186 FERGUSON: CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLORA OF LONG ISLAND 
S. Torreyana Walp S. reticularis Michx. 
Height of plant. 4% to5%dm. . 2% to3 dm 
General aspect Slender or more drooping Stouter, erect 
Lower leaf sheaths Glabrous ubescent 
Roots when fresh’ Fibrous, pinkish-red Fibrous, pinkish-red 
erp lobes Acute or acuminate Blunt, or emarginate 
Achen -Pubescent. Irregularly rough- Glabrous. Regularly. reti- 
ened. Broader than long. 134 culated. Reticulations shal- 
to 2 mm. broad. 134 mm. low with rounded edges. 
Smooth and rather flat Achenes as broad as long— 
on top. Immature achenes 1% mm. broad, 14% mm. 
Poi smooth and glabrous blag Reticulation right up 
the prominently apicu- 
ets top. 
Dr. N. L. Britton is of the opinion, in which the author con- 
curs, that this group should be revised and has urged the writer 
to undertake it. The latter feels it should be done by one wie 
far more experience. 
Certainly the above two Bias Island plants are Ree 
species. 
CAREX 
Carex cristatella Britton | Woodside. Swampy woods. 
ae Abundant. Only locality found. 
‘“ twrisperma Dewey Coast cedar swamp between Good 
re Ground and Flanders. 
‘virescens Muhl. — Rich ‘woods. Wading River. 
Douglaston. Northwest _ of 
Huntington. 
‘« festucacea Sctik. Rich woods. Richmond Hill. 
Northwest of Huntington. 
““ anceps Wahl. Rich woods.- Plattsdale. Roslyn. 
tis state ARES Bayside. 
“ prasina Wahl. Bayside. Open bog. 
‘““ umbellata Schk. Lakeview. Open dry sand, but 
os ‘few plants associated gels C. 
tonsa. 
‘*  hystricina Muhl. Woodside. oie In shade in 
tall-grass. 
“typhina Michx. | Swampy woods. Queens, _ 
Bayside, Flushing. » 
squarrosa L. ~ - Swampy woods. Dowilastat: 
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