76 KEPOET OF THK STATE BOTANIST. 



bristle-tipped, or sometimes the lowest leaf like and 9"-l S" in length ; 

 perigjnia subrotuad or obovate, obtusely angled, densely or 

 lightly pubescent, indistinctly nerved, abruptly contracted at the 

 base, and nirrowel above into a short bifid beik, covered by the 

 ovat9 acute or acuminate, dark purplish or light brown scale. 



Dryish soil in woods, copses or open places. Very common. 

 May, June. 



Var. separans Pech. Pistillate spikes 1-3, usually 2, the upper- 

 most approximate to the short-stalked dark-brown sterile spike, 

 the lowest 5"-10" distant ; perigynia with a longer and more 

 slender beak ; otherwise like the type (Var. distans, Report 46, 

 p. 51). 



Along or within the borders of woods. Jefferson and Otsego 

 counties. June. 



Var. graciliiolia Pech, n. nom. Leaves long and slender, |"-|" 

 wide, sometimes slightly involute and almost capillary, about 

 equaling or sometimes considerably surpassing the slender culm. 

 (Tar. angustifolia 1. c.) 



Light or sandy soil in woods or open places. It often grows in 

 tufts. This variety is common on Long Island. May. 



Because of the frequent previous use of the varietal name 

 under which this plant was published it is thought best to give it 

 a new name. 



Yar. glumabunda Pech, n. var. Stems 8'-lS' high, rather 

 weak and often somewhat drooping, frequentl}' growing in 

 definite tufts ; pistillate spikes mostly short and sessile as in the 

 type, but sometimes the lowest 3"-8" long, conspicuously stalked 

 or on a capillary peduncle 2'-8' long which issues from the axil 

 of the uppermost leaf, the others near the staminate spike and 

 contiguous to each other or the lower sometimes 4"-6" distant, 

 these occasionally sterile and acute at the apex ; scales conspicu- 

 ously^ brown or blackish brown, oblong-ovate or lanceolate, sharp- 

 pointed or cuspidate, longer than the perigynia and widely 

 spreading at maturity. (Forma paleacea in part, 1. c.) 



Sandy soil. Albany and Suffolk counties. 



Very rarely a second long-ped uncled spike issues from the axil 

 of one of the lower leaves. In all these varieties the bract of 

 the lowest sessile spike is sometimes longer than its spike and 

 ereen or foliaceous. 



