SEDGE FAMILY. 

 4. Carex folliculata L. Long Sedge. (Fig. 674.) 



L 'arex folliculata L. Sp. PI. 978. 1753. 



Glabrous, light green or yellowish, culm stout or slen- 

 der, erect or reclining, i^-3 long. Leaves broad and 

 elongated, sometimes overtopping the culm, often %' 

 wide; staminate spike stalked or nearly sessile; pistillate 

 spikes 2-4, usually distant, all except the uppermost slen- 

 der-stalked, several-many-flowered, the lower often nod- 

 ling on a stalk 2 / -3 / long; bracts commonly overtopping 

 the spikes; perigynia ovoid, somewhat inflated, ascending 

 or spreading, green, rather prominently many-veined, 

 5 // -S // long, \" or a trifle more in diameter near the base, 

 tapering from below the middle into a slender 2-toothed 

 beak, one-third to one-half longer than the awned broadly 

 carious-margined persistent scale; teeth of the peri- 

 gynium nearly erect; stigmas 3. 



In swamps and wet woods, Newfoundland to Maryland, 

 west to Michigan and West Virginia. May-Sept. 



Carex intumescens Rudge. Bladder Sedge. (Fig. 675.) 



Carex intumrsffns Kudge, Trans. Una. See. 1~. O7. 



P/.9./.J. 1804. 



Glabrous, culms slender, commonly tufted, erect 

 or slightly reclined, i#-3 high. Leave* elon- 

 gated, dark green, shorter than or aotnetimes equal- 

 ling the culm, roughish, i > "-3" wide; bracts cimi- 

 lar, overtopping the culm; staminate spike narrow. 

 mostly long-stalked; pistillate spike* a 11-31 MB> 

 sile or very short-stalked, globose or ovoid: peri- 

 gynia 1-30, spreading or the upper erect, 6' 

 long, much inflated, about ;," in diameter above 

 the base, many -nerved, tapering from below the 

 middle into a subulate 2-toothed beak, the teeth 

 somewhat spreading at maturity; scales narrowly 

 lanceolate, acuminate or aristate, about one-half aa 

 long as the perigynia; stigmas 3. 



In swamps, bogs and wet wood*. Newfoundland to 

 Manitoba, south to Florida and Louisiana. Majr-Oct. 



Carex intumescens Fernaldi Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, ao: 41*. 1894. 

 Perigynia narrower, 1-5 in each spike, all erect or slightly spreading. M.uiu- t> 



6. Carex Asa-Grayi Bailey. Gray's Sedge. (Fig. 676.) 



Carex intumescens var. globularis A. Gray, Ann. Lye. 



N. Y. 3: 236. 1834. Not C. globularis L- 1753. 

 Carex Grayi Carey, Am. Journ. Sci. (II.) 4: 22. 1847. 



Not C. Gray ana Dewey, 1834. 



Carex Asa-Grayi Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 427. 1893. 

 Carex Asa-Grayi hispidula Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 



20: 427. 1893. 



Glabrous, culms stout, erect or slightly assur- 

 gent at the base, 2-3 tall. Leaves elongated, 

 dark green, 3 // ~4^ // wide, the upper commonly 

 overtopping the culm; bracts similar to the upper 

 leaves, usually much overtopping the culm; stami- 

 nate spike mostly long-stalked; pistillate spikes I or 

 2, globose, dense, about i' in diameter; perigynia 

 10-30, ovoid, glabrous or pubescent, much inflated, 

 many-nerved, about 4" in diameter above the base, 

 tapering to a sharp 2-toothed beak; scales ovate or 

 lanceolate, acuminate or cuspidate, scarious, about 

 one-third as long as the perigynia; stigmas 3. 



In swamps and wet meadows, Vermont to Michigan, 

 south to Georgia and Missouri. June-Sept. 



