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SEDGE FAMILY. 



100. Carex conoidea Schk. Field Sedge. 

 (Fig. 770.) 



Can- 1 conoidea Schk. Riedgr. Nachtr. 67. / 168. 1806. 

 Glabrous, culms slender, rather stiff, erect, 8'-i8' 

 tall. Leaves i"-i>" wide, the basal sometimes 

 equalling the culm; lower bracts similar to the culm- 

 leaves, sometimes overtopping the spikes; stamiiiatv 

 spike long-stalked; pistillate spikes 1-3, distant, erect, 

 oblong or oblong-cylindric, $"-11." long, 2^" thick, 

 not densely flowered, the upper nearly sessile, the 

 lower slender-stalked; perigynia oblong, obtusely 3- 

 angled, narrowed to each end, acute, finely many- 

 striate, beakless, i"-i^" long, about %" thick, the 

 orifice entire; scales broadly ovate, scarious-inargined, 

 abruptly contracted into a rough awn, the lower 

 longer than the perigynia, the upper shorter than or 

 equalling them; stigmas 3. 



In meadows, Nova Scotia to Ontario, south to Kin Hit- 

 Island, Now Jersey, Ohio and Illinois. May-June. 



101. Carex oligocarpa Schk. Few-fruited Sedge. Five. 



Carex oligocarpa Schk. Riedg. Narhtr. Jfll / /m 



1806. 



Glabrous, culms very slender or almost filifora. 

 spreading or reclining, rougbisb, V-\V lirag; 

 Leaves about i" wide, spreading, soft, the basal 

 shorter than or equalling the culm, the bract* siavt- 

 lar, usually exceeding the spikes; lUmmatr spike 

 solitary, long-stalked or nearly sessile; pistillate 

 spikes 2-4, erect or nearly so, distant, loosely few- 

 flowered, 4 // -8 // long, less than a" thick, erect. the 

 lower filiform-stalked, the upper sessile; perigyaai 

 oblong, firm, pale, finely many *thate. ascending. 

 i"-i#" long, abruptly narrowed into a short 

 straight or oblique entire beak; scales ovate, tipped 

 with a rough spreading awn, longer than or equal- 

 ling the perigynia; stigmas v 



In dry woods and thickt and Ontario to 



Michigan, south t<. N \v ] 

 tucky and Missouri. May Julv 



102. Carex Hitchcockiana Dewey. Hitchcock's Se<l>jr. 



Carex Hitchcockiana Dewey, Am. Jouni. Sci. 10: 274. 

 1826. 



Culms slender, erect, somewhat rough, i-2 tall. 

 Leaves iX // ~3 // wide, the basal mostly shorter than 

 the culm, the upper and similar bracts much over- 

 topping the spikes, their sheaths pubescent, their 

 blades somewhat so; staminate spike stalked or 

 nearly sessile; pistillate spikes 2-4, loosely few- 

 flowered, erect, rather distant, stalked or the upper 

 sessile; perigynia ovoid, obtusely 3-angled, finely 



i many-striate, ascending, i / ^ // long, nearly i // 

 thick, tipped with a short stout oblique entire 



' beak; scales ovate or ovate-lanceolate, scarious- 

 margined, rough-awned, longer than or equalling 

 the perigynia; stigmas 3. 



In woods and thickets, Vermont and Ontat 

 Michigan, south to New Jersey, West Virginia, Ken- 

 tucky and Missouri. May-July. 



