

Sallow Sedge. 



SEDGE I-AMII.Y. 



22. Carex Hartii Dewey. Hart Wright's 

 Sedge. (Fig. 692.) 



Carf.r Hartii Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. (II.) 41: 226. 1866. 



Glabrous, culms slender, nearly smooth i^-2^ long. 

 Leaves elongated, rough on the margins and lower side of 

 the midvein, 2 // -3 // wide, the upper and the similar bracts 

 much overtopping the culm; staminate spikes i or 2; the 

 lower sometimes pistillate at the base, borne on a stalk 

 y 2 '-\ r long; pistillate spikes 2-4, scattered, rather loosely 

 many-flowered, the upper sessile, the lower slender- 

 stalked, i '-2' long, about y 2 ' thick, all erect or ascending; 

 perigynia inflated, ovoid-conic, spreading or the lower 

 slightly reflexed, prominently few-nerved, about 3" long 

 gradually tapering into the long 2-toothed beak, 2-3 time- ;i> 

 long as the lanceolate acute or acuminate scale; stigmas 3. 



In marshes, Ontario and New York to Michigan. Appa- 

 rently intergrades with the preceding species. June- Aug. 



23. Carex lurida Wahl. 



C. lurida Wahl. Kongl. Acal. Hamll II 14 it. 

 Care.r ten/at ulata Muhl ; Will.l Sj> IM 4 366. 1805. 



Glabrous, culm slender, erect, smooth or slightly 

 scabrous above, i M-3 tall. Leave* elongated, roagh. 

 rarely more than 2" wide, the upper and the similar 

 bracts usually much overtopping the culm; staarfMte 

 spike usually solitary, short-stalked, elongated; pistil- 

 late spikes, 1-4, cylindric, densely many-flowered, i'- 

 2' long, about .?' in diameter, the upper elr. the 

 lower peduncled and spreading or drooping; peri- 

 gynia inflated, ovoid, tapering into a long subulate 

 beak, ascending or the lower spreading, 4" long. thin, 

 yellowish green, rather conspicuously m-rvt-d, longer 

 than the rough -aw m-d si-ale; stigmas 3. 



In swamps and wet mead Scotia to Minne- 



sota, Florida and Texas. June -Oct. 



C. lentaculata all tor Boott, is a hybrid with C. l*pmli** 



Carex lurida flaccida Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, i: 73. 1889. 



Pistillate spikes l A'-i' long, brown, all sessile or very nearly so. clustered at the summit, rather 

 more loosely flowered. Northern New York to North Carolina and Tennessee. 



Carex lurida parvula (Paine) Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 418. 

 Care.r lentaculata var. parvula Paine, Cat. PI. Oneida, 105. 1865. 



Culm 6'-i8' high; pistillate spikes only i or 2, scarcely more than ',' lung, globose or <>blonc. 

 sessile or very nearly so; perigynia 3" long. New Hampshire t<> I' tm*ylvania and Iowa. 



Carex lurida exundans Bailey. 



Culms long and spreading; pistillate spikes i X'-2X' long, on very long stalks; scales ratmlalr. 

 the lower often much longer than the perigynia. Occasional with the typical 



24. Carex Baileyi Britton. Bailey's Sedge. 



(Fig. 694.) 



Care.r tentaculata var. gracilis Boott, 111. 94. 1860 Not 



C.gracilis, R. Br. 1810. 

 Care.r Baileyi Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 22: 220. 1895. 



Glabrous, culms erect or reclining, very slender, mi- 

 nutely scabrous above, i-2 long. Leaves roughish, 

 elongated, i>^ // -2 // wide, the upper and the similar 

 bracts exceeding the culm; staminate spike solitary, 

 short-peduncled ; pistillate spikes 1-3, narrowly cylin- 

 dric, very densely many-flowered, all erect or ascend- 

 ing, 9"-2' long, about 4" in diameter, the upper ses- 

 sile, the lower more or less stalked; perigynia inflated, 

 ovoid, zYz"-^" long, ascending, abruptly contracted 

 into the subulate 2-toothed beak, prominently several- 

 nerved, the lower about equalling, the upper longer than 

 the linear-subulate ciliate-scabrous scale; stigmas 3. 



Bogs, Vermont to Virginia and Tennessee. June-Aug. 



