No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 99 



Carex pauciflora Lightf. (few-flowered). 



Rare. Norfolk, sphagnum swamp (J. W. Robbins, 1827; 

 Bissell). June. 



Carex leptalea ^Vahlenb. (delicate). 

 Carcx polyfi'ichoides Muhl. 



Frequent. Wet mossy woods and grassy swamps. May — 

 June. 



Carex polygama Schk. (polygamous). 



Carex fusca Gray's Manual ed. 6, not All. 



Local. Wet meadows and open swamps : New London 



and Franklin (Graves), Bolton, East Hartford and Bloom- 

 ' field (Weatherby), East Windsor and Southington (Bissell), 



Plainville (J. N. Bishop), Hamden (A. L. Winton), Milford 



(Eames). May. 



Carex triceps Michx. (three-headed), var. hirsuta (Willd.) 



Bailey (hairy). 

 Carex triceps Britton in part, not Michx. 



Fields and roadsides in sandy soil, either dry or moist : 

 Old Lyme (Graves), Salisbury (Bissell). Frequent in central 

 and southwestern Connecticut. June. 



Carex virescens Muhl. (greenish). 



Carex virescens Muhl., var. costata Dewey. * 



Carex costellata Britton. 



Frequent. Dry woods and clearings, often in leaf-mold. 

 July. 

 Carex virescens ]\Iuhl., var. Swanii Fernald. 

 Carex virescens of American authors. 



Common. Dry woods and open grassy places. July. 



Carex formosa Dewey (handsome). 



Rare. Meadows and wooded hillsides in rich moist soil : 

 Salisbury (J. R. Churchill). Late May — June. 



Carex Davisii Schwein. & Torr. 



Rare. Alluvial soil, along river banks or borders of low 

 thickets: Windsor (A. W. Driggs), East Hartford (Weather- 

 by), Lyme and Chester (R. W. Woodward & Graves). June. 

 Carex gracillima Schwein. (very delicate). 



Frequent. Moist woods, thickets and meadows. June. 



