate, mucronate glume; st. 10—24’ high, erect, stiff, 
scabrous above, with long and leafy bracts; st. lvs. and bracts scabrous and sub- 
pubescent.—Borders of woods. Cannot be the C. oligocarpa figured by Schkuhr. 
93. C. LaAxirLora. Lam. 
do Spike oblong, slender; Q spike 2—4, oblong, lax-flowered, few-flowered, 
erect, remote; perig. Ovate or oblong-ovate, obtusish, glabrous, ventricose, 
nerved, subtriquetrous, entire at the mouth, a little longer than the ovate, scabro- 
mucronate glume; st. 10—18’ high, triquetrous, leafy—Bright to pale green. 
Woods, hedges and meadows, common. 
94. C. GranuLaris. Muhl. 
Q Spikes 2—4, cylindric, oblong, dense-flowered, suberect ; perig. round- 
ish-ovate, nerved, very short-beaked and recurved, entire at the orifice, nearly 
twice as long as the ovate-acuminate glume; st. 8—16/ high, erect or subdecum- 
bent, smooth, leafy.—Glaucous green except the mature, yellow spikes. Moist 
soils in meadows and hedges, along brooks, abundant. 
95. C. PANICEA. 
Q Spikes 2—3, loose-flowered, remotish, lowest long-pedunculate; perig. 
subglobose, obtuse, entire at the mouth, a little greater than the ovate, subacute 
glume; st. a foot high, triquetrous, leafy at the base; lvs. shorter than the stem. 
—Light green. Near Boston, Pickering. 
96. C. BINERVIs. Smith. 
Q Spikes 3, oblong, cylindric, subdense-flowered ; perig. ovate, round, 
short-rostrate, bicuspidate, smooth, binerved, twice longer than the ovate, sub- 
acute glume; st. a foot high or more, triquetrous, leafy towards the base.— 
Pale green. Near Boston, B. D. Greene. 
97. C. Greentina. Dew. 
3 Spike one and erect, sometimes 2; Q spikes 2—3, oblong, bracteate, 
pedunculate; perig. ovate-lanceolate, triquetrous, nerved, rostrate, bifurcate, 
‘subdense-flowered, about equal to the ovate, cuspidate glume; st. 1—2f high, 
scabrous above, leafy towards the base—Light green. Resembles C. fulva, 
Good, but differs in its fruit and glume. Near Boston, B. D. Greene. Rare. 
98. C. Grayina. Dew. 
3 Spike oblong; Q spikes 2—3, oblong-cylindric, subloose-flowered ; perig. 
ovate-oblong, subtriquetrous, subinflated, obtuse or acutish, entire at the orifice, 
longer than the obtuse, oblong glume; s¢. 6—16/ high, erect, triquetrous, striate, 
with leaves about its own length—Glaucous green. Sphagnous swamp, near 
Utica, N. Y., Gray; cedar swamp, N. J., Torrey. Has been supposed to be 
C. livida, Wahl., trom which it differs in several respects. 
99. C. Hatseyana. Dew. 
3’ Spike oblong, erect, sessile, often 2, approximate ; Q spzkes 1—2, oblong- 
cylindric, erect, loose-flowered, sometimes ¢' above; perig. ovate, short-rostrate, 
subtriquetrous, inflated, glabrous, oblique at the orifice, a little longer than the 
ovate, subacute glume; s¢. 1—2f high, acutely triquetrous; lvs. linear-lanceo- 
late, shorter towards the base.— Dark green.—Upland meadows, Westfield, Ms., 
Davis; plains of N. J., Kneiskern. 
100. C. CAPILLARIS. 
o Spike small; Q spikes 2—3, ovate, oblong, about 6-flowered, loose- 
flowered, long and recurved pedunculate; perig. oval, short-rostrate, oblong, 
oblique at the orifice, longer than the oblong, ovate, obtuse glume; st. 2—7’ 
high, leafy at the base ; lvs. narrow, long.—Grows in tufts. Palegreen. Alpine 
regions of the White Mts., J2obtins. 
101. C. esurnes. Booit. (C. alba. 8. setifolia. Dew.) 
Q Spikes 2—3, erect, 3—6-flowered, ovate, with white, leafless sheaths, 
and the upper higher than the ¢ spike ; perig. ovate-globose, rostrate or slightly 
obovate, glabrous and brown in maturity, twice longer than the white, ovate, 
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