116 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6ed. 614; Mac., Fl. Can. II. 120; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 98; Coult., Fl. Colo. 391; Upham. Suppl. Minn. 49; Herd., Fl. Eur. 

 Euss. 138; Richt., PI. Eur. 148; Both., Wheel. Exp. 277; Bail., Syn. 

 Car. 133. 



Europe (region of the Caucasus mts. and the Carpa- 

 thians). 



North America: Colo, to N. Mex. ; E. to Neb., Iowa; 

 N. to Minn., Saskatchewan and Rocky mts. in Peace river 

 valley region. 



Minn, valley: Reported from S. and N. W. districts; 

 wet prairies. 



Carex chordorhiza EHRH. Linn. f. Suppl. 414 (1781). 

 C. funiformis CLAIBV. Man. 287 (1811). 

 Vignea chordorhiza REICH. Fl. Exc. 56 (1830). 

 Carex fulvicoma DEW. Sill. Journ. XXIX, 249 (1836). 

 C. chordorhiza var. genuina TRAUTV. Act. Hort. Petr. V, 123 

 (1877). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man.6ed. 614; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 120; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 154; Herd. Fl. Eur. Euss. 138; Richt., PI. Eur. 148; Trautv. Fl. 

 Sib. 123; Led., Fl.Ross. IV, 271; Engl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. II, 2, 123; Bail., 

 Syn. Car. 133; Hart., Fl. Scand. I, 477. 



Europe and Russian Empire. 



North America: Anticosti, N. Br., Q., Ont. to Man., 

 Saskatchewan, Brit. Col., lat. 54 N. and Hudson Bay; S. to 

 Vt. and W. to Minn, and Iowa. 



Minn, valley: Forest district; rare; bogs and springs. 

 HERB. : Sandberg^dSO, Red Wing. 



Carex polytrichoides MUHL. Willd. Spec. II, 4 (1802). . 

 C. leptalea WAHL. K. Acad. Handl. XXIV, 139 (1803). 

 C. microstachya MICHX. Fl. N. Am. II, 169 (1803). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 613; Britt., Fl. N. J. 276; Bail., 

 Typ. Car. 61, 64; Bail., Syn. Car. 131; Chap., Fl. S. St. 536; Coult., Fl. Colo. 

 378; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 111; Upham, Fl. Minn. 153; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 276. 

 North America: Newf., N. S., N. Br., Q., Ont., Man. 

 to Selkirk mts. and Brit. Col. to Vancouver; N. to Hudson Bay; 

 S. to Minn., Col.; E. to N. Eng., N. J. and Fla. 



Minn, valley: N. E. districts and N. edge; rare; low 

 grounds and marshes. 



HERB.: Juni 18, Little Marais; Bailey 316, Vermilion 

 lake; Bailey 29, Vermilion lake. 



Carex pubescens MUHL. Willd. Spec. IV, 28 (1805). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 613; Bail., Typ. Car. 61; Mac., Fl. 

 Can. II, 161; Britt., Fl. N. J. 276; Upham, Fl. Minn. 157; Coult., Fl. Colo. 

 377; Bail., Syn. Car. 127. 



North America: Newf., N. Br., Ont. to N. Eng., N. J., 

 Ky. , and W. to Minn. , Dak. and Mo. 



