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mote; scales pale, attenuate to a Ig his- 

 pid point, lanceolate or oblg, those of 

 the stam linear-lanceolate; perigynium 

 coriaceous, pale olive, ovate to lanceo- 

 late, attenuate to a Ig beak; beak biden- 

 tate, teeth about 2 mm Ig; nutlet obo- 

 void, chestnut colored. 

 Variety COMOSA Boott. 

 Ill Car 4:141. B 2:252. Da 18. ^variety 

 Americana Hockst. 



C. PROPIXQUA Nees & Meyer, ex 

 Kunth En 2:396. B 2:234. = festina 

 tide IK. 



C. PYBENAICA Wahl, VA Nya Hand 

 .Stock 1803, 139. Eu. New Zealand. B 

 2:234. Mt Shasta, Gal. Asia. Alk. Ut. 

 C. PBESLEI Steud PI Gyp 242 (1885). 

 Ha 64. 



CABEX QUADBIPIDA Bailey. 

 Variety CAECA Bailey, bot gaz (Ja 



Jae. 



Variety ZiENIS Bailey, Gal ac pr sr 2, 

 3:105. Parish. Er 3:59, Bluffllake, SBer 

 Co. 



C. BXCXABDSONIX R Br, Richards 

 Frankl narr 1st J 751, 35. Arctic region. 

 B 2:246. 



C. RIGIDA Good, Linn sc tr 2:193 t 22 

 (1794). B 2:241 as vulgaris var. alpina. 

 Parry, Wyo 16. 



C. BAYirOiLDSII Dewey, Am J sci, sr 2, 

 32:39 (1861). Parry, Wyo 16. 

 C. BOSSH Boott in Hook Fl 2:222. B 

 2:246. 

 C. SALINA Wahl, VA Nya Handl Stick 



165. 



Variety MINOR Boott, 111 car 4:160 t 

 5:5-30. B 2:242. 



C. SABTWEZiI.il Dewey, Am J sci 43: 

 90. B 2:230 as disticha. 

 C. SARTWELLIANA Olney, Am ac pr 7: 

 V, 6. B 2:248. 



C. 5AXATII.I3 Oed, Fl Dan t 159. B 2: 

 241 as vulgaris var. Alpina. 

 C. SCHOTTH Dewey, Am J Sci, sr 2, 31: 



B 2:244. 



C. SCOPABIA Schk, Ried 2:20. 

 Variety PULVA B 2:237. 

 C. SENTA Boott. Ill car 4:174. B 2:242. 

 CAREX SICCATA Dewey. 

 Am J sci 10:27 (1826). B 2:230. 

 Ab 75. 



Rtstock creeping, clothed with sh 

 lanceolate scales; sts slender, sharply 

 angled, 15-60 cm hi, scabrous above; Ivs 

 rather rigid, 1-4 mm wide, sh'er than 

 the sts, scabrous on the margins above; 

 bracts scale-like, the lowest cuspidate, 

 com sh'er than its spkt; spks oblg. 2-5 

 cm Ig, 4-8 mm broad, ferrugineous; spkt 

 4-12, alt, simple, ovoid, 4-16 mm Ig. 2-8 

 mm broad, crowded or distinct below, 

 the terminal pist at least at base, the 

 intermediate stam or all variously min- 

 gled; scales ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 ferrugineus, with broad hyaline mar- 

 gins; perigynium oval or ovate, taper- 

 ing to a long, sharply bidentate beak, fis- 

 sured on the outer side, unequally ser- 

 rate on margins, plano-convex, nerved, 

 about equaling scale; nutlet oblg, dark 

 chestnut. 



C. SIT CHEN SIS Prese ex Bong Veg 

 Pitcha 51. Alk. B 2:243. 

 C. SPEIROSTACHYA Sw ex Sm Engl 

 Fl 4:98. B 2:250 as fulva var. Horn- 

 schuchiana. 



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CABEX SFISSA Bailey. Da 18. Ab 74. 



