EEPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST. 89 



This and the following varieties constitute the species 

 C. stellulata L. of Graj^'s Man., 5th ed. 



Common in swamps and wet meadows. 



Var. cephalantha Bailey. Resembles the last, but has stouter, 

 stiffer culms, l°-2° high ; spikes lA'-2' long ; spikelets 5-8, 15-30 

 flowered, 3"-4" long, aggregated or approximate, sometimes 

 becoming yellowish with age ; perigynia horizontally spreading 

 at maturity. 



Long Island. May, June. 



Var. sequidistans Peck n. var. Stems 12-30' high, rough, stout, 

 or rarely slender; spikes 1^-2^' long; spikelets 4-6, 15-30 

 flowered, globular or oblong, 3"-6" apart ; perigynia horizontally 

 spreading, usually the lower ouesdeflexed. 



Wet places. Oneida and Essex counties. June. July. 



Var. angustata Bailey. Stems 3-12' high, very slender, wiry, 

 erect, the setaceous or flat leaves less than ^" wide ; the 2-4 

 spikelets 2"-3" apart, 2-6 flowered, the terminal erect or oblique ; 

 perig3'nia lanceolate, nerved, tapering into a long, slender bifid 

 beak much longer than the scale. Easily recognized by its 

 spikelets. (C. stellulata var. angustata Carey). 



In swamps and wet meadows. Infrequent except in the north- 

 ern part of the State where it is common in swamps and wet places. 

 June, July. 



20. Carex interior Bailey. 



Stems 8'-20' high, erect, rough near the spike; leaves mostly 

 shorter than the culm, ^"-1" wide, sometimes involute when dry; 

 spikes 3"-6'' in length, greenish brown; spikelets 2-4, contiguous, 

 or 2"-3" distant, the terminal one plainly staminate at the base, 

 4—10 flowered, a little divergent at maturity; bracts scale-like 

 or bristleform ; perigynia widely spreading, small, ovate, nerved 

 on the upper side, thick and spongy at the round or subcordate 

 base, f "-1" long, contracted into a slender rough-margined bifid 

 beak, longer than the ovate, acute or obtuse brown white- 

 margined scale. 



Swamps and wet places. Common in the central counties of 

 the State. June. 



Var. capillacea Bailey. Slender, 6'-16' high, stems and 

 leaves capillary; "perigynia broader and more conspicuously 

 nerved on both sides." In our specimens the two lower spike- 



