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CYPERACEAE. 



VOL. I. 



185. Carex Goodenowii J. Gay. Goodenough's Sedge. Fig. 1052. 



Carex caespitosa Gooden. Trans. Linn. Soc. 2: 195. pi. 



21. 1794. Not L. 1753. 



C. Goodenowii]. Gay, Ann. Sci. Nat. (II.) u : 191. 1839. 

 Carex vulgaris E. Fries, Mant. 3: 153. 1842. 

 Carex vulgaris var. strict if or mis Bailey, Mem. Torn 



Club i : 74. 1889. 



Glabrous, culms stiff, erect, sharp-angled, smooth 

 or sometimes rough above, i-3 tall, phyllopodic, 

 strongly stoloniferous. Leaves elongated, glaucous, 

 i"-2" wide, not exceeding the culm, the margins 

 involute in drying; lower bracts usually foliaceous, 

 sometimes equalling the culm; staminate spike 

 stalked ; pistillate spikes 2-4, all sessile or nearly so, 

 erect, densely many-flowered, narrowly cylindric, 2"- 

 2i" in diameter, 5"-2o" long; perigynia flattened, 

 broadly oval or ovate, finely nerved, green or dark- 

 tinged, appressed, \\" long, minutely beaked, the 

 orifice nearly entire; scales purple-brown to black 

 with a slender green midvein, very obtuse (except 

 lower), shorter than the perigynia; stigmas 2. 



In wet grounds, Newfoundland to Massachusetts ; Penn- 

 sylvania. Europe and Asia. Tufted or Common sedge. 

 Torrets or Turrets. Stare or Star. June-Aug. 



186. Carex lenticularis Michx. Lenticular Sedge. Fig. 1053. 



Carex lenticularis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 172. 1803. 



Glabrous, pale green, culms very slender, erect, 

 sharp-angled, slightly rough above, i-2 tall, phyllo- 

 podic, densely caespitose, not stoloniferous. Leaves 

 elongated, rarely over i" wide, shorter than or 

 rarely overtopping the culm, slightly rough-margined, 

 their sheaths not fibrillose; lower bracts similar to 

 the leaves, more or less sheathing, usually much 

 overtopping the spikes ; staminate spikes solitary or 

 rarely 2, sessile or short-stalked, often pistillate 

 above; pistillate spikes 2-5, clustered at the summit 

 or the lower distant, sessile or the lower short- 

 stalked, erect, linear-cylindric, 4"-2' long, i'-2" in 

 diameter; perigynia ovate or elliptic, li" long, I" 

 wide, acute, minutely granulate, faintly few-nerved, 

 appressed, tipped with a minute entire beak; scales 

 dark-tinged between the broad green center and the 

 hyaline margins, usually obtuse and much shorter 

 than the perigynia ; stigmas 2. 



On shores, Labrador to Saskatchewan, south to Massa- 

 chusetts, New York and Minnesota. Ascends to 4500 ft. 

 in the White Mountains. June-Aug. 



187. Carex aquatilis Wahl. Water Sedge. Fig. 1054. 



Carex aquatilis Wahl. Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. (II.) 24: 

 165. 1803. 



Glabrous, somewhat glaucous and pale green, culms 

 phyllopodic, caespitose, long-stoloniferous, rather stout, 

 erect, sharp-angled above, smooth or somewhat rough 

 above, 2-5 tall. Leaves elongated, sometimes equal- 

 ling the culm, 2"-4" wide, their sheaths nodulose ; 

 bracts broad, similar to the leaves, the lower usually 

 much overtopping the culm ; staminate spikes 2-3, 

 stalked; pistillate spikes 3-5, narrowly linear-cylindric, 

 often staminate at the summit, erect or slightly spread- 

 ing, i'-3*' long, 2"-3" in diameter, many-flowered, ses- 

 sile and dense, or the lower narrowed and loosely flow- 

 ered at the base and short-stalked ; perigynia ellip- 

 tic or obovate, green, nerveless or faintly nerved, 

 minutely beaked, the orifice entire; scales oblong, obtuse 

 to acuminate, from much shorter than to exceeding the 

 perigynia, but much narrower; stigmas 2. 



In swamps and along streams, Newfoundland to Alaska, 

 south to Maryland and Texas and in the western mountains. 

 Also in Europe and Asia. Widely variable. June-Aug. 



