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CYPEKACEAE (SEDGE FAMILY) 



461. C. tet., 

 V. Meadii. 



C. Meadii 



margined scale. — Bogs and meadows, near the coast, N. S. to 

 Ct., local. May-July. (Perhaps introd. from Eu.) Fig. 459. 



106. C. tetanica Schkuhr. Slender, rarely glaucous, some- 

 what stoloniferous ; culms scabrous, at least above, 1-6 dm. 

 high; leaves 1.5-4.5 mm. wide; spikes all peduncled, the upper 

 on^e very shortly so, pale, all more or less attenuate 

 below, 0.7-4 cm. long, the lower borne in the axils 

 of bracts 0.5-2 dm. long ; perigynia not turgid, green- 

 ish, somewhat nerved, the beak strongly bent ; scale 

 obtuse or abruptly mucronate, all except the lowest 

 mostly shorter than the perigynia. — Meadows and 

 bogs, w. N. E. to Man., and south w. May-July. Fig. 

 460. Var. Woodii (Dewey) Bailey. Very slender; 

 leaves narrow, very long and lax ; spikes mostly alter- 

 nate-flowered throughout; scales often sharper.— 

 Mass. to Ont., Mich., and D. C, local. 

 „ Var. Meadii (Dewey) Bailey. Stiffer ; leaves 



,,« o * . • mostly broader (2.5-5 ram. broad) and stricter; spikes 

 m. c. tetamca. ^^ .^^ ^^^ densely flowered, not attenuate at base, 

 the upper one often sessile ; perigynia larger. (Var. Canhyi Porter ; 

 Dewey.)— Pa. to Man., and south w. Fig. 461. ,.^ . 



^ 107. C. polym6rpha Muhl. Stout, 3-6 dm. high, from 



stout cord-like rootstocks; leaves rather broad (3.5-5 mm.), 

 short ; spikes 1-2, short-stalked, erect, compact 

 or rarely loose, usually staminate at the apex, 

 1.5-4 cm. long, 5-9 mm. thick ; perigynia long- 

 ovoid, obscurely nerved ; the very long and 

 nearly straight beak oblique or Hipped at the 

 orifice; scales reddish-brown, obtuse, shorter 

 than the perigynia. — Open woods and meadows, 

 s. Me. to K. C, local. June-Aug. Fig. 462. 

 108. C vaginata Tausch. Very slender and 

 more or less diffuse, strongly stoloniferous, 

 2-8 dm. high ; leaves narrow (1.5-5 mm. broad) 

 and soft, shorter than the culm; spikes 1-3, 

 scattered, all peduncled and more or less spread- 

 ing, loosely 3-20-flowered ; perigynia small, 

 nearly nerveless, thin, the beak straightish ; 

 scales loose, acute, shorter than the perigynia. 

 (C. saltuensis Bailey ; C. altocaulis Britton.)— Bogs and mossy 

 woods, Lab. to the Yukon, s. to N. B., n. N. E., N. Y., Mich., 

 Minn., Alb., and B. C. June-Aug. Fig. 463. 



109. C. abbreviata Prescott. Stiff, 1.5-5 dm. high; culm 



and leaves thinly pubescent ; spikes globose to thick-cylindric, 

 5-1.5 cm. long • perigynia equaling or exceeding the mostly 

 cuspidate scales. (0. Torreyi Tuckerm.)— Wooded slopes, 

 Minn, to Sask. and Col. ; supposed to .have been collected in 

 N.Y. by Torrey, and in Pa. by Schweinitz. 

 June, July. Fig. 464. 



110. C. pallescens L. Slender, erect, 1-6 

 dm. high ; leaves narrow, flat, the lower slightly 

 pubescent, particularly on the sheaths; spikes 

 2-4, 0.5-2 dm. long, densely flowered, all but 

 the upper one very shortly peduncled, erect 

 AC,* n oKKn.,Hnt. or spreading ; perigynia about the length of 

 464. C. abbreviata. ^^^ ^^gpi^i^^g' g^ales. - Glades and meadows, 

 Nfd. to Pa., Wise, and Ont. May-Aug. (Eu.) Fig. 465. 



111. C. paupercula Michx. Slender but erect, tiifted, 1-2.5 

 dm. high, glabrous; leaves flat and lax, somewhat shorter 

 than the culm ; lowest bract as wide as the leaves or nearly 



polymorpha. 



vaginata. 



4<J5. 0. pallescen&i 



