Monograph of North American Carices. 313 



Hab. In wet meadow margins, in Tuscarora county, Ohio, 

 near Muskingum river, in very considerable quantity. 

 Flowers in June. 



Obs. This species probably inhabits the western States ge- 

 nerally The dry scabrou> whitish gray appearance of the 

 spikes forms a contrast with its dark green leaves and 

 culm. The name given in the Analytical Table (1. c.) has 

 been changed at the suggestion of a botanical friend. 



Carex lagopodi'ides, Schkuhr. 



C. spiculis subduodenis, (10 — 16) ellipticis, confertis bractea 

 sub-infima culmo superante ; fructibus lanceolatis, acumi- 

 natis, erectis, bicuspidatis, angusto-marginatis, margine 

 ciliato-serrulatis, gluma ovato-lanceolata duplo longiori- 

 bus. 



C. lagopodioides, Willd. sp.pl. iv. p. 230. Schk. car. t. Yyy. 

 f. 177. (opt.) Pursh fl. i. p. 37. Muhl. gram. p. 226. 

 Dewey car. 1. c. viii. p. 95. Elliott sk. ii. p. 523. 



C. tribuloides, fVahl. (secund Muhl ) 



C. Richardi, Mich. fl. ii. p. 170. 



Culm erect 1 — 2 feet (sometimes more) in height, triangular, scabrous 

 above, leafy to half its height, much furrowed. Leaves longer than the 

 culm, erect, pale green, 2 — 3 lines broad. Spikelets usually about 12, 

 sometimes fewer and occasionally as many as 20, sessile, ovate, of an 

 elongated form when young, and appearing subcylindrical ; under the 

 lowest is usually a very Ion? foliaceous bractea. Glumes lanceolate, 

 carinate, not mucronate, a little more than half the length of the fruit. 

 Fruit long-lanceolate, erect, bifid nerved, slightly margined. 



Hab. In the borders of ponds ; not common. Flowers in 



May. 

 Obs. The whole plant is of a pale green color. 



o3. Carex scoparia, Schkuhr. 



C. spiculis subquinis (5 — 7) ovatis, sessilibus, approximatis 

 aggregatis, infnna bracteata, bractea decidua ; fructibus 



