GENUS 18. 



SEDGE FAMILY. 



164. Carex pallescens L. Pale Sedge. Fig. 1031. 



Carex pallescens L. Sp. PI. 977. 1753- 



Light green, culms slender, erect, sparsely hairy, 4'-2 

 tall. Leaves flat, \"-\\" wide, short-pubescent, at least 

 on the sheaths; lower bract similar to the culm-leaves, 

 exceeding the spikes; staminate spike solitary, short- 

 stalked; pistillate spikes 2-4, oblong, erect or some- 

 what spreading, short-stalked or the upper one nearly 

 sessile, densely many-flowered, 2i"-io" long, 2"-3*" 

 in diameter, mostly approximate; perigynia elHptic, 

 slightly inflated, obscurely triangular, pale, ii"-ii" 

 long, \" thick, obtuse, thin, faintly nerved, beakless, the 

 orifice entire; scales ovate, membranous, acute to short- 

 awned, a little longer or a little shorter than the peri- 

 gynia; stigmas 3. 



In fields and meadows, Newfoundland to New Jersey, 

 Pennsylvania, Illinois and Wisconsin. Also in Europe and 

 Asia. May-July. 



165. Carex abbreviata Prescott. Torrey's Sedge. Fig. 1032. 



Carex Torreyi Tuckerm. Enum. Meth. 21. 1843. Not 



C. Torreyana Schwein. 1824. 

 Carex abbreviata Prescott ; Boott, Trans. Linn. Soc. 20 : 



141. 1846. 



Pale green, culms slender, rather stiff, erect, io'-2o' 

 tall, finely pubescent. Leaves "-!$" wide, usually 

 shorter than culm, rather densely short-pubescent; 

 lower bract shorter or longer than spikes ; staminate 

 spike solitary, usually short-stalked; pistillate spikes 

 1-3, short-oblong, dense, 3"-8" long, about 3" thick, 

 sessile or short-stalked, erect, clustered ; perigynia 

 obovoid, somewhat inflated and rather obscurely tri- 

 angular, glabrous, ii"-ij" long and slightly more 

 than i" thick, strongly many-nerved, depressed at 

 apex and abruptly tipped by a short entire beak ; 

 scales ovate, acute to cuspidate, shorter than the 

 perigynia ; stigmas 3. 



In dry soil, Minnesota to Saskatchewan, south in the 

 Rocky Mountains to Colorado. Reported from New 

 York and Pennsylvania. June-July. 



166. Carex glauca Murr. Heath-sedge. Fig. 1033. 



Carex glauca Murr. Prodr. Stirn. Getting. 76. 1770. 

 Carex ftacca Schreb. Spic. Fl. Lips. App. 669. 1771. 



Glabrous, pale green and glaucous, culms slender, 

 erect, smooth or roughish above, i-2 tall, the root- 

 stocks long and stout. Leaves usually shorter than the 

 culm. ii"-2i" wide, the sheaths scabrous; lower bract 

 similar to the leaves, but narrower; staminate spikes 

 mostly i'-ii' long, stalked; pistillate spikes 2 or 3, 

 ascending or at length drooping, slender-stalked, linear- 

 cylindric, i'-2' long, ^"-4" thick, densely many-flowered, 

 commonly staminate at the summit ; perigynia brown, 

 ellipsoid, faintly few-nerved, or nerveless, minutely 

 granulate or papillose, li" long, abruptly minutely 

 beaked, the orifice entire; scales ovate or lanceolate, 

 brown with a green midvein, obtusish, acute or acumi- 

 nate, about as long as the perigynia; stigmas 3. 



In meadows. Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario. Natural- 

 ized from Europe. Carnation-grass. Gilliflower-grass. 

 Pink-grass. June-Aug. 



