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CYPERACEAE. 

 37. Carex scabrata Schwein. Rough Sedge. (Fig. 707.) 



Carex scabrata Schwein. Ann. L,yc. N. Y. i: 69. 

 1824. 



Glabrous, culms slender, erect or reclining, 

 rough above, leafy, i-3 long. Leaves rough, 

 much elongated, 2^ // -7 // wide, the bracts sim- 

 ilar but narrower and usually exceeding the 

 culm; staminate spike short-stalked; pistillate 

 spikes 3-6, erect, the upper short-stalked, the 

 lower sometimes spreading or drooping, all 

 liuear-cylindric, densely many-flowered, I'-a' 

 long, 2^ // -4 // in diameter; perigynia greenish- 

 brown, ovoid, somewhat inflated, strongly 

 nerved, papillose, tipped with a short rough 

 minutely 2-toothed or entire beak; scales lanceo- 

 late, acute or short-awned, prominently i-nerved, 

 shorter than the perigynia; stigmas 3. 



In moist woods and thickets. New Hampshire 

 and Ontario to Michigan, South Carolina and Ten- 

 nessee. Ascends to 4200 ft. in Virginia. May-Aug. 



38. Carex vestita Willd. Velvet Sedge. 

 (Fig. 708.) 



Carex vestita Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 263. 1805. 



Culms strict and slender, erect or reclining, ij4-2}4 

 tall, rough above. Leaves distant, i> // -2> // wide, 

 not overtopping the culm; bracts similar, but nar- 

 rower, short, rough-ciliate on the margins; staminate 

 spike solitary, rarely 2, almost sessile; pistillate spikes 

 1-5, oblong, 5 // -io // long, 3 // -4 // in diameter, erect, 

 commonly staminate at the summit, sessile or the 

 lower very short-stalked; perigynia ovoid, ascending 

 or the lower spreading, densely pubescent, less than 

 i" in diameter, prominently few-ribbed, tapering 

 gradually into a short conic 2-toothed whitish beak, 

 slightly shorter than or equalling the ovate acute 

 membranous scales; stigmas 3. 



In sandy woods, Massachusetts to eastern New York 

 and Pennsj-lvania, south to Georgia. June-July. 



39. Carex Walteriana Bailey. Walter's Sedge. (Fig. 709.) 



Care.i- striata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 174. 1803. Not 



Gilib. 1792. 



Care.i- Walteriana Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 429. 1893. 

 Carex Walteriana var. brevis Bailey, Bull. Torr. Club, 20: 



429. 1893. 



Culms slender, strict, erect, usually rough above, 

 i-2*4 tall. Leaves narrow and elongated, smooth 

 or roughish, i // -2 // wide, nodulose, not overtopping 

 the culm; lowest bract similar, very long, the upper 

 smaller and often almost filiform; staminate spikes 

 2-5, long-stalked; pistillate spikes I or 2, when 2 the 

 lower remote from the upper, sessile or verj- short- 

 stalked, oblong-cylindric, erect, I'-i^' long, about 

 4 X/ in diameter, rather loosely many-flowered; peri- 

 gynia ovoid, purple-brown, many-nerved, slightly in- 

 flated, ascending, glabrous, or partly or wholly pubes- 

 cent, \%" in diameter, tapering into a short 2-toothed 

 beak, the teeth short; scales ovate, acute, short-F.ristate 

 or obtuse, membranous, one-half the length of the 

 perigynia; stigmas 3. 

 In pine-barren bogs, southern New Jersey to Florida, near the coast. May-July. 