Sts stout, 1-2 m hi, smooth or nearly 

 so; Ivs num, rigid, glau, serrate, about 

 equaling st, 10-15 mm wide; lower bract 

 Ig. If-like, uppermost sh or nearly ob- 

 solete; spkts 6-12 or more, lowest 10-15 

 cm Ig, Ig-pedicelled, upper becoming 

 sessile, all erect, cylindric; stem 4-6 or 

 more, 3-10 em Ig; scales with a stout 

 toothed awn; perigynium about 3 mm 

 hi, elliptic or obovate, coriaceous, few- 

 fld, y'ish-g. 



C. STELLULATA Good. Linn sc tr 2: 

 144. B 2:237 as echinata. 

 C. STERILIS Willd, Schk Car f 146. 

 Boott, 111 Car 1:55 t 146. B 2:236. Par- 

 ish, Er 3:59, Bluff lake, SBer Co. 

 C. STIPATA Muhl ex Schk Ried 2:12. 

 B 2:233. 



C. STBAMIITEA Willd ex Schk Ried 1: 

 49. B 2:235. 

 CAREX STRICTA Good, 

 Linn sc tr 2:196 t 21 f 9. Eu. (of Tor- 

 rey = angustata fide B 2:242). 

 C. SUBPTJSCA B 2:234. Gal. 

 C. SUBSPATHACEA Wormsk, Fl Dan 9: 

 4 t 1530. B 2:243 as salina var. minor. 

 C. TENEXiXiA Schk, Ried 1:23. B 2:235. 

 C. TBICHOCABPA Muhl ex Schk Ried 

 2:47. 81. 



Variety IMBEBBIS Carey, G, Man 597. 

 Boott, 111 Car 1:58 t 152. B 2:251. 

 CAREX TRIQUETRA Boott. 

 Linn sc tr 20:126. B 2:247. Da 18. 



St 3-5 dm hi, slightly scabrous, Ivs 

 pale, 2-5 mm broad, =ing or sh'er than 

 the st;spkts 3-5, oblg; stam about 18 mm 

 Ig, 3-4 mm broad, subsessile; pist 12-18 

 mm Ig, 3-4 mm broad, erect, upper ap- 

 proximate, the lower pediciled ,all with 

 abortive fls above; scales pale chestnut, 

 ovate, num, margins hyaline; perigyn- 

 ium pale, covered with Ig w hairs, el- 

 lipsoidal, sharply 3-angled, acute at each 

 end. with a short bidentate beak, 1-4- 

 nerved, Ig'er and broader than scale; 

 nutlet filling the perigynium. 



A b 75. Monica, Gabriel, SBer mts. 

 CABEX TEBETITTSCULA Gooden, Linn 

 sc tr 2:163. Eu. Ab 76. 



Sts slender, pale g. erect, scabrous at 

 least above, 3-7 dm hi; Ivs com 2 mm 

 wide, sh'er than sts; bracts minute or 

 0; spike narrowly oblg, compact or in- 

 terrupted, 25-50 mm Ig; spkts several- 

 many, stam above; scales thin, ovate, 

 brownish, acute or sh-awned; perigyn- 

 ium ovate-oval, smooth, few-nerved, 

 tapering to a beak of about its own 

 length, serrate on the margins above. 

 Variety MAJOR Koch. McClatchie, Er 

 2:78. Gabriel mts. 



C. TTTBICTTLATA Boott, Hooker Fl 2: 

 221. B 2:252. 



C. VALLICOLA Dewey, Am J sci, sr 2. 

 32:40. B 2:235. Mendocino City, Gal. 

 Idaho. 



C. VASEYI Dewey, Am J sci, sr 2, 29: 

 347. B 2:251 as monile, "a form with 

 the teeth of the beak serrate." 

 C. VESICABIA L, sp pi 979. B 2:251, 

 252. 



C. VZCABXA Bailey. Parish, Er 6:86. 

 Bear. 6,500 alt. 



C. vtrLOABIS Fries Nov Mont 3:153. 

 Variety AIiFINA Boott, 111 Car 4:167 t 

 568-75. B 2:240. 



