414 . CYPE RACEME. 



ovoid, subtriquetrous, rostrate, minutely pubescent, longer than the ovate- 

 mucronate scale. C. collecia Dew. 



Mountains. Mass, and N. Y. June. r l\.. Culm 6 3 inches high, filiform, 

 nearly decumbent. Leaves smoothish, pale green. New England Sedge. 



13. C. filiformis Linn. : sterile spikes 2 3; fertile spikes 2 3, ovoid- 

 oblong, close-flowered, somewhat remote; perigynium ovoid, short-rostrate, 

 bifurcate, about as long as the ovate acute scale. 



Marshes. N. Eng. N. Y. and N. J. W. to Mich. June. %. Culm 23 

 feet high, obtusely triangular, rigid. Leaves mostly radical, in a tuft, with a long 

 filiform point, pale green. Filiform Sedge. 



74. C. lanuginosa Mich. : Sterile spikes 2 ; fertile 2 3, ovoid-cylindric, 

 remote, erect, nearly sessile; perigynium ovoid, somewhat triangular, 

 woolly, short-rostrate, bicuspidate, about as long as the ovate-lanceolate 

 awned glume. C. pellita Muhl. 



Wet grounds. Can. to Del. W. to Ohio. May. %. Culm about 2 feet 

 high, nearly round below. Leaves flat, linear-lanceolate, rough on the margin. 



Woolly Sedge. 



75. C. vestita Willd. : sterile spikes 1 2. cylindric-oblong ; fertile 2, 

 ovoid-oblong, sessile, subapproximate, often staminate at the summit ; peri- 

 gynium ovoid, triangular, nerved, short-rostrate, pubescent, rather longer 

 than the ovate mucronate scale. 



Wet grounds. N. Y. and Mass, to Geo. ; rather rare. May. Q. Culm 

 about 2 feet high, acutely triangular, leafy below. Leaves rough. 



Short Woolly Sedge. 



76. C. puAescens Muhl. : sterile spike sessile ; fertile spikes 3, oblong, 

 erect, rather loosely flowered, the lowest on a short peduncle ; perigynium 

 obovoid-triaagular, rostrate, pubescent, nearly entire at the orifice, a little 

 longer than tho ovate-oblong mucronate scale. 



Moist woods. Can. to Del. W. to Ohio. May. 7J.. Culm 1218 inches 

 high, slender, leafy below. Leaves shorter than the culm, very pubescent. 



Pubescent Sedge. 



77. C. prcecox Jacq. : sterile spike single, erect, subclavate ; fertile spikes 

 1 3, eroid, bracteate, approximate, the lower one short-pedunculate ; peri- 

 gyniup* globose-ovoid, triangular, short-rostrate, about as long as the ovate 

 mucroaate scale. 



Rocky hills. Mass. Dewey. Culm 2 6 inches high, leafy at the base. 



Early Dwarf Sedge. 



fff Pengrtnium smooth, short, not inflated. Spikes dark purple or black. 



78. C. limasa Linn. : sterile spike solitary, pedunculate ; fertile spikes 

 1 3, ovoid or oblong, pedunculate, somewhat distant, pendulous; peri- 

 gyni >r n roundish-elliptic, compressed, very short-rostrate, about as long as 

 the oblong or ovate cuspidate scale. C. lenticularis and irrigua Dew. 



Swamps. Arct. Amer. to Del. June. 1J-. Culm 9 24 inches high, ob- 

 tusely triangular, very smooth, leafy below. Leaves flat, narrow, somewhat 

 glaucous. Mud Sedge. 



79. C. rarijlora Smith : sterile spike single ; fertile spikes about 2, linear, 

 looae-flowered, long-pedunculate, nodding ; perigynium ovoid-oblong, trian- 



, depressed, as long as the ovate subcircinate (brown) scale. 



