﻿Mackenzie: Notes on Carex 417 



places, as bogs." What then apparently happened is that in the 

 interval between 1826 and 1843 Dewey found out that his original 

 ''Carex stricta Good." was different from that European species. 

 So he made up a new name to apply to his plant, namely C. strictior 

 Dewey. And at the same time he applied the name Carex stricta 

 to our common densely tufted species. 



As bearing out these views as to the identity of Carex strictior 

 it is to be noted that in the 1863 edition of Wood's Class-Book 

 Dewey added to his description of C. strictior, the words, "Nearer 

 C. caespitosa than C stricta,'' his Carex caespitosa being the strongly 

 stoloniferous, bed-forming Carex Goodenovii. 



Dewey's own herbarium does not aid very much. It contains 

 four specimens kindly lent me by Professor Fernald. Three of 

 these, collected and distributed by Sartwell, represent the species 

 I take to be C- strictior. The fourth specimen collected by Olney 

 is a specimen of Carex stricta Lam. Similar specimens collected 

 by Sartwell and Olney are in the Torrey herbarium at the New 

 York Botanical Garden. 



The fact that this species is distinct from Carex stricta has been 

 noted by a number of botanists. Thus, on a specimen in the 

 Philadelphia Academy collected in 1892 by Mr. Benjamin Heritage, 

 we find him noting it as "a form that does not grow in tufts, but is 

 stoloniferous." Mr. Bayard Long in 1910 collected it at Frazier's 

 Bog, near Philadelphia, noting its difference in habit of growth; 

 and Mr. E. p. Bicknell and Dr. Wm. H. Wiegmann have both 

 collected it around New York as Carex aquatilis, which in manner of 

 growth it much resembles. And correspondence with Dr. E. H. 

 Eames and Mr. F. F. Forbes has resulted in specimens from them 

 both from plants which they had previously seen were distinct 

 from Carex stricta. 



The specimens listed below are to be referred to this species. 

 Some are so poor that their identification has been difficult. 



Specimens examined 

 Maine: Veazie, Knight, July 15, 1905 (K. M.); Fort Kent, 

 Mackenzie 3436, 3424, 3427, July 11, 1908 (K. M.); 3663, 

 July 23, 1908 (K. M.); Somesville, Mt. Desert Island, Rand, 

 June 24, 1891 (C.); Foxcroft, Fernald 231, June 25, 1895 (C.). 



