CYPEKACEAE (SEDGE FAMILY) 



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leaves stiff, erect, shorter than the culms, 2-4 mm. wide, the 

 sheath with a thin barely nerved or nerveless pale band 

 extending down from the membranoiis auricle; inflorescence 

 cyliudric, rarely ovoid, of 5-10 distinct or rarely approxi- 

 mate subglobose or broadly ovoid-conic yelloic-broioi or green- 

 broicn ascending spikes (7-12 mm. long); perigynia broad- 

 ovate to suborbicular, strongly 7-lo-nerved on the outer, 

 nerveless or faintly nerved on the inner face ; achenes sub- 



orbicular. 

 soil, Me. to 



(C. straminea, var. Tuckerm.) — Dry or rocky 



Man. 



Pa. 



June-Aug. 



Fig. 



uOo. 



364. C. fest. 

 V. brevior. 



863. C. festucacea. 



and 



Yar. brevior (Dewey) Fernald. Lower, 

 rarely more than 0.6 m. high, and more 

 slender; spikes 3-6, approximate or siibap- 

 proximate. (C straminea, var. Dewey.) — 

 Commoner, reaching B. C, Ark., etc. Mav- 

 July. Fig. 364. 



18. C. Bebbii Olney. Culms rather slen- 

 der, 2-6 dm. high, smooth except at tip ; 

 leaves mostly shorter, ascending but not stiff, 

 1.7-4.5 mm. wide ; inflorescence short, com- 

 pact, ovoid to ellipsoid, brown, 1-2 cm. long, of 3-12 globose or ellipsoid 



ascending spikes (5-8 mm. long); perigynia narrowly ovate, 

 3-3.5 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. broad, mostly dull brown, and 

 loosely 2iSQ,QTi6m^, faintly fev:-nerved or nerveless ; scales oblong, 

 bluntly acuminate. ( C. tribuloides, var. Bailey.) 

 — Low grounds, Nfd. to w. Mass., X. Y., 111., 

 Col., B. C., and north w. June-Aug, Fig. 365. 



19. C. foenea YlUd. Culms slender and 

 lax, smooth except at tip, 3-9 dm. high ; leaves 



soft and loose, pale green or glaucous, mostly shorter, 2-4 mm. 

 broad ; inflorescence linear-cylindric or moniliform, erect or 

 flexuous, of 4-9 globose or ovoid clavate-based appressed- 

 ascending whitish-green or silvery-broicn spikes (6-10 mm. 



long) ; perigynia ovate, 3-4 

 mm. long, 1.8-2.2 mm. broad, 

 appressed-ascending, finally a 

 little spreading. — Dry woods 

 and banks. Me. to B. C. and „.. ^ . 

 Md. July. Fig. 366. Yar. 366. C. foenea. 



PERPLEXA Bailey. Coarser, and often taller; 

 inflorescence heavier, mostly nodding, the 6-15 

 sj)ikes larger (1-1.7 cm. long), the terminal 

 ones often crowded ; perigynia 



Bebbii. 





367. C. foenea, v. perplexa. 



3. 



long. — Com- 



36' 



.5-4.4 mm. 

 moner, Nfd. to Man. and Ya. June-Aug. Fig. 60t. 



20. C. LEPORiNA L. Culms stiff and ascending, 2-8 dm. 

 high; leaves mostly short and firm, 1.5-4 mm. 

 broad ; inflorescence from subglobose to cylindric, 

 of 3-6 obovoid or ellipsoid approximate or sub- 

 approximate brown or ferrugino^is ascending 

 spikes (0.8-1.4 cm. long); perigynia 3.8-4.5 mm. 

 long, 1.8-2.3 mm. broad, ascending. — Dry hill- 

 sides, rocky banks, etc., local, Nfd. to Mass. and 

 N. Y. ; and occasional on ballast southw. June- 

 Aug. (Nat. from Eu.) Fig. 368. 



21. C. xerantica Bailey. Culms stiff, sca- 

 brous above, 3-6 dm. high; leaves short, mostly near the base, 

 2-3 mm. broad ; inflorescence linear-cylindric, of 3-6 distinct 

 ascending ellipsoidal brownish-white f^jnkes (8-13 mm. long) ; 

 c. xerantica. perigynia appressed, 4-4.8 mm. long, 2-2.3 mm. broad, the inner 



leporina. 



