Io8 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Carex lupuliformis Sartwell (hop-shaped ; referring to the 

 head of fruit). 

 Carex lupulina Muhl., var. polystachya Schwein. & Torr. 



Rare. Bogs or shaded swamps: Southington (Andrews 

 & Bissell). Huntington and JMonroe (Eames). Aug. — Sept. 



Carex lupulina ]\Iuhl. (like Lupulus, the Hop). 



Frequent or common. Swamps and wet ground. July — 

 Aug. 

 Carex lupulina Muhl., var. pedunculata Dewey (stalked). 



Local or occasional. Swamps, growing with the typical 

 form. July — Aug. 



Carex Grayii Carey. 



Carex Asa-Grayi Bailey. 



Alluvial soil along streams or in moist rich ground. Local 

 along the Connecticut River: Lyme (Graves), Haddam (H. 

 S. Clark & Bissell), East Hartford (Weatherby). Rare else- 

 where: Middletown, at Westfield, and Southington (Andrews 

 & Bissell), Salisbury (G. H. Bartlett). June. 



Carex Grayii Carey, var. hispidula Bailey (minutely hispid). 



Local. Hartford, alluvial soil on bank of the Connecticut 

 River (H. S. Clark & Bissell). June. 



Carex intumescens Rudge (swollen). 



Frequent. Swamps and wet places. June — July. 

 Carex intumescens Rudge, var. Fernaldii Bailey. 



Rare. Salisbury, in rocky woods (A. E. Blewitt). 



Carex folliculata L. (like a small bag). 



Frequent. Wet boggy meadows and swampy woods. June 

 — Aug. 



Carex vesicaria L. (bladdery). 



Carex moiiile of Gray's Manual ed. 6, not Tuckerm. 



Occasional. Low meadows, borders of ponds and near 

 river banks. June. 



The var. monile (Tuckerm.) Fernald (necklace), Carex 

 monile Tuckerm., is occasional. The var. jejuna Fer- 

 nald (insignificant) occurs rarely with the species. The var. 

 distenta Fries (swollen) is rare: East Hartford (Weather- 

 by), Windsor (H. S. Clark & Bissell). 



