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CYPERACEAE. 



VOL. I. 



203. Carex trichocarpa Muhl. Hairy-fruited Sedge. Fig. 1070. 



Carex trichocarpa Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 302. 1805. 

 Carex trichocarpa var. turbinata Uewey, Am. Journ. Sci. n : 



159. 1826. 



Carex laeviconica Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. 24: 47. 1857. 

 Carex trichocarpa var. imberbis A. Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 597. 



1867. 

 Carex trichocarpa var. Detveyi Bailey, Coult. Bot. Gaz. 10 : 



293- 1885. 



Culm usually stout and tall, 2-4 high, smooth below, 

 very rough above. Leaves elongated, glabrous, rough- 

 margined, ii"-3" wide, the upper ones and the similar 

 bracts commonly overtopping the culm ; staminate spikes 

 2-6, long-stalked ; pistillate spikes 2-4, cylindric, densely 

 flowered except at the base, i'~4' long, 5 "-8" in diameter, 

 the upper sessile or nearly so and erect, the lower slender- 

 stalked; perigynia ovoid, pubescent or glabrous, promi- 

 nently many-ribbed, 4." -5" long, \\"-2" in 1 diameter, taper- 

 ing gradually into the stout conspicuously 2-toothed beak, 

 the teeth erect or somewhat spreading, i" long; scales 

 hyaline, acute to aristate, about one-half as long as the 

 perigynia ; stigmas 3. 



In marshes and wet meadows, Quebec and Vermont to Ore- 

 gon, south to Georgia, Missouri and Kansas. June-Aug. 



204. Carex atherodes Spreng. Awned Sedge. 



Carex aristata R. Br. Frank. Journ. 751. 1823. Not 



Houck. 1792. 



Carex atherodes Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 828. 1826. 

 Carex trichocarpa var. aristata Bailey, Coult. Bot. Gaz. 



10: 294. 1885. 



Culms stout, erect, smooth, or roughish above, 

 sharp-angled, 2-5 tall. Leaves elongated, 2?"-6" 

 wide, more or less scabrous, often pubescent beneath 

 and on the sheaths ; bracts similar, the lower often 

 overtopping the culm ; staminate spikes as in the pre- 

 ceding species ; pistillate spikes 3-5, remote, cylindric, 

 sessile or the lower short-stalked, loosely flowered 

 at the base, dense above, 1^-4' long, sometimes 8" 

 in diameter ; perigynia ascending, lanceolate or ovoid- 

 lanceolate, glabrous, conspicuously many-ribbed, 4"- 

 6" long, gradually tapering into the conspicuously 

 2-toothed beak, the teeth widely spreading, i"-2" 

 long; scales oblong-lanceolate, strongly rough-awned, 

 thin-margined, one-half to two-thirds as long as the 

 perigynia ; stigmas 3. 



In bogs, Ontario to British Columbia, south to New 

 York, Missouri, Kansas, Utah and Oregon. Also in 

 Europe and Asia. June-Aug. 



Fig. 1071. 



205. Carex hirta L. Hairy or Hammer Sedge. 

 Fig. 1072. 



Carex hirta L. Sp. PI. 975. 1753. 



Rootstocks extensively creeping, culms rather slen- 

 der, erect, nearly smooth, 6'-2 tall. Leaves flat, pubes- 

 cent, especially on the sheaths, rough, i"-2-k" wide, the 

 basal ones much elongated, often exceeding the culm, 

 the upper and the similar bracts shorter ; staminate 

 spikes 2 or 3, stalked, their scales ciliate; pistillate 

 spikes 2 or 3, widely separate, erect, oblong-cylindric, 

 7"-i8" long, 3"-4" in diameter, rather loosely lo-many- 

 flowered ; perigynia oblong-ovoid, green, ascending, 

 densely pubescent, ii" in diameter, 2i"-4" long, few- 

 ribbed, tapering into a stout prominently 2-toothed 

 beak, the teeth often as long as the beak ; scales mem- 

 branous, lanceolate, aristate, 3-nerved, somewhat 

 shorter than the perigynia ; stigmas 3. 



In fields and waste places, Massachusetts to New York, 

 New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Locally naturalized or ad- 

 ventive from Europe. Carnation- or Goose-grass. June- 

 Sept. 



