SEDGES. 415 



Carex crinita Lam. En cycl. 3:393. 1789. FRINGED SEDGE. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 536. -Gray, Man. ed. 6, 601. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 479. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario; New England west 

 to Minnesota; south from New York to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Walker County (T. M. Peters}. Lee County, Auburn 

 (Baker <f- Earle, 540). 



Type locality: "Cette plante crott dans la Virginie." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex glaucescens Ell. Sk. 2 : 553. 1821-24. PALE SEDGE. 



Chap. Fl. 542. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. Distribution 

 not well delined, the species being by most authors confounded with C. verrucosa 

 Muhl. The latter, though it occurs in the lower South, appears to be mainly of a 

 more northern distribution. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine belt, Coast plain. Borders of pine-barren ponds. Clark, 

 Washington, and Mobile counties. Frequent. 



Abundantly distinct from C. verrucosa by the almost nerveless, glaucous perigynia, 

 which are much longer than the blade of the scales and almost as long as their 

 rough awns. Leaves rlattish and generally broader. 



Type locality : " Grows around pine-barren ponds [South Carolina and Georgia]." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex verrucosa Muhl. Gram. 261. 1817. . WARTY-FRUITED SEDGE. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 555. Chap. Fl. 542 ; ed. 3, 570. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to eastern 

 Texas. 



ALABAMA: Almost certainly in the State, but specific locality can not be given. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Georgia et Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Carex virescens Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 251. 1805. DOWNY GREEN SEDGE. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 602. 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario ; New England west to New York and 

 Michigan south to Tennessee, along the mountains to North Carolina, and in Missouri 

 and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shaded rocky hillsides. Winston County, Colliers 

 Creek, 1,600 feet. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, near Men tone, 1,800 feet. 

 June; infrequent. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Pensylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex triceps Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:170. 1803. SMOOTH GREEN SEDGE. 



Carex viridula Schweiii. & Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1 : 320. 1825. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 538. Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1 : 34 (Types of Carices, No. 41). Chap. 

 Fl. 537. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Carolina to Texas. 



ALABAMA : Mountain to Central Prairie region. Low wet woods in heavy clay soil. 

 Lee County, Auburn (Baker <f Earle, 526). Limestone County, Athens (Baker $ Earle, 

 545). Dallas County, Experiment Station near Uniontown. Local; rare. 



This decidedly Southern plant is clearly distinct by the slender habit of its growth, 

 the smaller fertile spikes, and the smooth achenia. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CarexhirsutaWilld.Sp.Pl. 4:252. 1805. HIRSUTE SEDGE. 



Carex triceps liirsuta Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1 : 35. 1889. 



C. triceps Boott, 111. L 128. 1858. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 538. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 602. Chap. Fl. 537. Coulter, Contr. Nat Herb. 

 2 : 479. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario ; New England to Missouri ; south to 

 Florida?, Alabama, and central Texas. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to coast plain ; common through- 

 out. 



Type locality : "Hab. in America boreali." 

 Herb. Mohr. 



