CYPEKACEAE. 



67. Carex cryptocarpa C. A. Meyer. 

 Hidden-fruited Sedge. (Fig. 737.) 



Carex cryptocarpa C. A. Meyer, Mem. Acad St. 



Petersb. i: 226. pi. 14. 1825-31. 



Glabrous, culm stout, erect, sharply 3-angled, 

 rough above, i}4 -3 tall. Leaves smooth, 2 // -3 // " 

 wide, the basal shorter than or equalling the culm, 

 the upper ones and the lower bract shorter; stami- 

 nate spikes 2-4, stalked; pistillate spikes 2-5, all 

 filiform -stalked and drooping, densely flowered, i 7 - 

 3' long, 3 // -4 // in diameter; perigynia oblong or 

 oval, green, faintly several-nerved, i^ /r long, 

 tipped with a very short entire beak; scales purple- 

 brown, ascending, lanceolate, acuminate, 2 or 3 

 times longer than the perigynia; stigmas 2. 



Arctic America from Greenland to Alaska. Summer. 

 Carex cryptocarpa variegata (Drejer) Britton, Mem. 



Torr. Club, 5: 76. 1894. 

 Care.v filipendula var. variegata Drejer, Rev. Crit. 



Car. 46. 1841. 



Lower than the type, seldom over i tall; pistillate spikes about 2, ovoid or short oblong, 6" -9" 

 long; scales ovate-lanceolate, acute, little longer than the perigynia. Range of the species. 



68. Carex maritima Muller. Seaside Sedge. (Fig. 738.) 



C. maritima Muller, Fl. Dan. 4: 12: 6. pi. 703. 1777. 



Glabrous, light green, culms slender, or rather 

 stout, erect, sharply 3-angled, smooth, or roughish 

 above, i-2% tall. Leaves 2 // -3 // wide, roughish 

 on the margins and midvein, rarely overtopping 

 the culm, the lower bracts similar; staminate spikes 

 1-3, slender-stalked, often pistillate at the base ; 

 pistillate spikes 2-4, cylindric, often staminate at 

 the summit, densely many-flowered, I'-s' long, 

 4//_g// thick, drooping on filiform stalks; perigynia 

 oval or nearly orbicular, ascending, pale, biconvex, 

 rather less than \" long, nerveless or with a few 

 faint nerves, tipped with a very short and nearly 

 or quite entire beak; scales ascending, green, lin- 

 ear-subulate, ciliate-scabrous, 3-8 times as long as 

 the perigynia; stigmas 2. 



In salt meadows, Newfoundland and Labrador to 

 Massachusetts. Also in Europe. June-Aug. 



69. Carex crinita L/am. Fringed 

 Sedge. (Fig. 739.) 



Carex crinita Lam. Encycl. 3: 393. 1789. 



Glabrous, culms stout, 3-angled, rough or very 

 nearly smooth, erect or somewhat recurving, 2- 

 5 tall. Leaves flat, rough-margined, $"-')" wide, 

 the upper sometimes overtopping the culm, the 

 lowest very short and sheathing; staminate spikes 

 I or 2, stalked, often pistillate at the base or in 

 the middle; pistillate spikes 3-5, narrowly cylin- 

 dric, densely many-flowered, \'-^ l A' long, 3 // -4 // 

 in diameter, all stalked, drooping and commonly 

 secund; perigynia obovoid, obtuse, about i" long 

 and nearly as thick, nerveless, abruptly tipped by 

 the very short entire beak; scales green, subulate, 

 ciliate-scabrous, spreading, 2-6 times as long as 

 the perigynia; stigmas 2. 



. ^ et woods ' N Y a Scotia and Ontario to Florida and Texas. June-Aug. 



d with C. /or/a, occurring in New Hampshire, is described by Prof. L. H. Baik-y. 



