SEDGE FAMILY. 



Carex crinita minor B<x>tt. I1L 18. 1858. 



Culms slender, io'-2o' tall; leaves i %"-i%" wide; pistillate pikr i' 

 or slightly drooping; perigynia little more than ' in diameter. Mai 



70. Carex gynandra Schwein. Nodding Sedge. 



Car ev gynandra Schwein. Ann. Lye. N. Y. i: 70. 1824. 



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 Care\ a inita var. gynandra Schwein. & Torr. Ann 



Lye. X. Y. 1:360. 1825. 



Similar to the preceding species, culms stout, 

 2-4 tall. Leaves 3 // -6 // wide, glabrous or their 

 sheaths often finely pubescent; pistillate spikes 

 i'-4' long, narrowly cylindric, stalked, drooping; 

 perigynia oblong or elliptic, faintly few-nerved or 

 nerveless, compressed, not at all or slightly in- 

 flated, ij4 // -2 // long, and about one-half as broad, 

 tapering gradually to an acute entire orifice; scales 

 subulate, rough, ascending, 2-4 times as long as the 

 perigynia; stigmas 2, rarely 3. 



In swamps, Nova Scotia (according to Macoun < to 

 northern New York, Florida and Louisiana. Ascends 

 to 5000 ft. in New Hampshire. June-Aug. 



Carex gynandra Porteri (Olney) Britton. 

 Care.r Porteri Olney, Car. Bor. Am. 12. 1871. 



Smaller, bearing the same relation to the species 

 that minor does to C. crinita. Maine. 



71. Carex macrokdlea Stcud. Southern 

 Glaucous Sedge. 



Care.i macrokolea SU ml S\n I 1 : > 



Carex rerrucosa Ell. Bi.t. S. Cr& G*. a 555. UMA, 



Muhl. 1817. 



Glabrous, light green and glaucous, culms stoat, 

 erect, slightly rough on the angle* abore, a* -4* tall. 

 Leaves flat or in drying somewhat involute, rongh, 

 i .'2" -3" wide, often equalling the culm, tapering to 

 very long narrow tip, the lower bracts similar, hotter; 

 staminate spikes i or 2, short-stalked, often 

 at the summit; pistillate spikes 2-8, cjrlindric, 

 i / -2 / long, erect, sessile or the lowrr stalked; pfi- 

 gynia dark brown, broadly ovoid, .vangled. l# " loaK. 

 usually several-nerved, abruptly contracted into a 

 sharp beak about one-fourth as long a the body; scales 

 oblong, scarious-margined, rough awned, as long a* 

 the perigynia or longer; stigmas 3 or 5. 



In swamps, Missouri to Florida and Texa*. Jnnc An*. 



72. Carex glauca Scop. Glaucous Sedge. i 



Care.r glauca Scop. Fl. Cam. Ed. 2, 2: 223. 1772. 



Glabrous, pale green and glaucous, culms slender, 

 erect, smooth or roughish above, i-2 tall, the 

 rootstocks long and stout. Leaves shorter than or 

 equalling the culm, smooth or nearly so, about 2" 

 wide; lower bract similar to the leaves, but nar- 

 rower; staminate spikes mostly 2, stalked; pistillate 

 spikes 2 or 3, ascending or at length drooping, 

 slender-stalked, linear-cylindric, i'-2' long, 3" 

 thick, densely many-flowered, commonly staminate 

 at the summit; perigynia brown, ellipsoid, faintly 

 few-nerved, or nerveless, minutely granulate or 

 papillose, nearly \" long, minutely beaked, the 

 orifice entire; scales ovate or lanceolate, brown 

 with a green midvein, acute or obtusish, about as 

 long as the perigynia; stigmas 2. 



In meadows. Nova Scotia and Ontario. Adventive 

 from Europe. June-Aug. 



