SEDGES. 417 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 605. Chap. Fl. 540. Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 321. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey, southern Virginia, southern Ohio, 

 Florida, Mississippi, and western Louisiana (Hale). 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Central Prairie region. Lawrence County (T. M. 

 Peters}. Wilcox County (S. B. Buckley). Rare. 



Type locality : " America septentrionalis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herh. Mohr. 



Carex flaccosperma Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 2 : 245. 1846. 



THIN-FRUITED SEDGE. 



Carex xanthosperma Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 42 : 334. 1866. 



Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 567. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herh. 2 : 480. 



Louisianian area. Florida west to western Louisiana (Hale) and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie belt. Shady woods. Montgomery County^ banks of 

 Pentulalla Creek. Not frequent. 



Type locality: "Florida and Louisiana, Dr. Leavenworth." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex graiiularis Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 279. 1805. MEADOW SEDGE. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 548. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 605. Chap. Fl. 540. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Ontario, west to Manitoba; 

 New England to Minnesota, south to New Jersey; Virginia, Ohio Valley to Missouri, 

 south to Tennessee and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Mountain and Central Prairie region. Walker County (T.M.Peters). 

 Wilcox County (Buckley). Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle, 526). 



Type locality : " Hab. in Pennsylvania. 7 ' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex laxiflora Lam. Encycl. 3 : 392. 1789. LOOSE-FLOWERED SEDGE. 



Carex anceps Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PL 4 : 278. 1805. 



C. anceps angustifolia Dewey in Wood, Bot. 423. 1845. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 607. Chap. Fl. 540. In part. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario, Eastern States, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA : From the mountains to Central Prairie region. Shady woods and moist 

 copses. Cullman County, 800 feet. Clark County, Choctaw Corner. Common. 



Type locality: "Cette 'espece bien distincte croit dans le New-York, la Pensylva- 

 nie & la Virginie." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex laxiflora varians Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club. 1 : 32. 1889. 



Carex laxiflora striatula Carey in Gray, Man. ed. 2, 524. 1856. Not C. striatula 

 Michx. 1803. 



C. blanda Dewey, Am. Jonrn. Sci. 10 : 45. 1826. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 607. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 481. 



Canadian zone, Allegheuian and Carolinian areas. Ontario ; New England (Mount 

 Desert Island), throughout the Eastern States to North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shady woods. Blount County, banks of Mulberry 

 River. Cullman County. Lee County, Auburn. June; rare. 



Type locality : "New Hampshire to New Jersey, Minnesota, and Kansas." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex laxiflora patulifolia (Dewey) Carey in Gray, Man. ed. 2, 524. 



BROAD-LEAF LOOSE-FLOWERED SEDGE. 



Carex plantaginea Schk. Riedgr. Nacht. 63, /. 195. 1806. Not Lam. 1789. 



C. anceps patulifolia Dewey in Wood, Bot. 423. 1845. 



C. laxiflora var. plantaginea Boott, 111. 1 : 37. 1858. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 607. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England to Michigan, southward to North 

 Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Shady copses. Blount County, Blount Springs. 

 Walker County (T. M. Peters; Beaumont). Not rare. 



Type locality of C. plantaginea Schk.: "Hab. in sylvis Virginiae, Carolinae, Pen- 

 sylvaniae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex striatula Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 173. 1803. MICHAUX'S SEDGE. 



Carex tetanica Ell. Sk. 2 : 549. 1824. Not Schk. 

 C. ignota Dewey, Am. Journ. Sci. ser. 2, 8 : 348. 1849. 

 C. laxiflora michauxii Bailey, Mem. Torr. Club, 1 : 32. 1889. 

 C. laxiflora Boott, 111. 1 : 36, t. 89. 1858. 



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