Monograph of North American Carices. oil 



lower peduncles very long. In more exposed situations the 

 plant is dwarfish, the spikes shorter and more approximate. 

 This species bears a considerable resemblance to C. laxi- 

 flora. Our specimens agree with those in Muhlenberg's 

 herbarium. 



81. Carex tetanica, Schkuhr. 



C. spica sterili longius pedunculata ; fertilibus subbini-, 

 remotis, subdensifloris, suprema subsessili, infima longe- 

 pedunculata ; fructibus ovato-oblongis, utrinque acu- 

 tis, nervosis, apice subgibbosis, obliquis, ore integris, glu- 

 ma ovata mucronata longioribus. 



C. tetanica, Schk. car. ii. p. 68. t. Ooo. f. 207. & t. Ggg. f. 

 100. Purshfl. i. p. 43. Muhl. gram. p. 250. Elliott sk. ii. 

 p. 549 



C. granularioides, Schw. an. tab. car. 1. c. Dewey 1. c. ix. p. 

 262. t. I. f. 4. 



C. striatula, Mich. fl. ii. p. 



Culm nearly a foot high, erect, triquetrous, slender. Leaves smooth, flat, 

 subglaucous, rather longer than the culm. Sterile spike on a peduncle 

 from half an inch to an inch in length ; glumes oblong, obtuse, light 

 brown, with the keel green. Fertile spikes 2 or 3, very remote, except 

 when there are 3, when the two upper ones are rather approximate, 

 oblong, many-flowered, the floret* rather densely imbricate; inferior 

 spike on a peduncle half an inch or an inch long ; glumes ovate, acumi- 

 nate, ending in a subulate scabrous point, rather shorter than the fruit, 

 pale brown, with the keel green. Fruit oblong, attenuate at each end, 

 but still appearing somewhat obtuse, nerved, smooth; sometimes a little 

 oblique. 



Hab. In moist meadows ; Canada to Carolina ; common. 

 Flowers in May. 



Obs. This species as it grows in the Northern States, has 

 a different aspect from the Southern plant, and was former- 

 ly supposed by us to be distinct from it. Our specimens, 

 however, collected in New-York and Massachusetts, agree 

 with the C. tetanica in Muhlenberg's herbarium, but they 



