178 BOTANY OF MICHIGAN 



spruce swamps. Plentiful. Very small and slender but resembling the 

 preceding. 



Carex tenella Schkuhr. Soft-leaved sedge. Swamps and margins of 

 wet woods. Frequent. 



Carex rosea Schkuhr. Stellate sedge. In rich woods near Murphy's 

 Lake. Probably frequent throughout. 



Carex rosea radiata Dewey. Hay-like sedge. In damp woods near 

 Mayville. Frequent. 



Carex muhlenbergii Schkuhr. Muhlenberg's sedge. Frequent on poor 

 sand} r ground. 



Carex cephalophora Muhl. Oval-headed sedge. "Clay soil on oak 

 islands, Akron Township." C. A. Davis. 



Carex sparganioides Muhl. Bur-reed sedge. In damp rich woods 

 near Murphy's Lake. Probably frequent throughout. 



Carex vulpinoidea Michx. Fox sedge. Common throughout in low 

 open ground. 



Carex diandra Shrank. Lesser panicled sedge. In wet boggy ground 

 near Akron, probably frequent throughout. 



Carex diandra ramosa (Boott) Fernald. Prairie sedge. In very wet 

 and boggy ground near Cat Lake. 



Carex stipata Muhl. Awl-fruited sedge. Common in very wet open 

 or partially shaded places, especially about the small lakes. 



Carex sariwellii Dewey. Sartwell's sedge. In very wet open marshy 

 ground, especially about the small lakes. 



Carex crinita Lam. Fringed sedge. Occasional in and near open or 

 partially shaded places. 



Carex aquaiilis Wahlenb. Water sedge. Frequent in wet places near 

 the shore of Saginaw Bay, and occasional near the small lakes. Accord- 

 ing to K. K. Mackenzie of New York Cit} r , we do not have C. aquaiilis 

 in this part of Michigan, but rather a variety, C. aquatilis subsiricta Kii- 

 kenthal. Smaller water sedge. 



Carex stricta Lamb. Tussock sedge. In boggy places near the small 

 lakes. 



Carex aurea Nutt. Golden-fruited sedge. Damp grassy shaded or 

 open places. Frequent. 



Carex leptalea Wahlenb. Bristle-stalked sedge. In swamps near the 

 small lakes. Plentiful. 



Carex polygama Schkuhr. Brown sedge. Common in wet marshy 

 places about the small lakes and in prairie-like ground in the northern 

 part of the county. 



Carex gracillima Schwein. Graceful sedge. In rich woods near 

 Murphy's Lake. Probably frequent throughout. 



Carex communis Bailey. Fibrous-rooted sedge. Noticed in rich woods 

 in Aimer Township by C. A. Davis. Probably frequent throughout. 



