LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 121 



Carex arctata BOOTT, Hook. Fl. II, 227 (1840). 



C. sylvatica DEW. Sill. Journ. X, 40 (1826), not Huds. 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 603; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 161; Up- 

 ham, Fl. Minn. 157; Britt., Fl. N. J. 273; Coult., Fl. Colo. 380. 



North America: N. Br., Q., Ont. to N. Eng. and N. J.; 

 W. to Perm., Minn., Colo, and Mont. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; woods and dry thickets. 

 HERB.: Sheldon 163, Madison lake; Taylor 906, Glen- 

 wood; Bailey 211, Vermilion lake; Bailey 556, Mud lake. 



Carex castanea WAHL. K. Acad. Handl. XXIV, 155 (1803). 

 C. flexilis BUDGE, Linn. Trans. VII, 98 (1804). 

 C. blepharophora GRAY, Ann. Lye. N. Y. Ill, 237 (1836). 

 Wats, and Coult , Gray's Man. 6 ed. 603; Bail., Typ. Car. 60; Mac., Fl. 

 Can. II, 162, 386; Upham, Fl. Minn. 158. 



North America: Newf., L. Nipigon to Minn.; S. to 

 Conn, and Mich 



Minn, valley: N. E. edge; banks of streams; infre- 

 quent. 



HERB.: Bailey 557, Long lake; Sandberg 619, Vermil- 

 ion lake; Juni 28, Knife river. 



Carex longirostris TORR. Schwein. An. Tab. (1823). 

 C. sprengelii DEW. Spreng. Syst. Ill, 827 (1826). 

 C. longirostris var. minor BOOTT, Phil. Acad. 78 (1863). 

 C. longirostris var. microcystis BOECKL. Linn. XLI, 241 (1875). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 603; Mac.. Fl. Can. II, 162; Bail., 

 Typ. Car. 70; Webb., Fl. Neb. 98; Coult., Fl. Colo. 380; Britt., Fl. N. J. 

 272; Upham, Fl. Minn. 159; Bail., Syn. Car. 102. 



North America: N. Br., Q., Ont., Man. to Brit. Col. 

 and Rocky mts.; S. to N. Eng., N. J., Penn.; W. to Neb., 

 Minn, and Dak. 



Minn, valley: Forest district; rocky soil and shaded 

 places. 



HERB.: Sheldon 117, Madison lake; Bollard 126, Chaska; 

 Sheldon 1632, Taylor's Palls; Kassube 27 l t Minneapolis; Sand- 

 berg 553, Center City. 



Carex limosa LINN. Spec. 977 (1753). 

 C. elegans WILLD. Prodr. 34 (1787). 

 C. laxa DEW. Sill. Journ. XXVI, 376 (1834). 

 C. limosa var. prairei DEW. Sill. Journ. XXIX, 71 (1837). 

 C. irriqua Torr. Club Cat. N. J. (18a5). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 602; Mac., Fl. Can. II, 150; Britt., 

 F1.N. J. 272; Upham, Fl. Minn. 156; Richt., PI. Eur. 161; Herd , Fl. Eur. 

 Russ. 142;Trautv., Fl. Sib. 130; Led., Fl. Ross. IV, 307; Hook., Fl. Gt. 

 Brit. 456; Engl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. II, 2, 125; Bail., Syn. Car. 94: Hart., 

 Scand. Fl. I, 456; Rothr., Fl. Alask. 457. 



N. and mid. Europe; N. and W. Asia. 



