312 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUiSEUM. 



Carex festucacea brevoir (Dewey). Shorter Fescue Sedge. 

 PL XXVI, Fig. 8. 

 Carex brcvior Dewey, Am. Jour. Sci. II. 158. 1820 [no loc.]. 



Occasional in the Cape May district where it was collected by 

 Mr. O. H. Brown. Our specimens were identified by Prof. M. 

 L. Fernald. 



Fr. — Late May to early July. 

 Cape May.— Cape May (S). 



Carex hormathodes Fernald. Marsh Straw Sedge. 



PL XXVI, Fig. 4- 



Carex hormathodes Fernald Rhodora, Aug., 1906, p. 165 [new name for C. 



tenera Dewey, Amer. Jour. Sci. VIII. 97. 1824 — no locality]. 

 Carex tenera Keller and Brown 88. 

 Carex festucacea var. tenera Knieskern. 

 Carex straminea var. foenea Britton 278. 



Frequent along the edge of the salt marshes on the coast. 

 Fr. — Late May to early July. 



Coast Strip. — Pt. Pleasant, Spray Beach (L), Barnegat City Jnc. t^Lj, Pa- 

 lermo, Piermont, Avalon, Holly Beach, Cold Spring. 



Carex hormathodes richii Fernald. Rich's Sedge. 



Carex hormathodes var. Ricliii Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. 37. 1901-2. 475 



[Mass. and Conn.] 

 Carex straminea var. foenea Britton 278 (as to inland localities). 



Occasional in swamps of the Middle district. 



Fr. — Late May to early July. 



Middle District. — Delanco, Swedesboro. 



Carex alata Torr. Broad-winged Sedge. 



PL XXVI., Fig. 5. 



Carex alata Torrey, Ann. Lye. N. Y. III. 396. 1836 [Xewbern. X. C, 



Macon, Ga.]. — Willis 70. — Keller and Brown 88. 

 Carex staminea var. alata Britton 278. 



Rather frequent in the Cape May district, the lower coast 

 islands and lower ^Middle district. 

 Fr. — Early June to early July. 



Middle District. — Xew Egypt, Grenloch, Medford (S), Lindenwold (S), 

 Swedesboro. 



Coast Strip. — Avalon, Piermont (S), Holly Beach, Wildwood. 

 Cape May.— Co\d Spring, Cape May. 



