SEDGK FAMILY. 



165. Carex rosea Schk. Stellate Sedge 

 (Fig- 835.) 



can-.r rosea Schk. Riedgr. Nachtr. 15. /. 779. 1806. 



Rather bright green, culms very slender or filiform, 

 erect or reclining, rough above, i-2^ long. Leaves 

 flat, soft, spreading, i" or less wide, shorter than the 

 culm; lower bract filiform or bristle-like, ^'-2^' 

 long; spikes 4-8, subglobose, 2"-3"in diameter, 5-15. 

 flowered, the 2 or 3 upper close together, the others 

 distant; staminate flowers few, terminal; perigynia 

 ovate-lanceolate, flat, bright green, stellately diverging, 

 nerveless, shining, i"-!^" long, rather more than %" 

 wide, tapering into a stout 2-toothed beak about one- 

 fourth the length of the body; scales ovate-oblong, 

 white, hyaline, half aslongastheperigynia; stigmas 2. 



In woods and thickets, Newfoundland to Ontario and 

 Manitoba, south to North Carolina, Nebraska and Mi- 

 souri. Ascends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. May-July. 



Carex rosea radiata Dewey, Am. Jnurn Si i to: 





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Culms filiform, spreading; leaves about '."wide; spikes only 2-6-nowcred. scattered, perinvfai 

 ascending, lanceolate, about ^" wide. Ontario to Massachusetts m<l Kmtmk; 



166. 



wide. 



Carex retroflexa Muhl. 



Reflexed 



Cat ex- retrofit \ a Muhl . Willil | . 4 . 1$. lfc>S 

 C. rosea var. retn>jt,-\a T<.rr. \- 



Culms very slender, erect, rather stiff, 8'-i8' tall. 

 smooth or roughish above. Leaves about -, 

 width, mostly shorter than the culm; 

 bristle-form, sometimes 2' long, usually 

 spikes 4-8, subglobose, 4-9- flowered, the upper all 

 close together, the lower a or j separated; tamt 

 nate flowers terminal or rarely variously intermixed 

 with the pistillate; perigynia oblong-lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, radiating or reflexed at maturity. 

 about i 'i" long and a little more than V wide. 

 smooth, green-brown, compressed, but not as flat 

 as those of the preceding species, somewhat corky- 

 thickened at the base, tapering upwardly into a 

 toothed beak about one-thin* the length of the 

 body; scales ovate, hyaline, about half a* long as 

 the perigynia; stigmas 2. 

 In woods and thickets, Massachusetts to Ontario, Michigan, Florida, and Texas, May 



167. Carex Tex ensis (Torr.) Bailey. Texas Sedge. ( Fig. - 



Caie.\- rosea var. Texensis Torr.; Bailey, Mem Torr. 



Club, 1:57. 1889. 

 Carc.r Tcxensis Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 97. 1894. 



Similar to the preceding species, culms very 

 slender, erect, smooth, 6 / -i8 / tall. Leaves spread- 

 ing or ascending, soft, about ^"wide, shorter than 

 the culm; lower bract commonly filiform, some- 

 times elongated; spikes 4-7, 4-io-flowered, all close 

 together in a narrow head X / ~ I /^ / l n > or * nc 

 lower ones separated; perigynia narrowly lanceo- 

 late, green, nerveless, smooth, radiating or widely 

 spreading, i^ // -2 // long, l /t" wide, the tapering 

 beak about one-half as long as the body; scales 

 lanceolate or ovate, hyaline, acute or acuminate, 

 less than one-half as long as the perigynia; stig- 

 mas 2. 



Southern Illinois (according to Bailey); Alabama to 

 Texas. April-May. 



