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201. Carex festucacea Willd. Fescue Sedge. 



Care.v festucacea Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 242. 1805. 



t\in i slraniinca var. brei'ior Dewey, Am. Journ Sci n- 



i;. 1826. 

 C. stftniihua var. fesiucacea Tuck. Kn. Meth. 18. 1841. 



Culms slender or rather stout, nearly or quite 

 smooth, stiff, strictly erect, i-4 tall. Leaves rather 

 stiff, erect, i // -2 // wide, shorter than the culm; spikes 

 : een-brown oblong or nearly globular, clustered 

 at the summit but not at all confluent, 2"-4"in diam- 

 eter, the lower one sometimes subtended by a short 

 filiform bract; perigynia orbicular or very broadly 

 ovate, broadly wing-margined, about i%" in diam- 

 eter, little if at all longer than wide, spreading or as- 

 cending, several-nerved on both faces, the roughish 

 beak about one-third the length of the body; scales 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtusish, about 

 as long as and narrower than the perigynia; stigmas 2. 



In dry or moist soil, New Brunswick to Minnesota, 

 smith to Florida and Kansas. May-July. 



202. Carex alata Torr. Broad -winged Sedge. < Fix 



Carc.r alata Torr. Ann. I.-. 

 Carex stramhifa var ,//<//./ Ilailr> 



Culms stiff, rather stout, strictly erect, 

 above, 1-^% tall. Leaves grass-like, but 

 rigid, i "-2" wide, shorter than the culm, spike* ob- 

 long or oblong-conic, green-brown, very dentely 

 many-flowered, 5"-H" long. 4" 5" thick, usually con 

 spicuously staminate and contracted at the baae. 

 pointed or obtuse at the summit, all distinct but 

 usually little separated, bractless, or the lower one 

 subtended by a short filiform bract; perigynia orbicu- 

 lar or obovate-orbicular, very broadly winged. " 

 in diameter, faintly few-nerved or al 

 erect and appressed, or somewhat curved upward, the 

 short beak not more than one-fourth aa loaf a* the 

 body; scales lanceolate, acuminate, scarcely oirr 

 wide, a little shorter than the perigynia; stigma* ; 

 achene distinctly stipitate. 

 In moist soil, Massachusetts to Florida, mostly near the coast. May June 



203. Carex albolutescens Schwein. Greenish-white Sedgi i . 873.) 



Carex- albolutescens Schwein. Ann. Lye. N. V. i : 66. 1824. 

 Care.v straminea \ar.foenea Torr. Ann. Lye. N. V. 3: 395. 



1836. Not C. foenea Willd. 1809. 



ilbolutescens var. cumitlata Bailey, Bull. Torr. 



Club, 20: 422. 1893. 



Similar to the preceding species, but usually lower, 

 culms i-2 tall, stout, strictly erect, rough above. 

 Leaves i // -2 // wide, shorter than the culm; bracts fili- 

 form or wanting, the lower one sometimes exceeding 

 its spike; spikes 3-8, oblong, usually narrowed at 

 both ends, staminate below, silvery green when young 

 but becoming brownish, 4"-6" long, mostly less than 

 i" thick, clustered, but distinct, the lowest sometimes 

 separated, and very rarely stalked; perigynia broadly 

 ovate, not twice as long as wide, broadly winged, 

 strongly nerved on both faces, appressed, about 2" 

 long, the roughish beak about one-third as long as the 

 body; scales lanceolate, acuminate, about as long as the 

 perigynia, but much narrower; achene nearly or quite 

 sessile; stigmas 2. . , 



In wet soil, most abundant along salt meadows, but also o 

 eastern Pennsylvania and Florida. May-July. 





