SEDGES. 419 



Carex dasycarpa Muhl. Gram. 236. 1817. HAIRY-FRUITED SEDGE. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :541. Chap. Fl. 539. 



Lonisianian area. South Carolina to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry sandy copses and open woods. Baldwin County, 

 Point Clear. Not frequent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex willdenovii Schk. Riedgr. Nacht. 33, /. 145. 1806. WILLDENOW'S SEDGE. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England west to Michigan, south to 

 North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Winston County (T. M. Peters}. Rare. 



Type locality : " Aus Pensylvanien." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex leptalea Walil. Kongl. Vet. Acad. Handl. ser 2, 24 : 139. 1803. 



BRISTLE-STALKED SEDGE. 



Carex polytrichoides Muhl.; Willd. Sp. PI. 4:213. 1805. 



C. microstachya Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 169. 1803. Not Ehrh. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 613. Chap. Fl. 536. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 482. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. From Newfoundland through Canada to the 

 Pacific, and from British Columbia to Oregon; south to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Boggy places. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle, 

 525). Tuscaloosa and Mobile counties. April to June; common. Abundant in the 

 coast plain. 



Type locality not ascertained; locality of C. polytrichoides: "Hab. in Pennsylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex stipata Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PL 4 : 233. 1805. AWL-FRUITED CAREX. 



Carex vulpinoidea Torr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 3 : 390. 1836. Not Michx. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 529. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 614. 



MEXICO? JAPAN. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Newfoundland to Ontario and Pacific coast. 

 Throughout Eastern United States. Texas to Mexico. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower Pine belt. Swampy places. Lee County, 

 Auburn. Washington County, Yellowpine. April ; not common. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Pennsylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex stipata uberior Mohr. 



Carex stipata maxima Bailey, Proc. Am. Acad. 22 : 135, 1887. Name only. Not C. 

 maxima Scop. 



C. stipata Chap. Fl. 533. 1860. 



Chap. 1. c. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 483. 



From a stout rootstock, robust; stem 2 to almost 3 feet high, f to inch thick at the 

 very spongy base, acutely 3-angled, concave on the sides ; leaves nearly as long as 

 the stem, f to ^ inch wide, flaccid, long acuminate to a sharp almost filiform point; 

 panicle ovate-lanceolate, fully 2 inches long, and 1 inch wide at the somewhat 

 decompound base. Peryginia with stronger nerves. Plant pale. 



This well-marked variety has been confounded with the type. The description of 

 C. stipata Chap, clearly points to our plant. Professor Bailey ascribes to Chapman 

 the untenable name C. stipata maxima, which appears, however, not to have been 

 published, but which doubtless has reference to this plant. C. stipata in Coulter's 

 Botany of Western Texas (Contr. Nat. Herb, vol. 2) clearly belongs here. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. In deep morasses, growing in dense clumps. Mobile 

 County; open deep river swamps along the old telegraph road. April. 



Type locality : Mobile County, Ala. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Carex vulpinoidea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 169. 1803. 



MANY-FLOWERED CAREX. 



Carex multiflora Muhl. ; Willd. Sp. PL 4 : 243. 1805. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 530. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 615. Chap. Fl. 533. 



MEXICO, COLOMBIA. 



Canadian to Louisianian area. Eastern Canada to Lakes Superior and Winnipeg, 

 throughout the Eastern States to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



