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SEDGE FAMILY. 

 153. Carex stipata Muhl. Awl-fruited Sedge. 



c ',u, r stipata Muhl.; Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 233. 1805. 



Culms smooth, rather weak, erect or nearly so, 

 sharply 3-angled before drying, i-3# tall. Leaves 

 flat, 2"-4" wide, shorter than the culm, the upper 

 ones sometimes overtopping the spikes; bracts short, 

 bristle-form or wanting; spikes numerous, yellowish 

 brown, crowded into a terminal oblong cluster i,S'- 

 4' long, the lowest sometimes branched, the stami- 

 nate flowers few, always terminal; perigynia lanceo- 

 late, strongly several-nerved, 2 // -2^ // long, about i" 

 wide at the base, gradually tapering into a rough 

 flattened 2-toothed beak 1-2 times as long as the 

 body, giving the clusters a peculiarly bristly aspect; 

 scales ovate or lanceolate, thin, hyaline, acuminate, 

 shorter than the perigynia; stigmas 2. 



In swamps and wet meadows, Newfoundland to Ontario 

 and British Columbia, south to Florida, Tciim-ssri-. Mi> 

 souri. New Mexico and California. Ascends to 4200 ft. 

 in Virginia. May-July. 



154. Carex Crus-Corvi Shutthv. Raven's-foot Sedge. i 



Carex Crus-Corri Shuttlu Kictfc 8pi 



PI. 32. 1844. 

 Carex Halci I ><.<. \ \m J.nirn S 



Pale green and glaucous, culms stoat, 

 rough above, erect, 2-4 tall Leave* flat, a#"- 

 6" wide, rough-margined, sometimes equalling the 

 culm, usually shorter; spikes yellowish 

 staminate above, very numerous in large 

 pound branching terminal clutter 4'- 17' IOOK 

 y thick; perigynia elongated -lanceolate, ttroexlv 

 several-nerved, about 4" long, with a short hard 

 base and a subulate rough 2-toothed beak 3 or 4 

 times as long as the body; scales ovate or 

 late, thin, very much shorter than the 

 stigmas 2. 



In swamps, Indiana to southern Minnesota, wota to 

 Florida, Louisiana and Tcxa*. May-July 



155. Carex decomposita Muhl. Large- 

 pan icled Sedge. (Fig. 825.) 



decomposita Muhl. Gram. 264. 1817. 



Dark green, culms smooth, very obtusely angled 

 or terete below, rather stout, erect, i^-3 tall. 

 Leaves 2 // -4 // wide, rough, rather stiff, longer than 

 the culm, equitant at the base; spikes yellowish 

 brown, staminate above, small and very numerous 

 in a terminal decompound cluster 2 '-5' long, the 

 lower branches ascending and i / -2 / long; bracts 

 subulate, ciliate or wanting; perigynia short-ob- 

 ovate, less than \" long, hard, somewhat shin- 

 ing, faintly few-nerved, abruptly tipped with a 

 very short slightly 2-toothed beak; scales ovate, 

 scarious-margined, about equalling the perigynia; 

 stigmas 2. 



In swamps, New York to Ohio and Michigan, south 

 to Florida and Louisiana. May-Aug. 



