RKPOET OF THB STATE BOTANIST. 57 



Spikes 2-4, oblong, ovoid or cylindrical, densely flowered, 

 erect, 2"-5" broad or more, ^'-1' long, the upper half or more of 

 the terminal one fertile, staminate and stalk-lil^e at the base, the 

 others all fertile or nearly so; bracts leaf-like, the lowest shorter 

 or longer than the culm. 



Spikes brown f usca. 



Spikes greeu, perigynia pubescent virescens. 



Spikes green, perigynia smooth triceps. 



52. Carex fusca All, 



Stems 15-30' high, erect, or sometimes curved at the summit, 

 acutely angled, rough above; leaves subradical, 1" wide, shorter 

 than the culm, rough-margined ; spikes 2-4, the terminal one 

 staminate at the base, all approximate, or somewhat scattered, 

 sessile, erect, the upper ones with filiform or bristle-form bracts, 

 the lowest short-peduncled or sometimes on a spreading stalk 

 1' long and subtended by a leafy bract l'-5' long, mostly densely 

 flowered, oblong-ovoid or cylindrical, 3"-12" in length or more, 

 2J"'-6" thick, dark-brown or mottled ; perigynia elliptical, 

 prominently nerved, light green, with a minute, entire or slightly 

 notched point, shorter than the lanceolate, cuspidate, dark- brown 

 scale, the latter more or less divergent at maturity. (C. Buxbaumii 

 ^Yahl.) 



Bogs and wet places. Albany, Essex, Genesee and Seneca 

 counties. June, July. 



The slender, mostly narked culms, and the short thick erect 

 dark-colored or mottled spikes sufficiently distinguish this species. 



53. Carex triceps Mx. 



Stems 12'-20' high, stiff, scabrous above ; leaves about the 

 length of the culm, I'-l^" wide, erect, more or less pubescent, the 

 sheaths densely hairy, pale-green ; spikes 3-4, the terminal stami- 

 nate at its base, all contiguous, sessile or nearly so, erect, ovate, 

 ovoid or oblong, 3"-8" long, 2"-3" thick, densely flowered ; bracts 

 leafy or filiform, the lowest, and sometimes all, exceeding the 

 culm, perigN'nia ovate, obtuse, nerved, smooth or hairy before 

 maturity, longer than the ovate, acute, short-awned, variable 

 scale. 



Dry -soil in pastures copies and thin woods. Common. June. 



