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CYPERACEAE. 

 126. Carex varia Muhl. Emmons' Sedge. (Fig. 796.) 



Carex varia Muhl.; Wahl. Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. 



(II.) 24: 159. 1803. 



C. Emmonsii Dewey; Torr. Ann. Lye. X. Y. 3: 411. 1836. 

 C. varia var. colorata Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, i: 41. 1889. 



Rather bright green, stoloniferous, culms filiform, 

 erect or somewhat spreading, roughish above, 6 / -i8 / 

 long. Leaves elongated, /^ // -iX // "wide, nearly al- 

 ways shorter than the culms; lower bract scale-like or 

 subulate, rarely i' long; staminate spike 2 // -4 // long, 

 sessile, sometimes scarcely overtopping the upper pis- 

 tillate one, but usually rather prominent; pistillate 

 spikes 2-4, mostly close together, 2 / '-3 // long, few- 

 flowered; perigynia oblong, pubescent, about i" long 

 l /y." thick, narrowed at the base, tipped with a subu- 

 late minutely 2-toothed beak commonly one-half the 

 length of the body; scales ovate, green or purplish- 

 brown, acute, about as long as the perigynia; stigmas 3. 



In dry soil, Nova Scotia to western Ontario and Mani- 

 toba, south to Georgia and Texas. May-July. 



127. Carex Novae-Angliae Schwein. 



New England Sedge. (Fig. 797.) 

 C . Novae-Angliae Schwein. Ann. I,yc. N. Y. i: 67. 1824. 

 Rather dark green, stoloniferous, culms fiiliform, 

 erect or reclining, 4 / -8 / long. Leaves about %" 

 wide, soft, elongated, often exceeding the culms; 

 staminate spike short-stalked, very narrow or almost 

 filiform, 3 // -8 // long; pistillate spikes 1-4, distant, 

 subglobose, few-flowered, sessile or the lower short- 

 stalked; lower bract filiform, short or sometimes 

 overtopping the spikes; perigynia narrowly obovoid 

 or oblong, \' f long, l / z ' f thick, pubescent, tipped by 

 a subulate 2-toothed beak about one-fourth the length 

 of the body; scales ovate, greenish-brown, acute or 

 cuspidate; stigmas 2 or 3. 



In wet shaded places, New Brunswick to Maine, Massa- 

 chusetts and northern New York. Summer. 



128. Carex deflexa Hornem. Northern Sedge. 



Carex deflexa Hornem. Plantel. Ed. 3, i: 

 Carex deflexa var. Deanei Bailey, Mem. 



42. 1889. 

 Carex Peckii Howe; Peck, Ann. Rep. N". Y. State Mus. 



Nat. Hist. 47: 166. 1894. 



Aspect of smaller forms of the preceding species; 

 culms filiform, erect or spreading, I / -I2 / long, shorter 

 than or exceeding the narrow bright green leaves. 

 Bracts subulate or very narrowly linear, ^ / -2 / long; 

 staminate spike sessile, i // -3 // long, sometimes ob- 

 lique, inconspicuous; pistillate spikes 1-4, 2 / '-4 // 

 long, oblong, few-flowered, the upper sessile, the 

 lower slender-stalked and somewhat separated, com- 

 monly also i or 2 nearly basal filiform-stalked spikes 

 from the lowest sheaths; perigynia oblong, much 

 narrowed at the base, pubescent, i" or less long, 

 tipped with a flat 2-toothed beak about one-fourth 

 the length of the body; scales ovate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, green, acute or cuspidate; stigmas 3 or 2. 



In open places, Nova Scotia to Ontario, Maine, Vermont and Pennsylvania, mostly at high 

 altitudes. Summer. Carex Peckii Howe ( C. albicans Willd., an older name ) may be distjnct. 



Carex deflexa Farwellii Britton. 

 Carex deflexa var. media Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, i: 43. 1889. Not C. media R. Br. 1823. 



Densely tufted; culms stiff, erect, 6'-i5' tall, commonly much longer than the leaves; stam- 



(Fig. 798.) 



j8. 1821. 

 'orr. Club, i: 



