66 EEPOET OF THE STATE BOTANIST. 



staminate spike linear or subclavate, subsessile or on a stalk ^'-V 

 in length ; pistillate spikes 2-4, the upper 1 or 2 contiguous or 

 distinct, short-pedunculate or sessile, the others distant or remote 

 on stalks |-'~1^' long, all erect, loosely 3-8 flowered on a flexuous 

 rachis; bracts with smooth sheaths, thin, longer than the culm; 

 perigynia obovoid-triangular, with a distinct straight or slightly 

 oblique beak, shorter than the rough pointed or awned scale; 

 achenium obovate, apiculate ; style tumid above the minute 

 persistent base. 



Woods and shady places. Earo in the eastern part of the 

 State, occasional elsewhere. June. 



This species is distinguished by its thin, narrow foliage, few 

 and loosely flowered spikes, nearly straight-beaked striate peri- 

 gynia, and tri-nerved awned scale. 



69. Carex Hitchcockiana Dew. 



Stems l°-2° high or more, erect or spreading, rough, or smooth 

 below ; leaves short, or the upper equaling the culm, I'-l^ 

 wide, thin, more or less hispidly pubescent; staminate spike linear 

 or subclavate, i'-l' in length, on a slender, erect peduncle ^'-li' 

 long ; pistillate spikes 2-4-, loosely 3-10 flowered on a flexuous 

 rachis, the upper two approximate, mostly on included stalks or 

 the highest sessile, the lower distant or remote on erect, slightly- 

 exserted peduncles ; bracts and sheaths roughly pubescent, the 

 former mostly surpassing the culm ; perigynia oval or obovate, 

 obtusely triangular, striate-nerved, 2" long, with an abrupt or 

 tapering oblique recurved truncate beak, a little shorter than the 

 broad tri nerved rough-awned white scale; achenium and style 

 like the last. 



"Woods. Rare in the eastern part of the State. June, July 



This may be distinguished from the preceding species by its 

 pubescent sheaths, rougher foliage, shorter-stemmed fertile 

 spikes, and by its perigj^nia, which have a conspicuously oblique 

 or recurved beak. 



Var. triflora Peck n. var. More slender, with the fertile 

 spikes 1-3 flowered. 



Collected on Mt. Defiance. June. 



Pistillate spikes 2-6, more or less flexuous, the upper 2 con- 

 tiguous or approximate, sessile or nearly so, the rest scattered 



